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Live Review: Dionne Warwick at Bridgewater Hall

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She’s Back: One Last Time.

It’s one thing seeing the legend that is Dionne Warwick … it’s another thing seeing her on her farewell tour. I get to tell my grandkids I saw Dionne Warwick. Not that they’ll have any idea who she is. Not that I plan to have kids – let alone grandkids. But you get the sentiment.

Warwick is a trailblazer, a groundbreaker, and one of the biggest-selling artists of all time. Whilst she’s not had the same longevity as pop culture icons like Cher , Diana Ross and Dolly Parton , she’s just not that kind of artist – but still, her icon status is undisputed.

“June 2022” has gotten me through the past year. In the space of just over a fortnight, I’m seeing Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight and Diana Ross – a holy trinity of Black female excellence. Even better – I got a last-minute invitation to see Queen + Adam Lambert days before Warwick. I’m in my legends phase, okay?

Warwick’s opening act was the wonderful Rachel John – the Olivier-nominated actress who originated the role of Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton in the West End. Her other notable roles include Nicki Marron in the West End revival of The Bodyguard (where she sometimes played the lead, Rachel) and Mrs. Neilsen in the Toronto production and West End remount of Girl from the North Country . The former is based on the film of the same name and adds a few famous Whitney Houston songs to the mix, whilst the latter is the second musical to use the music of Bob Dylan (after The Times They are a-Changin’ ) – and it’s coming to Manchester later this year!

John treated us to a Dylan cover, an Emeli Sandé cover (‘My Kind of Love’), and a few gospel covers from her new album. I was not expecting John to sing a song from Hamilton – not the right crowd – but it could have been wise to show off her vocal range by covering a Whitney Houston song from The Bodyguard . However, John seemed to be going for more of a warm, welcoming vibe than a show-stopping, steal-the-spotlight opening set before the timeless Dionne Warwick took to the stage.

Indeed, what made John’s set so special was how utterly effortless it was! She sang her heart out, without any over-the-top riffs or howls. Her vocal control is exceptional. It’s no surprise to learn that her background is in musical theatre, but her voice is accessible and commercial; I hope she “makes it” as a mainstream artist, now that she seems to be stepping away from musical theatre.

After a short interval, Dionne Warwick took the stage. The audience showed the icon so much love as she slowly walked onstage, delicate and feeble, but without any assistance. She’s a trooper. She was showing us that she can do this on her own.

She opened her set with ‘Walk On By’ – a soul-soothing song that took older audience members back in time (and me, the youngest person in the audience, to a tie I never knew).

Warwick’s voice is, of course, not what it was – the legend is 81 years old – but it still sounds beautiful. There were little glimmers where we could hear the old Dionne (that is, the young Dionne). It was bittersweet: the woman is getting old and is losing her instrument, yet she’s still going, and she’s still kind-of got it. It was quite admirable seeing her give it her all at her old age – this is her passion, her love, her joy, and she’s not going to give it up (even though her days of touring are coming to an end).

She treated us to her biggest hits, such as ‘I’ll Never Fall in Love Again’ and ‘I’ll Never Love This Way Again’. The audience were delighted when she began ‘I Say a Little Prayer’ (she recorded the song originally, but Aretha Franklin’s cover the following year was a bigger hit). She sang this song as a duet with her drummer – who she later revealed was her eldest son!

Before singing ‘Do You Know the Way to San Jose?’, she told us that she later recorded the song as a duet with the late, great Celia Cruz – and she sang this (extra Latin) musical arrangement. Ironically, Warwick is not fond of this “dumb” song or fan favourite ‘Heartbreaker’ – she said she “cried all the way to the bank”.

The audience joyfully sang along to ‘Heartbreaker’. It’s my aunty’s favourite Warwick song, and in the last few days before the concert, it somehow became mine (though just before the concert, I realised how much I loved ‘No Night So Long’, which sadly she did not sing).

