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<a href="http://chernews.blogspot.com/2018/06/chers-new-album-almost-finished-legend.html" target="_blank">Cher revealed a little over a week ago that her new album is almost finished</a>: "9 vocals down, 1 to go. [I] will redo some when I’m in London... [I'm] very hard to satisfy".<br />
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Due to some of Cher's tweets over the last few weeks, a small number of Cher's 3.6-million Twitter followers have speculated that the 72-year old pop icon is working on an album of Abba covers.<br />
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The Academy Award-winner is about to begin a promo campaign for her upcoming appearance in next month's <i>Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again</i>, for which she recorded covers of Abba's <i>Fernando </i>and <i>Super Trouper</i> -- the former a solo performance whilst the latter is believed to be an ensemble effort featuring Cher.<br />
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With all this Abba going on in Cher's current career, mentions of Abba recordings in her tweets led some to believe that she is talking about the Mamma Mia projects. However, her latest one seems to indicate that her new album ("9 vocals down") is going to be an album of Abba covers:<br />
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"Getting old is a bitch and not for sissies. However, at the moment, I'm going 9 rounds with ABBA. They’re a challenge because girls sing in girl voices. Think I’m acing many. Fave: 'One Of Us' (girls cried), 'Winner Takes It All' & 'Dancing Queen'. Half my way, half Benny's. Some easy, some Rough".<br />
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Singing legend Cher will appear on the BBC's <i>The Graham Norton Show</i> later this month.<br />
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The singing superstar last appeared on the UK television show back in 2013 to promote her album <i>Closer To The Truth</i>, which stayed three weeks inside the country's Top 10. On the show, she performed its UK lead single <i>I Hope You Find It</i>, which spent three weeks within the Top 40.<br />
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The Oscar-winning actress is set to return to the comedy chat show to promote her appearance in next month's movie <i>Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again</i>.<br />
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On June 22, Graham will welcome music legend Cher, who'll be appearing alongside Christine Baranski, as they promote the long-awaited sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.<br />
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The Abba-inspired musical movie is also set to see the return of Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan and Meryl Streep – assuming her character Donna is still alive.<br />
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Elsewhere, Rupert Everett will be promoting his new Oscar Wilde biopic The Happy Prince and former Game of Thrones actress Natalie Dormer will speak about her role in BBC's Picnic at Hanging Rock."<br />
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"The Cher Show" is getting ready to dazzle Chicago as it makes it world premiere there next week; <a href="http://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/the-cher-show-celebrates-the-superstar-starting-next-week/3565445/" target="_blank">ABC7 Chicago reports</a>:<br />
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Could anyone's life be more like a Broadway musical?<br />
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"The Cher Show" is based on the life of Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere Bono Allman, known to most people simply as Cher. It's staged like a live variety show, and the acts reflect all the phases of her 72 year life and career that spans more than half a century.<br />
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"The human being, the woman, the living, breathing, thinking, caring, rather intelligent, sensitive woman is the star of our show, not the concert creation," said Rick Elice, writer.<br />
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Along for the ride on the way for Broadway is the man who designed many of Cher's most famous looks.<br />
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"A million other girls could put those clothes on and they never would come close to what she does when she has them on. She wears them with such ease, she's not intimidated by getting dressed up. She's never been embarrassed by anything she wore, or didn't wear, if you know what I mean!" said Bob Mackie, costume designer.<br />
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There was a time when you couldn't say "Sonny" without "Cher."<br />
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"At one point they were America's sweetheart couple and then-America experienced their divorce and then he became the mayor of Palm Springs and a Congressman," said Jarrod Spector, who plays Sonny Bono. "Who is this guy, this complicated man."<br />
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"She is that strength of a woman who doesn't necessarily look for permission, so we are going to step into those shoes and go with confidence and gratitude, and go with as much swagger as we can muster because that's who she is," said Stephanie J. Block, plays Cher.</div>
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You'll be able to see the real Cher on movie screens this summer in "Mama Mia, Here We Go Again." But the beat goes in right here in Chicago. "The Cher Show" opens at the Oriental Theater on June 12 for its pre-Broadway run.</div>
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Read more: <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/cher-to-embark-on-here-we-go-again-tour.html" target="_blank">Cher To Embark On Here We Go Again Tour In September</a><br />
Read more: <a href="https://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/photos-cher-dons-brand-new-mackie.html" target="_blank">PHOTOS! Cher Dons Brand New Mackie Costume For Classic Cher Entrance</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03971413399309335783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776227271519671231.post-53347787554861086742018-06-02T08:31:00.000+01:002018-06-06T23:11:02.093+01:00Cher's New Album Almost Finished! Legend Records First Album In 5 Years!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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About the album, the 'I Hope You Find It' singer tweeted to her 3.6-million followers, "9 vocals down, 1 to go. [I] will redo some when I’m in London... [I'm] very hard to satisfy".<br />
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Despite it being 5 years since her last studio collection, Cher has been quick to record this offering, <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.com/2018/05/get-excited-cher-recording-new-album.html" target="_blank">having revealed just last week that she had thus far recorded just four</a>: “[The] songs [are] coming along well, but don't want to jinx it. [I] have worked every night [for] 2-3 [Hours]. Have done 4”.<br />
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Chers' last album was 2013's Closer to the Truth, which hit #3 on the US Billboard 200 and #4 over in the UK. Cher performed US lead single 'Woman's World' on the country's version of 'The Voice', before it hit #1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. Its UK lead single, 'I Hope You Find It', provided Cher with another UK Top 40 single after she performed it on the country's 'The X Factor'.<br />
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Ahead of next month's premiere of her new movie <i>Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again</i>, <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.com/2018/05/cher-to-guest-on-late-late-show-with.html" target="_blank">the Academy Award-winner is to guest on a London-filmed edition of The Late Late Show With James Corden</a> later this month. Cher revealed her plans for when she stops by in London: "Press, TV, MM2 Premiere. MM2 executives are allowing me to have a special screening of MM2 (night after premiere) for my charity 'FREE THE WILD'. Its open to the public before MM2 hits Theaters. Redoing Some vocals."<br />
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Read more: <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.com/2018/05/get-excited-cher-recording-new-album.html" target="_blank">GET EXCITED! Cher Recording A New Album?</a><br />
Read more: <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/cher-to-guest-on-late-late-show-with.html" target="_blank">Cher To Guest On The Late Late Show With James Corden In June</a><br />
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Read more: <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/vogue-36-vintage-photos-that-prove.html" target="_blank">VOGUE: 36 Vintage Photos That Prove Cher’s Style Icon Status</a><br />
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Read more: <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/smooth-radio-kickstart-your-cher.html" target="_blank">Smooth Radio: Kickstart Your Cher Education With 8 of Cher's Best Ever Songs</a></div>
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Read more: <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/cher-to-embark-on-here-we-go-again-tour.html" target="_blank">Cher To Embark On Here We Go Again Tour In September</a><br />
Read more: <a href="https://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/photos-cher-dons-brand-new-mackie.html" target="_blank">PHOTOS! Cher Dons Brand New Mackie Costume For Classic Cher Entrance</a><br />
