Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga have announced a special show to celebrate their new collaborative jazz album Cheek To Cheek, taking place on 8th June 2015 at the Royal Albert Hall. The event will benefit WellChild, the national charity for seriously ill children which has Prince Harry as its Patron.
Colin Dyer, Chief Executive, WellChild comments that "WellChild is thrilled that Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett are supporting WellChild through this concert. The proceeds will be a massive boost to our work to support seriously ill children and their families across the UK." This special performance of tracks from an album that was greeted with widespread praise and critical acclaim will feature both big band and orchestra.
Bennett comments on the album “What I really love about being a jazz singer is that jazz artists are very creative, very honest, from phrase to phrase” and Lady Gaga adds, “We wanted to make something that sounded perfect because of the quality of the emotion…the honesty.”
Cheek To Cheek also features the Lady Gaga solo “Lush Life,” accompanied by Tony Bennett’s solo of “Sophisticated Lady.” The two songs complement each other, as Lady Gaga explains, “I loved making ‘Lush Life,’ Tony mentored me emotionally through the process,” and Tony Bennett adds, “I sang ‘Sophisticated Lady’ to answer her on ‘Lush Life,’ and because Duke Ellington wrote it, who collaborated with Billy Strayhorn, the writer of ‘Lush Life.’”
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga tickets are on-sale from 9am on Friday 31st October priced at £130 / £125 / £110 / £85 / £65 / £55 / £45 (subject to per-ticket charge plus order processing fee) .
New Show added Tuesday 9TH June 2015 Tickets for the new show will go on sale 9am on Friday, November 7th.