The last part of the concert was about healing the world. She began the section with the little known ‘If I Want To’, before covering ‘We Are the World’ by supergroup USA for Africa (which she was a part of) – the USA’s answer to the UK’s Band Aid (‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’). This was followed by her cover of ‘What the World Needs Now is Love’ – written by Bacharch and David, who wrote many of her hits, she rejected it, only to cover it after it became a hit.

She unsurprisingly ended the concert with her signature hit,’That’s What Friends Are For’ – a cover of the Rod Stewart song by herself, Elton John , Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder (billed as Dionne & Friends ).

She then headed offstage, before taking a moment to wave goodbye to the audience. There was so much love and gratitude. She might not be selling out arenas like the aforementioned Cher, Parton and Ross, but she’s still going strong all these years later, selling out big music venues all around the world – and the love that her fans have for her, oh, is it strong.

One of her biggest fans is a lovely lady called Janey. She gifted Warwick a beautiful bouquet. This reminded me of a tweet I saw earlier that day – a woman had gifted Warwick a bouquet but neglected to tell her that it sat in water; Warwick placed it on the piano and accidentally turned it into a water feature!

Warwick then recounted this story. What I did not realise, though, was that it was the same woman! I only found out when I tweeted the woman to tell her that Warwick recounted the story. Safe to say, Warwick will never forget her – the water feature is pretty unforgettable!

The only issue with the concert was the sound; Warwick’s mic could have done with being turned up a notch because the music occasionally overpowered her. Everything else was perfect.

It was wonderful seeing the legendary Dionne Warwick for the first time – and the last .

She tours the UK until 10th June.

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Dionne Warwick: London, 6 June 2022

The legendary singer returns to the London Palladium for her farewell tour

Another week, another farewell tour hits the UK. This time it was the iconic singer Dionne Warwick, whose pandemic-delayed farewell tour finally hit London this week for two shows at the Palladium.

At 81, Warwick has decided she’s through with international touring, saying in a statement that “it’s becoming hard. So, I’ve decided to stop touring on that level in Europe…. but I’m not retiring!!”

And fair play to her, I wouldn’t want to be doing as many dates as she is currently doing in my eighties. After being couped up at home for 2 years, she’s back on an extensive European/UK tour having already completed several big dates in Europe. She’s currently in the middle of a pretty mammoth UK tour, where she’s playing most major cities as well as smaller towns, such as Truro in Cornwall.

Given her age and the length of the tour, the show is a 90 minute tour through some of her biggest hits. Unlike the last UK tour – where she played the Royal Albert Hall in 2018 for over 2 hours – she’s sticking to a standard setlist for this last tour, backed by her 4 piece band and 14 piece string section.

Yet should she really be touring in her current condition? Half way through the show she paused proceedings, complaining of a sharp pain in her leg, announcing that she had surgery just before flying to Europe, and is touring against the advice of her doctors. You have to admire her spirit, if not her medical decisions. But after 2 years of waiting, perhaps she just wants to get the tour done, pain or no pain.

But ever the professional, whatever pain she is currently experiencing, she put on a great final show for us in London.

Admittedly, her voice isn’t what it was back in 2018. She often sing-speaks and although she tries, she often misses the high notes. Her decision to retire from performing is therefore probably a wise one. No doubt there’s still money to be made from these tours, it’s unlikely her voice will hold out for any more long tours.

Despite this, and mindful of her age, no one at the Palladium seemed to care. They’re were there to see one of the original pop legends one final time, and she still has that charm, grace and unique tone to see the show through.

The songs are chosen largely from her collaborations with Burt Bacharach and Hal David, whom Warwick praised for his lyrics and poetry in particular. Most of the big numbers are here: ‘Walk On By’ is turned into a singalong, before Warwick delivers a great version of ‘Anyone Who Had A Heart’. There’s snippets of other favourites, from ‘Message To Michael’ to ‘You’ll Never Get To Heaven’.