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This promises to be a big year for entertainment legend Cher: her starring role in <i>Mamma Mia 2</i>; a Broadway musical to come out later this year based on her life; and a tour spanning the US and Australia. Cher is more active than ever. But now we also know there’s new Cher music in the works...<br />
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On her Twitter account, Cher wrote: “’Im tired & still have to study song 4 tomm.” Publication <a href="https://hornet.com/stories/new-cher-music/" target="_blank">HORNET</a> reports that when they saw that tweet, they assumed she was referencing her tour or <i>Mamma Mia 2</i>. But then another tweet she sent out indicates it’s something even bigger in the works: new Cher music.<br />
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“Songs coming along well, but dont want to jinx it. Have worked every night 2-3 HRs. Have done 4,” Cher tweeted.<br />
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<i>Closer to the Truth</i> was the last album Cher released. Preceded by single <i>Woman's World</i>, and including eventual-UK Top 40 hit <i>I Hope You Find It</i>, it dropped Sept. 20, 2013, and was distributed by Warner Bros. She began planning the project in 2011, shortly after her appearance in the movie <i>Burlesque</i> and the conclusion of her residency show at Caesars Palace. Work on the album continued for two more years. That album was initially planned to be pop rock-oriented, but <i>Closer to the Truth </i>ended up primarily a dance music-inspired record.<br />
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Cher has had a total of 15 number one hits and a total of 33 top 10 hits on the Billboard charts. Her career as a recording artist spans six decades, and she’s the only artist (counting her duet with Sonny on “I Got You Babe”) to have a number one single on a Billboard chart in each of those six decades. (This happened when “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me” reached number one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart the week of Jan. 19, 2011.)<br />
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If it’s released as an album, this new Cher music would be her 26th studio album. Fans obviously began to freak out at the idea. One (<a href="https://twitter.com/believegussg" target="_blank">@believegussg</a>) tweeted: “We want new songs!!! Your voice is beautiful, you can play whatever you want. New album, new songs!”<br />
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Read more: <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/cher-to-guest-on-late-late-show-with.html" target="_blank">Cher To Guest On The Late Late Show With James Corden In June</a><br />
Read more: <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/vogue-36-vintage-photos-that-prove.html" target="_blank">VOGUE: 36 Vintage Photos That Prove Cher’s Style Icon Status</a><br />
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Read more: <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/sonny-chers-final-album-to-be-released.html" target="_blank">Sonny & Cher's Final Album To Be Released On CD For The First Time!</a></div>
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Read more: <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/cher-to-embark-on-here-we-go-again-tour.html" target="_blank">Cher To Embark On Here We Go Again Tour In September</a><br />
Read more: <a href="https://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/photos-cher-dons-brand-new-mackie.html" target="_blank">PHOTOS! Cher Dons Brand New Mackie Costume For Classic Cher Entrance</a><br />
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Goddess Of Pop Cher is to appear on an episode of The Late Late Show With James Corden in late June.<br />
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Late Late Show host James Corden was recently in the U.K. for the Royal Wedding, and he’ll return to his home country next month for a special week of shows that will feature some special musical guests…including Cher.<br />
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The Late Late Show with James Corden will air from Central Hall Westminster in London starting Monday, June 18, through Thursday, June 21. Among the other music artists confirmed to join Corden in the U.K. capital are Foo Fighters and One Direction‘s Niall Horan. Actors Cate Blanchett and Orlando Bloom also will be guests on the show.<br />
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According to CBS, The Late Late Show‘s “signature musical and comedy segments…will get a British makeover,” but there’s no word on whether we’ll get a U.K. version of Carpool Karaoke, with James duetting with a British singer while driving on the other side of the road, like he did with Adele in 2016. Maybe Cher will join him for the popular segment?<br />
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The 72-year-old pop culture icon will soon be promoting her appearance in upcoming movie Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, in which she performs classic Abba tunes <i>Fernando </i>and <i>Super Trouper</i>. Upcoming musical <i>The Cher Show </i>and a new album are also among the Academy Award-winning actress' current projects.<br />
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Read more: <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/vogue-36-vintage-photos-that-prove.html" target="_blank">VOGUE: 36 Vintage Photos That Prove Cher’s Style Icon Status</a><br />
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Read more: <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/cher-to-embark-on-here-we-go-again-tour.html" target="_blank">Cher To Embark On Here We Go Again Tour In September</a><br />
Read more: <a href="https://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/photos-cher-dons-brand-new-mackie.html" target="_blank">PHOTOS! Cher Dons Brand New Mackie Costume For Classic Cher Entrance</a><br />
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With the hippie movement in full swing, the music scene gave birth to Sonny and Cher, the wildly dressed duo who combined folk, disco, pop and rock and performed in outfits designed by the famous American couturier Bob Mackie. Revisit 36 vintage images of Cher from the 1960s to the 1990s.<br />
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Cher and Sonny Bono at a photoshoot in Los Angeles in 1965:</div>
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Cher on the television show "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" in Los Angeles in 1967:</div>
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Cher in the shop Red Balloon in Georgetown in 1977:</div>
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Cher at a photo shoot at home in Los Angeles in 1966:</div>
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Cher and Sonny Bono in the 1960s:</div>
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Cher on the televison show "This is Tom Jones" in 1969:</div>
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Cher on the television show "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" in 1972:</div>
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Cher in 1967:</div>
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Cher photographed at home for an interview with Women's Wear Daily in 1968:</div>
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Cher in a shop on Madison Avenue, New York in 1975:</div>
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Cher at the premier of "Silkwood" in Los Angeles in 1983:</div>
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Cher and Gregg Allman in 1977:</div>
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Cher and Sonny Bono onstage in 1976:</div>
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Cher on "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour":</div>
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Read more: <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/smooth-radio-kickstart-your-cher.html" target="_blank">Smooth Radio: Kickstart Your Cher Education With 8 of Cher's Best Ever Songs</a></div>
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Read more: <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/sonny-chers-final-album-to-be-released.html" target="_blank">Sonny & Cher's Final Album To Be Released On CD For The First Time!</a></div>
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Read more: <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/cher-to-embark-on-here-we-go-again-tour.html" target="_blank">Cher To Embark On Here We Go Again Tour In September</a><br />
Read more: <a href="https://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/photos-cher-dons-brand-new-mackie.html" target="_blank">PHOTOS! Cher Dons Brand New Mackie Costume For Classic Cher Entrance</a><br />
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Read more: <a href="https://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/meet-three-actresses-who-will-play-cher.html" target="_blank">Meet The Three Actresses Who Will Play Cher In 'The Cher Show': "You Can Feel That Sonny's Presence And Loss Are Still A Daily Part Of Her Life"</a></center>
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Read more: <a href="https://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/cher-i-want-to-be-out-there-on-world.html" target="_blank">CHER: I Want To Be Out There On A World Tour</a></center>
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UK Adult Contemporary radio station <a href="http://www.smoothradio.com/features/cher-best-songs/" target="_blank">Smooth Radio</a> is celebrating Cher ahead of her appearance in July's 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again' by showcasing 8 of her greatest tracks:<br />
