Neil Diamond's offer called 'unprecedented'

Columbus Dispatch [OH] ^ | 8/27/08 | Aaron Beck

[Huntress]

I find this to be quite a classy gesture by Mr. Diamond.

[BibChr]

Yeah; I don’t think much of Diamond, but this is a classy move. Integrity.

[Veto!]

I loved his music back in the day but thought him a bit of a sleaze. Nice he gave back customers’ money.

[Michael.SF.]

Also not a Diamond ‘fan’ but one has to respect his skills as a writer. This demonstrates that the gentlemen has a high level of integrety, one rarely scene in a ‘superstar’.

[Daveinyork]

I’ve never much liked his music, but this is an act that demonstrates real integrity, and character.

[Michael.SF.]

Also not a Diamond ‘fan’ but one has to respect his skills as a writer. This demonstrates that the gentlemen has a high level of integrity, one rarely scene in a ‘superstar’.

[Larry Lucido]

Class act. Good for Neil.

(Now, can I get a refund for "The Jazz Singer"?) :-)

[Tainan]

He is a class guy. His album ‘Hot August Night’ is one of the best ever recorded...whether you’re a ‘Neil Diamond’ fan or not. It ranks among the best. If I remember correctly, its a live album recorded at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles...outside...on a hot August night. Yes, recorded in 1972. Classic album.

[FrdmLvr]

I saw him on some morning show when he first kicked off this come back tour of his and he sounded HORRIBLE! I don’t know if he looked worse or sounded worse. He looked and sounded exactly like what he was, an old man trying to recapture his youth. If I’d have been inclined to buy a ticket before that “performance” I would have quickly changed my mind (and I’ve never been a fan so I wouldn’t have gone anyway). My point is, that I’m surprized he actually went through with it, that his handlers didn’t talk him out of it; it was embarrassing.

[6SJ7]

I see. So, what you're saying is that even though you are an almost-paralyzed, multiphobic personality who is in a constant state of panic, your wife did not leave you, you left her because she... liked Neil Diamond?

"What About Bob?" (1991)

Good move, BTW, on Neil's part.

[numberonepal]

Mr. Diamond is a gem.

[Dixie Yooper]

Anyone who bought tickets to see this creep who admitted to fantasizing about Caroline Kennedy when she was 5 years old, deserves a bad show. He has always has too much “bravado” in his singing voice to be taken seriously by anyone but himself. If you look up conceit in the dictionary, his picture should be there to clarify the definition.

[eleni121]

Laryngitis or not-—time to retire.

Senior rockers look and sound ridiculous.

[stevio]

When I think of Neil Diamond I think of that movie “The Jazz Singer”. Jazz singer, yea right. Cheese ball goof more like it. Anyway, good for him to return the money.

[Dr. Ursus]

WE enjoyed the NYC show.

[raybbr]

I loved his music back in the day but thought him a bit of a sleaze.

Why do you think he's a sleaze? Really curious.

[wanderin]

Class act. Good for Neil

If I recall correctly, real class.

When his wife divorced him, he directed his attorney to give her 50%. It was his bad that caused the split.

His demand? That the family still spends holidays together.

No time to locate the source I read it on...off to work.

[Reagan79]

hahahaha, it’s so true. What a weirdo for his infatuation for a child. Sick!

[Reagan79]

Cool name too. I am a Southerner who now lives in Grand Rapids.

[dfwgator]

Senior rockers look and sound ridiculous.

Neil Diamond a "rocker"? Who knew?