The standouts were ‘This Guy’s In Love With You’, and a duet with her son (and drummer) David Elliot on a revamped version of ‘I Say A Little Prayer’. She might have sung it first, but Aretha Franklin outdid her – something that possibly still rankles Warwick (after all, she never forgave Cilla Black for copying her version of ‘Alfie’) but now performs the Aretha arrangement rather than her own. Elliot not only is a decent drummer, but he’s inherited the family singing genes, sounding not a million miles away from Howard Hewitt. It’s clearly a thrill for Elliot to be duetting with his mother again, potentially for the last time on tour.

There’s also room for her eighties hit ‘Heartbreaker’, written and produced by the Bee Gees, as well as the Manilow produced ‘I’ll Never Love That Way Again’. Good songs, but they don’t match the beauty of the Bacharach-David songbook.

Perhaps given her reduced vocal range there’s a few notable omissions from the show, in particular her breakout hit ‘Don’t Make Me Over’ and the classic ‘A House Is Not A Home’. But when you’ve recorded as much music as Warwick has, you simply can’t include it all. (Personally, I’d love to have heard her and her son duet on ‘How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye’, originally recorded with Luther Vandross, but suspect I’m the only one who’d have enjoyed it.)

And given the length of this tour, she shouldn’t be stretching herself night in, night out.

With six decades of experience though, Warwick’s slightly old-fashioned presentation is a slick affair: her backing band are in tuxes, as are the strings, and she rattles off her well-rehearsed stage patter in between songs. Yet towards the end she broke off to complain about the state of world affairs, taking particular aim at Putin and gun control in America. She even gave a bollocking to an audience member who dared interrupt her mid-flow. But ever the professional, she took it in her stride, launching into ‘If I Want To’, a song that clearly means a lot to Warwick.

As the show came to an end there was still room for a lengthy rendition of ‘We Are The World’ (Warwick appeared on the original version), and the syrupy ‘That’s What Friends Are For’.

Then, after saying thanks and farewell, Dionne Warwick walked off the London stage for the final time in her career. And unlike other artists who have embarked on farewell tours – Gladys Knight comes to mind – it’s unlikely Warwick will go back on her word. This probably is it, at least for her live shows.

But after 60+ years performing, we should be grateful we got to see this icon perform one final time.

We went to the final night of Dionne Warwick's tour and were fascinated by her story

The six-time Grammy-winning artist faced criticism after her two shows in Dublin

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It's not often that you can automatically sense that you are in the presence of a living legend but that's how it played out as singing sensation Dionne Warwick took to the stage at the Ulster Hall in Belfast for the final night of her 'in conversation' tour Don't Make Me Over.

Having previously visited the city back in 2022 on her farewell tour, the 83-year-old was back and this time it was more paired back and focused on reflecting on her life and career.

Earlier in the week, Dionne had come under criticism on RTÉ's Liveline programme after callers phoned in to complain about the format of the show following her two dates at Dublin's Vicar Street, despite it having been advertised as a unique show featuring songs performed with a live band, as well as on-stage discussions with interviewer Dave Wooley, so I was unsure what to expect from her final show on the tour in Belfast.

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Arriving at the Ulster Hall, notices had been placed around the venue to inform guests that Dionne would open the two-act show with a rendition of her first hit 'Don't Make Me Over' followed by a discussion accompanied by clips from the documentary and that the second act would include a further discussion and a 30 minute set to finish off.

Arriving promptly on stage at 8 pm, Dionne was dressed in jeans and a white shirt. Having informed the crowd that she was suffering from a cold and that she would try her best, she proceeded to sing and it was clear that her age had taken a strain on her vocal cords.

After opening the show, Dionne explained how Dave Wooley had "pestered" her to do a documentary on her life and she eventually gave in before inviting him out on stage where the pair talked at length for an hour sharing anecdotes about her life and career.

Shortly before 9 pm, the band reappeared on stage and Dionne performed a duet of 'I Say A Little Prayer' with her son, famed music producer David Elliot who was also accompanying her on the drums that evening.

After a 20-minute interval, Dionne and Dave Wooley reappeared on stage for further a further discussion which lasted around 40 minutes. The pair recalled everything from Dionne's relationship with her aunt Sissie Houston and her cousin the late Whitney Houston to meeting Elvis in Las Vegas where he placed autographs inside her records to help her sell them.