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Cher is one of the world's most popular singers and actresses, with a career spanning six decades.<br />
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From her folk-pop days as part of Sonny and Cher to her Goddess of Pop takeover in the 1990s, Cher is a tough act to beat in the enterainment game.<br />
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We can't wait to see her take on ABBA in the upcoming Mamma Mia sequel, and here are just a handful of her greatest ever songs to kickstart your Cher education:<br />
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1. 'If I Could Turn Back Time'<br />
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Released in 1989, this power ballad anthem written by Diane Warren saw Cher score a huge comeback out of nowhere.<br />
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Cher didn't want to record it first, and had to be convinced. "I got on my knees and pleaded," said Warren. "I told her I wasn't going to leave the room until she said yes, and finally, just to get rid of me, she did."<br />
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2. 'Believe'<br />
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Just when you thought Cher had seen her chart career decline, she suddenly came back and scored the biggest worldwide hit of 1998.<br />
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'Believe' and its heavy use of Auto-Tune cemented Cher's position as a pop culture icon and spent seven weeks at the top of the UK singles chart.<br />
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3. 'I Got You Babe' (as Sonny and Cher)<br />
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Cher first burst into the mainstream with this huge number one hit in 1965, when she was just 19.</div>
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Recorded with her then-husband Sonny Bono, the song was a perfect example of the flower power of the mid-1960s. Though, we can't avoid thinking about Bill Murray being trapped in time in Groundhog Day whenever we hear it!</div>
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4. 'Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves'</div>
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It's amazing to think that by 1971, Cher had already released seven albums! Taken from the album of the same name, this folk rock song was seen as an early comeback for Cher, after several years without a hit.</div>
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The song is the tale of a girl who was "born in the wagon of a traveling show," where her mother works as a dancer and her father does anything to earn money. When she is 16, her family takes in a 21-year-old man and they have an affair. The girl says she's "in trouble" three months later, and the man disappears. The girl follows in her mother's footsteps of dancing in the show and has a daughter who is born in the exact same location as she was.</div>
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5. 'Just Like Jesse James'</div>
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This rock ballad gave Cher another top 10 hit around the world in 1989. The song is a reference to legendary Wild West bandit Jesse James.</div>
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Though, like with 'If I Could Turn Back Time', she has regularly said that she has never been a fan of the song despite its success!</div>
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6. 'The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)'</div>
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Originally by Merry Clayton and then Betty Everett, this 1960s classic was covered by Cher to great effect in 1990.</div>
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The song was recorded for her movie Mermaids, and it became her first solo number one in the UK.</div>
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This 1974 track was Cher's last number one single in the US until 'Believe' 25 years later.</div>
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Written by The Ventures keyboard player Johnny Durrill, the song is about a woman who visits a famous fortune teller, who tells her to break up with her boyfriend. She later remembers where she smelt the fortune teller's perfume before: on her bed after a night with her lover. This won't end well.</div>
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Many Cher fans have never heard the likes of 'I Believe in You', 'Rhythm of Your Heart Beat' and 'Listen to the Music' from Sonny & Cher's final studio album 'Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer, Papa Used to Write All Her Songs' — after all, the LP peaked at just #132 on the US Billboard 200 way back in 1974 and quickly faded away.<br />
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The album contains the pair's take on 'I Can See Clearly Now' (originally by Johnny Nash) and 'Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show' (Neil Diamond), both of which the husband-and-wife team performed regularly in their live shows and on the hugely successful 'The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour'. The album also contains Cher's solo hidden gem 'By Love I Mean'.<br />
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The albums lead single, the Sonny-penned title track peaked at a lowly #77 (their last Hot 100 chart hit), and has never been released on CD before in its 9-minute entirety. Nor has album track 'You Know Darn Well'... Until now.<br />
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The full album is now available to pre-order on CD for the very first time on Amazon.<br />
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Its description states: "Presented here complete for the first time ever on CD is the fifth and final studio album by American pop duo Sonny & Cher, released in 1973 by MCA Records: Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer, Papa Used to Write All Her Songs. As said before, this was the very last studio album Sonny and Cher released as a couple, for their marital situation had been clearly deteriorating. The duo finally separated in late 1974.<br />
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"The album is largely a collection of cover songs which include titles like I Can See Clearly Now (originally by Johnny Nash), Brother Loves Traveling Salvation Show (Neil Diamond), and Listen to the Music (The Doobie Brothers). The only song written by Bono is the title track, which clocks in at over nine minutes and was edited down to under four minutes for the single. The 9 minutes album version of that tune and You Darn Well have never been reissued on CD before."<br />
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<a href="https://www.timeout.com/sydney/news/cher-is-bringing-her-arena-tour-to-sydney-050818" target="_blank">TimeOut</a> reports: After making a splash headlining this year's 40th anniversary Mardi Gras party, pop icon Cher has announced a full Australian arena tour for September and October this year.<br />
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The tour kicks off at Newcastle Entertainment Centre on September 26 and plays Sydney's Qudos Bank Arena on October 18. At this stage there's only one Sydney date announced, but there's plenty of space between the various performances add extra shows.<br />
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It's her first Australian tour since her three-year farewell tour (yes, there's something a bit Farnham-esque about all this), and it's badged the 'Here We Go Again' tour in reference to her upcoming appearance in the ABBA movie musical Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.<br />
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If Cher's 20-minute Mardi Gras performance left you wanting more, this show is set to be a full 90-minute extravaganza with more costumes, more sequins, more songs and most importantly: more wigs. Live Nation, who is bringing her to Australia, is promising she'll perform 'Believe', 'If I Could Turn Back Time', 'Strong Enough', 'I Found Someone', 'Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves', and her breakthrough single with Sonny Bono, 'I Got You Babe'.<br />
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Cher said: “My visit to Sydney’s Mardi Gras reminded me how unique and beautiful Australia is. It’s been 13 years since I toured there so I thought 'let’s do it one more time.'”<br />
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Cher is currently performing a residency at Las Vegas’ Monte Carlo Resort Park Theater called 'Classic Cher', and it's believed this show will be based on that greatest hits package. But the singer rarely tours outside of the US now, and this may well be our last chance to see the 71-year-old pop legend on our shores.<br />
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She was last here in 2005 for her three-year 'Farewell Tour', but she's clearly not ready to hang up the bodysuits just yet, and is set to wow fans with her appropriately titled 'Here We Go Again Tour.'<br />
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"My visit to Sydney's Mardi Gras reminded me how unique and beautiful Australia is," she said in a statement. "It's been 13 years since I toured there so I thought, 'Let's do it one more time.'"<br />
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Cher kicks off her tour in Newcastle on September 26, before hitting Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Her final show will be in Sydney on October 18. Visit Live Nation for tickets and more info.<br />
