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I;ve seen Mr Diamond in concert many times and the only time he failed to please was at The staples Center last October. On a scale of 1 to 100, he is usually a 90+. He was a 60 that night - starting to show stronger signs of slowing down, and some strange selections of songs that really alienated the crowd (he did this JL Seagull medley and a psychotic song about the band for what seemed to be 40 minutes).

Still, Neil Diamond rules it!

Yeah, maybe Nel had a bad night, who knows or took the wrong direction from a producer of his concert. Then again, there are some performers who lose it as they get older, not saying this is happening to Neil, but in general. Mom and I saw Frankie Laine on TV one night, he is in his 90's and he still sings very well.

BTW, no Art Bell, Ian Punnitt is in for him, I guess Art cannot get his satellite uplink to work by plugging it into the only light bulb socket in his apartment in the Phillipines. B-) I guess over there, as my cousin put it one time, their idea of electricity is a bare 75 watt bulb dangling in the middle of the room and a 1960's era transsitor radio. B-)

Neil Diamond is great and still a crowd-pleaser. I just didn't care for that particular show. Paced poorly. After JL Seagull and the band song, the crowd was in shock and they never really came back.

Neil Diamond at MSG on 10/12/2001 was amazing - a month after 911, he performed after Rod Stewart (who I'd never pay to see) canceled announced shows that month because of 'security concerns.' Wimp! Mr Diamond showed up and did an awesome show. First class!