She also recalled meeting driving past Tom Jones who was standing in the rain in New Jersey and taking him to The Apollo Theatre where he made his debut and surprised the audience with the fact that he was white.

Dionne recounted how she had a similar experience performing in Paris for the first time after her record The Empty Place was released in Paris with a white woman on the cover, only for the audience to be shocked when they realised that Dionne was black.

Throught the show, we saw clips from the documentary 'Don't Make Me Over' (which is available to watch for free on the BBC iPlayer) including interviews with the like of Elton John, President Clinton and Snoop Dogg.

Recalling how she summoned a load of 'gangster rappers' to her home to chastise them for referring to women as 'bitches' in their songs, Dionne proudly told the audience that "it takes a gangster to know a gangster" which was followed by a clip of Snoop Dogg explaining how that first meeting with Dionne sparked a lasting friendship between the pair.

Perhaps the most poignant moment of the night came from Warwick recalling her involvement in the fight against aids and how she forced President Reagan to refer to the pandemic as such.

The one area of Dionne's life that was only touched on briefly was her famous feud with the late Cilla Black who famously "stole" a number of her songs. While Dionne has spoken candidly in the past, the only reference to it in this tour came from discussing the song Alfie and how, despite there being over 40 versions of the song, Dionne is the only person to have a hit with it.

Finishing the show at the piano once more, Dionne treated the audience to a number of her hits from over the years before leaving the stage to a standing ovation.

While the format of the show may not have been to everyone's taste, it's not every day you are sitting in front of the first black person to win a Grammy in the pop category and to see her perform live was an honour.

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• You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) ( Burt Bacharach  cover) Play Video
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• Do You Know the Way to San Jose? by Burt Bacharach
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• I'll Never Fall in Love Again by Burt Bacharach
• I'll Never Love This Way Again by Richard Kerr
• If I Want To by Burt Bacharach
• Message to Michael by Burt Bacharach
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• This Girl's in Love With You by Burt Bacharach
• Walk On By by Burt Bacharach
• We Are the World by USA for Africa
• What the World Needs Now Is Love by Burt Bacharach
• What's So Good About Goodbye by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
• You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) by Burt Bacharach
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‘Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over’ Review: One of the Most Transcendent of All Pop Singers Gets a Solid Documentary

It stints on her personal life but captures what made her a great artist — and a crossover legend.

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Every great singer has her own signature, and Dionne Warwick ’s, in her defining period in the ’60s and ’70s, was the gorgeous wavery ethereal slowness of her vibrato. It allowed her to hit a note, sustain it with that beautiful wide tremolo, and invest it with a yearning that was pure enough to pierce you. You can hear it in her very first recording, “Don’t Make Me Over,” which is the first record she made of a song by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, or in her first sublime recording, “Anyone Who Had a Heart” (1963), where she sings a line like “Anyone who ever loved, could look at me,/And know that I lov-v-v-e you…, ” the last two words ringing out like bells, tied to each other by a curlicue of emotion. Warwick didn’t just sing the notes — she lofted them into the air, so that they floated into your heart.

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In the new documentary “Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over,” Burt Bacharach, now 93, says, “Dionne had this huge range,” meaning not just her ability to leap octaves but her vast emotional scope. “She’s very delicate, and then she’s very explosive. Very unusual to have a singer who can do… that .” That wistful warble of Warwick’s was ideal for ballads (she could crest and soar like nobody’s business), but it worked just as incandescently in up-tempo pop songs, like the way she’d sing “Do you know the way to San Jose…” and give the “San”  a little push, a little vibratory flutter that allowed her to express hope and loss, happiness and sadness in the same beat.