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And expect the star to belt out her biggest hits during the 90-minute show, including 'If I Could Turn Back Time,' 'Strong Enough' and her breakout single 'I Got You Babe.'<br />
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Cher's career has had a resurgence of sorts. She'll also star alongside Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried in the Mamma Mia! sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.<br />
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Last year, just one day after her 71st birthday, Cher also stole the show at the Billboard Music Awards when she performed her '90s hit 'Believe' while rocking a diamante bra under a cutaway, crystal-encrusted two-piece ensemble.<br />
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"I'm 71 yesterday and I can do a five-minute plank, OK. Just sayin," the legendary vocalist announced as she was handed her Icon Award.<br />
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Touring legend Cher rocked up to her Las Vegas residency 'Classic Cher' in a brand new outfit for opening numbers 'Woman's World' and 'Strong Enough'.<br />
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The star donned the gold sparkly Bob Mackie-designed attire to perform the two Billboard Dance Club #1 hits, for which she previously wore a blue costume.<br />
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In similar vein to its predecessor, and in fitting with many of her concert entrance costumes, Cher dons a wrap upon entering the stage, which she removes to reveal more of her stunning figure.<br />
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<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cher-performs-mamma-mia-here-we-go-again-song-at-cinemacon-1105788" target="_blank">Hollywood Reporter</a> reports, in the biggest surprise of CinemaCon so far, Cher took the stage to perform ABBA's "Fernando" to promote her upcoming film, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!<br />
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The sequel to the hit 2008 film Mamma Mia! opens in theaters on July 20.<br />
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Cher, dressed in a full glitter pantsuit and matching platform heels, finished the song as balloons dropped from the ceiling inside The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. A small armada of dancers performed a choreographed routine, while Cher appeared on a raise platform from behind fake palm fronds. She received a standing ovation.<br />
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Many of the stars of the first film — including Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Christine Baranski and Colin Firth — are returning for the follow-up, which will include ABBA songs not featured in the first film, along with some reprised favorites.<br />
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Universal Pictures chairwoman Donna Langley waited to come onstage at CinemaCon until the final two films of Universal's presentation, Mamma Mia 2 and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (June 22).<br />
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"These two movies are what the motion picture industry is all about," Langley said.<br />
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Stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard shared footage from Jurassic World 2. Seyfried next took the stage to show an extended clip of Mamma Mia 2. She then came back onstage with the big surprise of the day: Cher, who is no stranger to the Strip.<br />
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Ol Parker, the writer of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and its sequel, wrote and will direct Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!<br />
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Mamma Mia 2 once more brings the producers of the original movie, Littlestar’s Judy Craymer and Playtone’s Gary Goetzman, together. Craymer is also the creator and producer of the hit stage musical upon which the 2008 film was based. Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus are aboard again to provide music and lyrics and serve as executive producers.<br />
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What’s bigger news than Cher hitting Broadway? Three Chers hitting Broadway, reports <a href="http://ew.com/theater/2018/04/17/cher-show-broadway-casting/" target="_blank">Entertainment Weekly</a>.<br />
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Producers announced complete casting for the musical The Cher Show on Tuesday, including the trio of actresses playing the musical icon at different points in her life.<br />
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Tony nominee Stephanie J. Block (Falsettos) — who previously confirmed her involvement in the show — will star as one incarnation of Cher, joined by Teal Weaks (Wicked, Finding Neverland) and newcomer Micaela Diamond making her Broadway debut.<br />
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The three Chers will be joined by Tony nominee Jarrod Spector (Beautiful, Jersey Boys) as Sonny Bono, Michael Berresse (Kiss Me, Kate; A Chorus Line) as Bob Mackie, Michael Campayno (Wicked) as Rob Camilletti, Matthew Hydzik (It Shoulda Been You, Side Show) as Gregg Allman, and Tony nominee Emily Skinner (Prince of Broadway, Side Show) as Georgia Holt.<br />
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The Cher Show will feature a book by Rick Elice (Jersey Boys), direction by Jason Moore (Avenue Q), choreography by from Christopher Gattelli (Newsies), and orchestrations, arrangements and musical supervision by Daryl Waters (Memphis). In addition to featuring as a character in the musical, the real-life Mackie is designing the costumes.<br />
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Performances for the show’s Chicago premiere will take place June 12-July 15, ahead of a transfer to Broadway. Previews at the Neil Simon Theatre begin Nov. 1 with opening night scheduled for Dec. 3.<br />
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At a moment when Broadway shows are set to the lives or music of Jimmy Buffett, Carole King and, very soon, Donna Summer, the just-announced musical based on the songs and story of Cher has everything one would expect in a jukebox musical. Set to open on Broadway in November after a limited run in Chicago, The Cher Show touches on the various high points of her 50-plus-year career, from her early days with Sonny Bono up through her solo career, reinvention as an actress, later hits and farewell tour. It includes 30 songs – from "I Got You Babe" to "Believe."<br />
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It has experienced theatrical hands at the helm, including book writer Rick Elice (Jersey Boys) and director Jason Moore (Avenue Q). For added period authentic, costume designer Bob Mackie – who stitched many of Cher’s most skin-revealing outfits back in the day – is onboard as well, recreating many of those costumes.<br />
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But any similarity to previous jukebox musicals ends about there: Few sound as downright avant-garde as The Cher Show. In keeping with one of her legacies – the variety series she hosted with Sonny and then on her own – the musical is structured as if it were a live-taping of a variety show that just happens to be about her life. Cher herself will be portrayed by three different actresses representing her at different points in her life: in the 1960s, the '70s and the '80s and onward. And all three Chers will be onstage at the same time, often giving each other advice about Cher's love life and career.<br />
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"The challenge was how do you not do another show that feels like a straight-up linear musical biography?” says book writer Rick Elice. "It's kind of a grand experiment. She's associated with the variety format, and I was looking for a license to make it a bit trippier than that."<br />
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If all that weren't zany enough, the "guest stars" on the faux variety show include almost all of Cher's famous or infamous husbands and boyfriends: Actors will be playing Bono, Gregg Allman, record and movie mogul David Geffen, even Rob Camilletti, the "bagel boy" beau in the Eighties. In keeping with the format, Cher's volatile marriage to Allman is depicted as a Wild West "sketch" on the variety show, complete with bits of Allman Brothers Band music. Elice was especially sensitive to the portrayal of Allman, who died last year. "Gregg's not around to represent himself, so I wanted to be respectful and not dwell much on his issues with substance abuse," he says. "It's not what the show is about."<br />
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Even the many Cher hits in the show aren't always used in proper order. "Strong Enough," one of her late-career singles, is featured in early scenes with Bono. The AutoTune dynamo "Believe" has been redone as a ballad as we watch the older Cher reflect on the demise of many of her romances and try to find the will to carry on. "At different points I saw her get emotional over all the men in her life," director Jason Moore says of his own conversations with Cher about the show. "Why did that marriage or relationship end? Why couldn't it sustain? The pressure with Rob and being in the public eye with the rise of the paparazzi had a terrible impact on that relationship."<br />
