Manilow Closes 2007 With Top Twenty Tour and Top Ten Single

Manilow Closes 2007 With Top Twenty Tour and Top Ten Single

Extended Through 2009 at Las Vegas Hilton Home

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Barry Manilow closes out 2007 once again ranking in the Top Twenty Concert Tours and with a top ten single. "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" hit the radio charts at #7 and marks Manilow's 41st Top Forty single.

"It's amazing," Manilow said, "I'm honored to still be releasing records...let alone having hits."

"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" was the first single released from Manilow's recent Platinum approaching Christmas album, IN THE SWING OF CHRISTMAS. IN THE SWING OF CHRISTMAS was released exclusively by Hallmark and available only at Hallmark stores in the United States.

Manilow's concert tour ranked at number 19 for the year. A good part of that was generated by Music & Passion, Manilow's long running musical extravaganza at the Las Vegas Hilton.

Music & Passion just finished its third year at the Las Vegas Hilton and continues to break box-office records.

According to Rudy Prieto, CEO and general manager of the Las Vegas Hilton, "Barry's show, which set a new standard for superstar headliners in Las Vegas when it debuted in 2005, has so exceeded all expectations that we've asked him to sign on for another year and perform through 2009."

"Music & Passion has grown over the last few years into a major show," Manilow said. "But over the next six months we want to bring in even more new elements and focus more on the hit songs that audiences seem to love."

The current revised schedule and tickets for 2008 are available at lvhilton.com and Manilow.com.

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