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When I was a kid and “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” came on the radio, I’d be spellbound by the mix of feeling in it — the late-afternoon melancholy that was also, somehow, a kind of magic-hour contentment. Warwick made going back to San Jose sound like a return to paradise, yet a return suffused with loss, with her retreat from the big city (“L.A. is a great big freeway…” ). And that slow vibrato was so distinctly lovely, so completely and utterly her that I believed in my grade-school soul the experience she was singing about was actually happening to her. She turned songs like “Do You Know the Way…” or “I Say a Little Prayer” or “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again” into luminous pop confessions of middle-class rapture and heartbreak.

“Don’t Make Me Over,” directed by David Heilbroner and Dave Wooley, is a relatively simple and basic documentary. It’s 90 minutes long, and it sits down with Warwick — sharp and spiky at 81, with a short dyed coif that’s the essence of elegance — and invites her to sift through her memories. It touches on her childhood growing up in an integrated neighborhood of East Orange, New Jersey (we see a startling grainy black-and-white clip of her singing lead in a gospel choir when she was 21), and on the launch of her career at the Apollo Theater, where she followed in the footsteps of artists like Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday by performing on Amateur Night.

The movie relates, in an engaging if somewhat glancing fashion, the story of most of her hit songs, and it interviews figures from Bacharach and Clive Davis and Smokey Robinson to Carlos Santana and Valerie Simpson to Elton John and Stevie Wonder to Alicia Keys and Bill Clinton and Snoop Dogg, all of whom testify to the singular glory of Warwick’s expressive gift and to all the racial-cultural barriers she broke down, mostly by vaulting over them. We also get a summary of her personal life — youthful marriage, Mexican divorce, remarriage for 12 years, two sons — in about three minutes.

Leaving an artist’s private life offscreen can work in a documentary, but it can also rob the film of spice, and to a degree that happens here. As a piece of archival biography, “Don’t Make Me Over” is serviceable rather than inspired, a kind of soft-edged memoir that takes a once-over-lightly skim through Warwick’s life and career. I wish it dove deeper into the musical synergy between Warwick and Bacharach and David, giving us a more detailed, lived-in sense of how those miraculous songs were created and recorded. Yet Warwick, as a singer, had such a spectacular run that just seeing it all play out, and watching the clips that have been assembled of her spellbinding performances on stage and on television, is more than satisfying, especially because the movie truly understands what a transformational figure she was.

“Don’t Make Me Over” deals quite insightfully with how Dionne Warwick fitted into, and changed, the racial landscape of American entertainment. In Europe, she was initially — outrageously — represented on the cover of an album by the image of a sexy white girl. When she walked on stage at the Olympia in Paris, the audience was shocked. She tells the story of touring the Jim Crow South in the early ’60s with Sam Cooke and others, a situation she had so little tolerance for that her periodic lashing out about it could rival Nina Simone’s. In a concert hall that put whites on one side of the stage and Blacks on the other, Cooke told her never to turn her back on the white audience. She responded by going out on stage and immediately doing the opposite of what he said.

Returning from Europe, she was welcomed in the States, and doors opened up for her, as she appeared on “Ed Sullivan” and a slew of variety shows hosted by Perry Como, Red Skelton, Dinah Shore, and others. She became the first solo Black woman artist to win a Grammy. Yet even as she grew iconic, she felt like she was in a bubble (she was just about the only Black music star being invited into that spotlight). On top of that, she was hit with the kind of accusatory racial crosswinds that would buffet her first cousin, Whitney Houston, several decades later, with some members of the Black community complaining that Warwick was a “sellout.” As she tells it, “The music I was singing was nothing like anything that any of them were singing, Black or white. So they really didn’t know what to do with me.”

Warwick turned into a global groundbreaker of crossover: not just in terms of the demographics of her fans, but in the way she fought the system of musical-racial categories by transcending them. She was a pop singer who infused songs with a unique soul. We see a stunning clip of her on television singing “I Say a Little Prayer,” which allows us to drink in the electricity of her presence: the regal cheekbones, the movie-star overbite that was so unique, the delicate plaintive power of her voice. There is no more romantic line in the history of pop music than the way she sings “I say a little prayer for you …,” because you feel she’s truly singing it to someone , the glory of her voice invested in the other. To watch this documentary is to return to a moment when devotion could still declare itself from the rooftops.