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Luckily, the show had no problem obtaining permission to depict those men. "She said, 'I'm still very good friends with my exes,'" says Moore. "So if Cher wants it in the show, they're giving her what she wants." (Unfortunately, the show couldn't find the space for her notorious fling with Gene Simmons of Kiss.)<br />
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The Cher Show was conceived very much with the star’s participation. Over a year ago, she invited Elice to her home in Los Angeles for extensive interviews and rarely held back about the ups and downs of her life. "Cher is a let-it-all-hang-out-there kind of person," Elice says. "So nothing springs to mind that was off bounds." ("She jokes that she has Armenian Alzheimer's – she remembers everything," jokes Moore.)<br />
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The actresses depicting Cher also received a crash course on her life. "She was so young when she started, so I can't imagine what it was like for her," says Micaela Diamond, who, at 18, plays the youngest Cher (called "Baby" in the show). "Some of us see her as bad-ass and a voice on Twitter, but she had so much shit happen to her in the past." Teal Wicks, who plays "Lady," the Seventies Cher, mostly knew her from 1980s hits like "If I Could Turn Back Time" and caught up with old Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour TV clips on YouTube: "She was super-sarcastic toward him, which was so brilliant."<br />
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Last year, Cher dropped by an early reading of the show, bringing along an entourage of over a dozen for support and note-taking. She watched – sometimes teary-eyed, sometimes clutching the hands of those in her posse – as her dramatized self met Allman and gave a eulogy at Bono's funeral after his 1998 death in a skiing accident. When it was over, Cher, wearing sunglasses the whole time, hugged Moore and said, "Thank you for what you've done."<br />
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Despite Cher's larger-than-many-lives persona, the Cher Show team are hoping that Cher's personal and career roller-coaster ride strikes a more common chord. "It's a true rags-to-riches story, but hers is unique," says Elice. "She lost it and found it and lost it and found it, over and over. And always in a different way. She had success and then stomach-turning disappointments. But life is like that. It's constantly throwing you these curves."<br />
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MORE than half a century since she and Sonny captured the music world, the incredible Cher is still looking amazing and pulling in vast crowds to her live performances.<br />
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Time to stop? Not a chance! She is as excited about the future as she was when she made her first recording all those years ago.<br />
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This from a lady who’ll be 72 in May, but still dons glamorous and revealing stage costumes that cast off at least 40 years when she’s in front of an audience.<br />
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“I hope people like what they see,” she told <a href="https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/broadway-beckons-for-chers-crazy-exciting-life-story/" target="_blank">The Sunday Post</a>.<br />
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“Bob Mackie has designed my costumes for years, and we are good friends. He knows me and how I want to express myself.<br />
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“I like what I wear to be fun, interesting and hopefully breathtaking, just like the stage sets. I like to dress up and maybe show off a little.<br />
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“I’m going to be who I am.<br />
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“I don’t care if critics don’t like how I dress. I’m there for the audience, and I hope it makes them happy.”<br />
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Cher has come a long way since those amazing early days of the 1960s.<br />
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“Life was a bit of a whirlwind in those days and I guess it still is really,” she says.<br />
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“Imagine, there I was at 16 and I wanted to be an actress.<br />
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“My mother had done her best for us and did some acting work herself, but life was never great. We were always short of money.<br />
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“I can remember even having to fix my shoes with elastic bands because they were falling apart.<br />
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“That wasn’t my mum’s fault, but I left home and moved in with a friend in LA.<br />
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“I had to earn money so I took gigs dancing at small clubs on Sunset Strip in Hollywood. I took advantage of being around and met as many people as I could who were involved in Hollywood.<br />
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“Sonny was working for Phil Spector when we met in the late part of 1962. He asked me if I would like to be his housekeeper and, since my friend had moved out of our place, I accepted.<br />
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“He was great because he introduced me to Phil, who gave me work as a backing singer with people like The Walker Brothers and The Ronettes. They tried me with my own single but it didn’t do anything much.<br />
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“Sonny still thought I should pursue a solo career and, of course, we became close and eventually husband and wife.<br />
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“Being a solo singer really frightened me,” she admits.<br />
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“I was scared of being on my own in front of a live audience so I convinced Sonny to record and perform with me. We were Caesar and Cleopatra for a while but we didn’t find ourselves in demand.<br />
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“Sonny produced some single recordings for me and it started to get better. I still wanted us to sing together, though, and eventually I Got You Babe came along. Not much happened in the States, but we met The Rolling Stones, who assured us we’d get a great reception in Britain.<br />
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“We weren’t sure what to do.<br />
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“In the States, they didn’t much like us, partly because they didn’t like the way we looked. We used to get thrown out of places because they didn’t like the way we dressed.<br />
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“We really struggled. We also met and became friends with Jack Good, the producer of a TV show called Shindig!. Our look stopped us getting on the show but Jack also told us that we should go to Britain because they would love us there.<br />
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“So, we gave it a try — and suddenly everything changed.<br />
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“I Got You Babe charted and we were made very welcome.<br />
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“I didn’t like the song at first!” Cher confesses. “But maybe that was because Sonny woke me up in the middle of the night, got me to stand next to the piano in our living room and try it. I didn’t believe it. I said that I would sing it once and then I was going back to bed!<br />
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“When it hit the charts, we were completely stunned and thrilled at the same time. This was everything we had been working for and struggling for.<br />
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“In Britain, they loved us and we loved them right back.<br />
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“Back in America, a lot of our previous stuff was suddenly getting air plays and charting. We thought it was really funny that when we returned to the USA, a lot of people thought we were English! Happy days!”<br />
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The happy days have remained ever since, although Cher has had her downs as well as many memorable moments.<br />
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“You cannot go through life without getting hurt or suffering some kind of health problem,” she says simply.<br />
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“I have had several of both but, you know, you can always bounce back and, when you do, you get such a great sense of achievement.<br />
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“I always thank Sonny for giving me a great work ethic. He never stopped and was always so enthusiastic about everything. He was a positive thinker, and that kind of rubbed off on me.<br />
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“I have had some great times in the past, but I am always looking ahead to the next challenge.<br />
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“I always wanted to be an actress first and maybe a singer second and possibly even a dancer third. People can put me in any category they like, I don’t mind. I have done all of those things and I am still doing them so I am happy.<br />
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“Being resident in Las Vegas has been fantastic. The shows are spectacular and every time I go on stage, I pinch myself that it is not just a dream. The audience reaction is great and I never tire of performing there.<br />
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“There is more to come but I don’t want to slip into a graceful retirement in Las Vegas. I want to be out there on a world tour to meet as many people as possible.<br />
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“I want to do both at the same time — stay in Las Vegas and be out there on the road taking the show all over the world.”<br />
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No wonder Cher is so excited by 2018, but there is even more to come, as her Broadway show opens, as well as her role in the new Mamma Mia! film.<br />
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“Here We Go Again! is the name of the new Mamma Mia! movie, and that could almost be the title of my own show,” she laughs.<br />
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“A trial run of The Cher Show is due to open in Chicago at the Oriental Theatre, and will play there before opening around September at the Neil Simon Theatre on Broadway. The show is my life story with lots of songs, including the hits.<br />
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“I can’t believe this is really happening. My life as a musical on Broadway just seems totally crazy, but it is really exciting.<br />
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“Perhaps that sums up my life — crazy and exciting. And bizarre. That’s probably how my life seems to most people.”<br />
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Although Cher is always looking ahead she still likes to give audiences what they want.<br />
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“They like to hear their favourite songs,” she explains. “That’s OK because some of them are my favourite songs too, so why not share them?<br />
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“There’s always a place for I Got You Babe, which means so much to me. There’s always a place for Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves, which was my first No 1 solo number and just rocks when we do it on stage.<br />
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“My own favourite is usually in too — All I Really Want To Do.<br />
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“I love that song, because when I let myself think back a little, then look at what I am still doing in 2018, it’s all I really wanted to do.”<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03971413399309335783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776227271519671231.post-73353361749598013922017-02-28T14:53:00.000+00:002017-02-28T14:57:49.296+00:00Cher Adds August and November Dates To Classic Cher Residency<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Singing superstar Cher has extended her<i> Classic Cher</i> residency, adding August and November dates at Las Vegas' Park Theater.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A mail shot is being issued to fans of the <i>Believe</i> singer today, stating:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: inherit;">"Legendary entertainer Cher has added 18 additional Summer and Fall 2017 dates to her extended engagement of CLASSIC CHER at Park Theater at Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in response to her recent triumphant return to the stage. The over-the-top spectacle, which takes fans on a fantastical journey spanning Cher’s multi-decade career in music, film and TV, will return to Las Vegas’ newest live entertainment venue with performances between August 2 – 19 and November 8 – 25.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: inherit;">Tickets for the added performances start at $60, not including applicable service charges, and go on sale to the general public Saturday, March 4 at 10 a.m. PST. Tickets for the previously announced May 3 – 20 performances are now on sale. Tickets for all shows can be purchased online at <a href="http://parktheaterlv.com/">ParkTheaterLV.com</a> or <a href="http://ticketmaster.com/">Ticketmaster.com</a>. Tickets also can be purchased through the MGM Resorts Call Center at 844-600-7275. For more information, visit <a href="http://parktheaterlv.com/">ParkTheaterLV.com</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #fff2cc;">M life Rewards members and American Express® Card Members will receive access to a pre-sale running Wednesday, March 1 at 10 a.m. PST through Friday, March 3 at 10 p.m. PST. To join the M life Rewards program or for more information, visit <a href="http://mlife.com/">Mlife.com</a>."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>READ MORE:</b> <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/watch-cher-returns-to-stage-after-flu-i.html" target="_blank">WATCH! Cher Returns To The Stage After Flu: "I Just Cross My Fingers And Stomp Out On Stage, Like The Taurus I Am"</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Music mainstay Cher returned to the stage last night for her <i>Classic Cher</i> residency in Vegas, after having been forced to cancel her last two shows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The 70-year-old <i>Strong Enough</i>-singer caught the flu and was forced to cancel the February 18 & 19 dates of the residency, stating that she was "heartbroken" to have to do so. She was also forced to reschedule a planned appearance on CBS chat show <i>The Talk</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">However, last night, the Grammy-, Oscar-, Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning entertainer soldiered on -- despite not being completely well yet -- to make her return to the stage to perform some of her biggest hits.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Whilst her voice held up most of the night, the flu made it break during </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Half Breed </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">-- just going to show that she cancelled the last two shows for a very good reason. However, Cher, as per usual, thrived during her rock hit </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">If I Could Turn Back Time</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> -- though she didn't skip around as much as she tends to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Returning to stage whilst not 100% well is a testament to how much of a survivor Cher is. She tweeted shortly afterwards: "Last night's audience deserved the standing "O"... I just cross my fingers and stomp out on stage, like the Taurus I am."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We hope that you are fully recovered soon, Cher!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Survivor: Cher's flu takes its toll as she performs 1973 US#1 <i>Half Breed</i></span></div>
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Trailblazing Oscar-winning actress Cher was, unsurprisingly, included in Vogue's list of "The 17 Best Oscars Red Carpet Fashion Rebels of All Time". The fashion publication's <a href="http://www.vogue.com/article/oscars-red-carpet-dresses-best-rebel-fashion-celebrity-style" target="_blank">Maria Ward</a> reports:<br />
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While this batch of Oscar winners might be easier to predict than in years past, the red carpet is still sure to provide spectators with plenty of surprises. Over the decades, the Academy Awards has played host to a panoply of outrageous fashion statements. Let’s revisit some of the occasion’s most memorable sartorial shocks.<br />
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Cher marched to the beat of her own drum in various degrees of bare and bronzed skin, often (scantily) dressed by the designer Bob Mackie. Who could forget that night in 1986 when the musical legend ruffled feathers in a cage-cutout midriff and maxi skirt with gravity-defying headdress up top? Equally iconic was Björk’s Oscar entrance in 2001, when she floated in wearing a literal swan dress, laying bird eggs in her wake.</div>
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Diane Keaton turned heads in full coattails and a coordinating bowler hat, recalling a fedora-wearing Céline Dion, who for one of her own Oscar moments was outfitted in a white tuxedo whose jacket was worn back to front. Before that, Demi Moore peddled up the red carpet in spandex bike shorts with a metallic brocade train behind her. Flash-forward to Gwyneth Paltrow, in 2002, who did her part to free the nipple in a see-through Alexander McQueen. But no one in Hollywood history has a leg up on Angelina Jolie, who, in 2012, sent cameras flashing when she struck a pose in a strapless Atelier Versace gown that put a slit cut up to there on full display.</div>
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A devastated Cher has been forced to cancel her Classic Cher residency show today (18 February) due to having flu.<br />
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Upon her return, Cher tweeted to her fans: "Sorry took so long. Had Multiple tests and left phone at home & LA's a mess. Am heartbroken but doctor says flu's too bad. I worked sick Tuesday, but can't pull it today".<br />
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Whilst some have forwarded their disappointment about the cancellation to the star, the vast majority of Cher's fans have tweeted to her that her health should be her number one priority.<br />
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<i>Moonstruck</i> actress and <i>Believe</i> singer <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/cher-to-appear-on-cbs-talk-on-friday.html" target="_blank">Cher was due to appear on CBS' chat show <i>The Talk</i> today</a>. However, as <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/get-well-cher-please-cher-is-sick.html" target="_blank">the Oscar-winning entertainer is sick</a>, her appearance has been rescheduled.<br />