The story doesn’t end there, of course. “Don’t Make Me Over” covers Warwick’s high-powered comeback in the late ’70s, which was engineered by Clive Davis, and includes the way that she initially balked at recording what is arguably her greatest song of that period, “Heartbreaker,” written expressly for her by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees. (She had balked, in a similar way, at “Do You Know the Way to San Jose.”) The movie devotes a lengthy section to how Warwick became one of the first AIDS activists, speaking out about the epidemic when no one in the music industry would, spearheading the recording of “That’s What Friends Are For” (a song that generated many millions of dollars for that cause) and even prompting Ronald Reagan, on stage, to publicly say the word “AIDS” for the first time. It also deals with her antipathy to the misogyny of gangsta rap, and there’s a great story, told by Snoop Dogg, about how she invited him, Suge Knight, and Tupac Shakur over to her home to have a powwow about it. Snoop claims that the meeting influenced his lyrics from that point on.

At the end of “Don’t Make Me Over,” various people are asked what their favorite Dionne Warwick song is, and that’s a natural question, since there was so much love in her music that you almost can’t help but think, “Which of those songs do I love most?” Burt Bacharach is arguably one of the 10 greatest composers of the 20th century, and the synergy of his melodies, Hal David’s lyrics (which Warwick calls poetry), and Warwick’s voice produced songs that were three-minute cantos of pop magic. In a way, Dionne Warwick is one of those artists where your favorite song of hers is probably the one you happen to be listening to. The melancholy defiant lilt of “Walk On By,” the yearning of “Anyone Who Had a Heart” — in the film, Elton John is not exaggerating when he says, “They are just perfect works of art. They were a bit like Picassos.” Forced to choose, I myself would cite two Warwick songs: “I Say a Little Prayer,” probably the most heavenly song Bacharach ever wrote, and “What the World Needs Now,” which Warwick performs with an adoration that makes it the most exalted of anthems. The song’s message, that love is “the only thing…that there’s just too little of,” is a plea that risks naïveté. Yet as Dionne Warwick sings it, they’re the truest words ever spoken.

Reviewed online, March 7, 2022. MPAA Rating: Not rated. Running time: 89 MIN.

• Production: A CNN Films release of an Endeavor Content, Mister Smith Entertainment, Wooley Entertainment production. Producer: Dave Wooley. Executive producers: Geralyn White Dreyfous, Michelle Freeman, Wes Hall, Raymond F. Schinazi, Regina K. Scully.
• Crew: Directors: David Heilbroner, Dave Wooley. Screenplay: Dave Wooley. Camera: Tom Bergmann, Thaddeus Wadleigh. Editor: Stephen Perry. Music: Dionne Warwick.
• With: Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach, Clive Davis, Elton John, Gladys Knight, Snoop Dogg, Alicia Keys, Smokey Robinson, Carlos Santana, Valerie Simpson, Damon Elliot, David Elliott, Quincy Jones, Berry Gordy, Bill Clinton, Chuck Jackson, Cissy Houston, Gloria Estefan, Olivia Newton-John, Melissa Manchester, Jesse Jackson.

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A Lifetime in Song: Dionne Warwick’s Majestic Return to the UK

In May 2024, the legendary Dionne Warwick will return to the UK for a series of concerts that are much more than performances—they are a celebration of a lifetime spent in music. Kicking off in Gateshead at The Glasshouse on the 5th and concluding in the historic Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London on the 14th, the “Don’t Make Me Over” tour promises an intimate encounter with one of the music industry’s most enduring voices.

Warwick, whose career spans over five decades, has been a constant presence in the lives of many, providing a soundtrack to countless memories and moments. Her return to the UK is not just an opportunity for fans to hear their favorite songs live but to engage with Warwick’s rich history and contributions to music. “I’m thrilled to be coming back to the UK, bringing a new show to my fans,” says Warwick. This tour isn’t just about revisiting the hits; it’s about sharing the journey, the stories, and the emotions behind the music.