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The 70-year-old pop icon will now appear on the CBS show on Tuesday 28 February instead.<br />
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The Talk's official Twitter account tweeted: "Legendary 🌟 Timeless ✌️️ Rock Goddess 💋 On Tuesday, February 28th get ONE FULL HOUR of Cher only on The Talk! 🎶 #CherTheTalk"<br />
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Music LEGEND Cher has worried fans today, tweeting that she is currently ill, having performed her last concert (February 14) whilst sick.<br />
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The ageless chart-topper, whom began her <i>Classic Cher</i> residency on 8 February in Las Vegas, tweeted within the last few hours:<br />
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"Valentines Show I did sick, next day, full on flu. Have gone to doctors everyday. Hoping to be able to make shows. I know it <i>would</i> be huge disappointment."<br />
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"I take my work seriously, and know the sadness of something you're looking forward to, being cancelled. Going to doctor at 1:30. Will tell what he says."<br />
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"I've been holding good thoughts every day. AM DOING MY BEST".<br />
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Travel publication <a href="http://passportmagazine.com/classic-cher-diva-las-vegas/" target="_blank">Passport Magazine's Jim Gladstone & Robert Adams</a> reported on Cher's return to the stage in her residency Classic Cher:<br />
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Do you believe in life after Cher? “This is our last goodbye, it’s true,” she sang in “Strong Enough,” the second number in her thundering glitterstorm of a new show, Classic Cher, which opened last week to a giddy Las Vegas crowd of 5,000 in the Park Theater at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino.<br />
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But who knows what to believe when it comes to comebacks by our dear, dithering diva. After all, it’s been a dozen years since Cher announced her official Farewell Tour.<br />
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That trek was followed by a three year, 192-show Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, just down the Strip from her current digs. Then, in 2014, there were five months of Dressed to Kill tour dates.<br />
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Now she is back in undiminished splendor with astounding Bob Mackie-designed costumes and over-the-top props, including: a glittery gondola, hunky dancers in gladiator mufti, life-size papier-mâché elephant, and ribbon-spinning aerialists.<br />
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Big chunks of the set-list from the Dressed to Kill tour also remain intact, including a sequence of “Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves,” “Dark Lady,” and “Half-Breed” performed in front of Wild West carnival backdrops, with “Half-Breed” once again sung in a four-foot-long pastel-feathered Native American headdress.<br />
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If you’re an avid fan, like the dozen-plus Cher-alike drag queens spotted in the opening night crowd, this iteration is a must. The spectacle is scaled for arenas, but because it’s being played in a venue the size of a large Broadway theater, the experience verges on ecstatic sensory overload.<br />
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Cher is a powerhouse, and the production heavy razzle-dazzle of “Woman’s World” and “I’ve Found Someone” are guaranteed to thrill fervid fans and novices alike.<br />
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Her costumes and hairdos are eye-popping works of wonder: she enters in an afro wig big and round enough to have its own place in the solar system, and later she wears a spangly pink, mons-anchored garment best described as a full-length vajazzle (look it up).<br />
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Yet the most moving moment in her opening night show came when, blonde-wigged and blue-jeaned, Cher delivered a straightforward, deeply resonant rendition of Marc Cohn’s “Walking In Memphis.” In her eyes, you could see a real engagement with the music and a genuine happiness about performing for an enthusiastic audience.<br />
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Before ending the night with an encore featuring “Believe,” Cher sang “If I Could Turn Back Time” in a strappy black bodysuit and leather jacket similar to the one she wore in her naval-gazing 1989 video for the song. Her dusky contralto voice, her statuesque five feet nine inches, and her bemused non-chalance amidst a maelstrom of lighting and stage effects are reassuringly familiar as well.<br />
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Perhaps for Cher herself, now 70, and for longtime fans, the turning back of time in her show through the use of photos and video clips that highlight her life in music and the movies gives the audience a chance to reconnect with past pleasures and share a joy for living that Cher embodies now more than ever.<br />
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Classic Cher is currently scheduled to play the Park Theater at Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on select dates from now through Feb 25 and from May 3-20. The show will also play at the MGM National Harbor Theater on select dates from March 17-26 and August 31-September 10. For further information and updates on additional performances, visit www.cher.com<br />
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<a href="https://lasvegasweekly.com/nightlife/industry-weekly/2017/feb/14/classic-cher-park-theater-las-vegas/" target="_blank">Las Vegas Weekly's Brock Radke</a> reviewed <i>Classic Cher</i>:<br />
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;">The only thing we knew for sure was that there would be many grand costume changes, and we weren’t disappointed. Cher went through 11 Bob Mackie-designed outfits during opening night of her all-new Las Vegas residency production Classic Cher at Park Theater on February 8—including the iconic (and revealing) sheer, black ensemble she wore in the 1989 video for “If I Could Turn Back Time.” Now 70 years old, Cher rocked the look—and all the others—like no one else can, delivering a consistently powerful performance throughout the night. But it was during that memorable late-’80s track—paired with another rock ballad from the era, “I Found Someone”—that the colorful, career-spanning show hit its peak. The crowd of 5,000-plus went wild.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;">“Are you overcome with my talent, or just astonished that I’m here?” she joked after arriving onstage singing “Woman’s World.” She seamlessly transitioned back and forth from early hits like “The Beat Goes On” and “Half-Breed” to more contemporary club favorites like “Strong Enough.” Cher has held a Vegas residency before, but her new show is a creative reinvention, which makes sense considering the way she has reinvented herself throughout 50 years in the spotlight. She clearly isn’t finished yet. Classic Cher at Park Theater, February 14-25.</span><br />
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Singing legend Cher will appear on CBS's The Talk on Friday 17 February.<br />
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The talk show's Facebook page boasts: "Have you been humming #GRAMMYs songs all morning? We're here to keep the music going... Guess who stops by in 4 DAYS! #CherTheTalk"<br />
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The <i>Woman's World</i> singer's last major television appearance was in October, on The Late Late Show With James Corden, during which <a href="http://chernews.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/watch-cher-performs-updates-1965-mega.html" target="_blank">she performed an updated version of <i>I Got You Babe</i> with the show's host</a>.</div>
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Let’s run the check list: Fabulous fashions. You got it! Glamor and glitz. You got it! Hit singles and disco blockbusters. You got it! A mechanical elephant. You got it! A silver-sequined gondola that “sails” from one side of the stage to the other. You got it! And spinning, overhead trapeze acrobatics. You got it!<br />
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In fact, nothing was missing from Cher’s premiere of her show “Classic Cher” at the new Park Theater at Monte Carlo on Wednesday night. Maybe just two things: The kitchen sink and Steve Wyrick’s old helicopter parts. Cher put everything else in to dazzle and wow the loyal audience.<br />
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There was a touch of Celine Dion’s show at Caesars Palace with the fly-away-opening white drape that later served as a TV screen for a montage of her movie roles and a memorable and emotional look back at Sonny & Cher TV variety shows and duets.<br />
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There was a long hint of Britney Spears’ earlier Axis at Planet Hollywood show using a circus backdrop theme. And one couldn’t help but think of Cirque du Soleil with its acrobatic artists spinning on a flying trapeze overhead as Cher sang.<br />
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All totally classic, and the sold-out crowd of 5,600 fans lapped it up loving the excitement and Cher’s usual candor. However, I can’t believe that her Q+A with the audience at the top of the show will be included anymore because how many times can one listen to pleading men wanting to marry her or invite her home for dinner? “I don’t do marriage,” snapped a giggling Cher!<br />
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But for the Las Vegas schoolteacher who asked the superstar to speak at her school, it could be a dream come true. Cher saluted the teacher and all work of teachers and asked the 25-year-old to leave her contact information to see if a visit to the school might be possible during her residency, which runs through Feb. 25 and when she returns from May 3-20.<br />
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The rhinestones, sequins and feathers were spectacular right from the opening “Woman’s World.” Just how tall was that afro wig? Incredible because it didn’t slip an inch while she gyrated with her gladiator dancers.<br />
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As Bob Mackie told me in our interview posted here last Sunday and in Sunday Life of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Cher worked her way through 11 costume changes and a glittering pair of sparkly bell-bottoms. The highlight was the amazing black stocking, garter belt, thigh-high boots and chest-mesh outfit that she first wore in her video for “If I Could Turn Back Time.”<br />
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Bob told me: “There’s plenty of flesh through the mesh.” Call this a version of leather and little else. No wonder guys less than half her age were asking to marry her or have dinner.<br />
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Cher is in top form, and you would never guess that she will be celebrating her 71st birthday May 20. What a party that closing night of her second run will be. She’s overcome health issues that brought her last tour to a halt three years ago. She looks taut, trim and terrific.<br />
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Cher joked about her age and Dr Pepper — plus her breasts — during the opening audience chat. But she didn’t get into topical Washington, D.C., happenings or her threat to move to Canada if Donald Trump became president, saying: “I’m not talking about politics here tonight.”<br />
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This is an all-hits show — and nothing but the hits. Cher belts out 17 of her chart winners, and everybody was singing along to “Take Me Home” and “I Got You Babe.” Her feathered headdress for “Half Breed” could not have been more stunning.<br />
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The off-white bejeweled gown she wore for the finale of “Believe” is so incredible, it’s no wonder that its 75 pounds of glitter had her slowing down at the end. She said that Tuesday night rehearsals had run to 3 a.m., and they ran the show early Wednesday afternoon. “I’m having trouble with my voice, but my heart is all perfect here,” she said to applause.<br />
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Here’s her setlist from the premiere show where she used the new electronic video mapping of Park Theater to full effect. It was an explosion of video magic that looked like a Tiesto showcase:<br />
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“Woman’s World,” “Strong Enough,” “All or Nothing,” “The Beat Goes On,” “All I Really Want to Do,” “I Got You Babe,” “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves,” “Dark Lady,” “Half Breed,” “Welcome to Burlesque,” “Take Me Home,” “After All,” “Walking in Memphis, “Shoop Shoop Song,” “I Found Someone,” “If I Could Turn Back Time” and “Believe.”<br />
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Go turn back time to the glory days of Cher’s hits in this 90-minute-plus spectacle. It’s a wall-to-wall jukebox of hits and the greatest and most outrageous flamboyant fashions you’ve ever seen. Cher owned the stage and the audience. Let her own you — just don’t invite her over for dinner or ask for her hand in marriage.<br />
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<a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7685315/cher-returns-concert-stage-vegas" target="_blank">Keith Caulfield, of Legendary US music publication Billboard</a>, reported on Cher's <i>Classic Cher</i> opening night:<br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Cher returned to the concert stage on Wednesday night (Feb. 8), nearly three years after an illness forced her off the road. Happily, the diva is again healthy and back in fine form.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">The Grammy, Emmy and Academy Award-winning superstar launched her Classic Cher show at Park Theater at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, showcasing everything one expects in a Cher spectacle: hit singles, glamorous Bob Mackie-designed outfits, and Cher’s sense of humor. (She joked about her breasts, her age, and her love of Dr. Pepper.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">The 90-minute Classic Cher show plays a series of dates at Park Theater in February and May, as well as at The Theater at MGM National Harbor outside Washington, D.C. in March, August and September. Park Theater opened on Dec. 17, 2016 and has a capacity of anywhere between 2,390 and 6,318, depending on the show. (For Cher’s engagement, along with multi-show dates on the venue’s schedule from Bruno Mars and Ricky Martin, the capacity is between 5,200 and 5,600.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Below are some highlights from the opening night of the Classic Cher show:</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #d0e0e3;">“I’m Not Talking About Politics”</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Cher hasn’t been the type of diva to shy away from being outspoken about politics — on Twitter and elsewhere — but at this show, the focus was on the music. “I’m not talking about politics,” she told the crowd during a chatty moment near the beginning of the show, which drew a robust response.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Still, recent political news events ended up getting mentioned: during a Q&A with the audience, a school teacher mentioned the newly appointed U.S. Secretary of Education (but not by name), before asking Cher if she would come and speak to her school. Cher first saluted the woman and all the work that teachers do, and then asked the woman to leave her contact information with representatives at the show to see if a school visit might be possible.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #d0e0e3;">That Bob Mackie Magic</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Legendary costume designer Bob Mackie has teamed up again with Cher for the Classic Cher run, and it’s a delight to see Cher strutting the stage in Mackie’s marvelous creations. Eight-time Emmy Award winner Mackie wasn’t able to work with Cher on her last tour, in 2014, so this is a reunion for the dynamic duo, who have been near-constant collaborators since the late 1960s.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Sequins, Rhinestones and Feathers, Oh My!</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">A Cher show is not just a concert, but an over-the-top fashion show. She opens the production singing “Woman’s World” in a glittery disco-goes-Egyptian gown, complete with a sky-high afro wig. (She’s backed up, naturally, by a troop of gladiator dancers.) Cher has 11 full costume changes through the concert, and the ensembles echo gowns Cher has previously worn on stage (after all, this is the Classic Cher show). Of course, a version of the famed leather-and-little-else outfit seen in her “If I Could Turn Back Time” music video brought down the house, while her glitzy “Half-Breed” feathered headdress was also a stunner. For the show’s finale of “Believe,” Cher donned a dazzling off-white bejeweled dress that weighs a whopping 75 lbs.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Hits, Hits and Nothing But the Hits</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">If you see Cher during her Classic Cher run, you’ll be treated to a nothing-but-the-hits revue – from top 10-charting Billboard Hot 100 singles like “I Got You Babe” and “Believe” to “If I Could Turn Back Time” and “Take Me Home.” While it would have been fun to showcase lesser known tunes, or even a new track, the show is seemingly designed with the widest audience in mind – thus, it has a hits-packed setlist. </span><br />
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<b><u><span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Cher’s Setlist for the Opening Night of her Classic Cher Show on Feb. 8, 2017:</span></u></b><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Woman’s World</span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Strong Enough</span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">All or Nothing</span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">The Beat Goes On</span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">All I Really Want to Do</span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">I Got You Babe</span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves</span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Dark Lady</span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Half-Breed</span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Welcome to Burlesque</span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Take Me Home</span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">After All</span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Walking In Memphis</span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss)</span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">I Found Someone</span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">If I Could Turn Back Time</span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">Believe</span><br />
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