From the moment the tour begins in Gateshead, attendees will be taken on a journey through Warwick’s illustrious career. Fans can expect to hear classics such as “I Say A Little Prayer,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” and “Walk On By,” songs that not only define Warwick’s career but also a generation of music lovers. But more than just a musical retrospective, Warwick promises a show filled with personal anecdotes, reflections on her life and times, and even insights into her creative process, making each performance a unique experience.

Warwick’s performances will be enhanced by the presence of Dave Wooley, who will engage with Warwick in discussions that promise to reveal the stories behind the songs, the challenges and triumphs of her career, and her insights into the music industry. This dialogue between Warwick and Wooley is set to provide audiences with a deeper understanding of the artist as a person, not just a performer.

Moreover, the tour will incorporate elements from Warwick’s recently released documentary, “Don’t Make Me Over,” offering fans a visual and narrative depth to the concert experience. Through a combination of live music, personal storytelling, and multimedia elements, attendees will get an immersive look into the life of one of music’s most iconic figures.

This tour represents a rare opportunity for fans to connect with Dionne Warwick in a series of shows that promise to be as moving as they are memorable. It’s an invitation to celebrate not just the hits that have defined Warwick’s career but the resilience, creativity, and enduring spirit of a woman who has made an indelible mark on the world of music.

As Warwick prepares to bring her unparalleled talent and rich musical legacy back to the UK, fans are eagerly anticipating the chance to experience the magic of her music live. The “Don’t Make Me Over” tour is more than a series of concerts; it’s a testament to Warwick’s lasting influence on music and culture, an homage to her fans, and a celebration of a life lived in song.

Tour Dates:

• Sunday, 5 May – Gateshead – The Glasshouse
• Tuesday, 7 May – Edinburgh – Usher Hall
• Thursday, 9 May – Glasgow – Royal Concert Hall
• Saturday, 11 May – Birmingham – Symphony Hall
• Sunday, 12 May – Salford – The Lowry
• Tuesday, 14 May – London – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Thursday, 16 May – Bristol – Beacon
• Sunday, 19 May – Southend – Cliffs Pavilion

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• LIVE REVIEW: Dionne Warwick – Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 1st May 2024

It’s the opening night of Cheltenham’s annual Jazz Festival and the miserable weather does not dampen spirits of the crowd pouring into the Big Top for soul legend, Dionne Warwick .

The festival runs for 6 days each May at various venues across the town with a mix of free and paid for events. The Big Top is a 2,200 capacity tent which hosts the biggest names on the bill and this year that includes the likes of Jack Savoretti, The Brand New Heavies, Morcheeba, Jordan Rakei, Gregory Porter , Robert Plant and Sophie Ellis-Bextor .

Dionne Warwick’s set is the first one of the festival and also marks the start of her UK tour. There is a genuine sense of excitement about seeing such an important musical icon in the town and it is an undeniably impressive booking for the event.

The 60’s star arrives on stage perfectly on time at 9pm – something which seems to catch some audience members out as they shuffle into their seats during the opening of “Walk On By” . Being able to open with a song so universally known and loved really is testament to the strength of Warwick’s discography. Most singers would be thrilled to have that as their finale but it’s just one of a plethora of bonafide mega hits which make up tonight’s setlist.

At 83 years old, Dionne’s voice is not what it once was and it does take some warming up tonight. For the first few songs, it feels like there is a risk of it giving away entirely. It’s quiet, raspy and inconsistent but always warm and charming. By the time she reaches the set highlight, “ I’ll Never Love This Way Again” , she proves there is still belting power left.

The term ‘jazz’ is sometimes applied loosely at the festival but, backed by a simple three-piece band and sat on a stool with one hand leaning on the piano, Dionne’s performance fits the bill perfectly. The music is under-stated yet playful with bossa nova elements and jazz riffs throughout.

The crowd quietly singalong to “ Anyone Who Had A Heart” , Alfie” and “ Do You Know the Way to San Jose?” It’s a hushed choir appearing conscious of not drowning out the singer’s understated vocals. Perhaps it’s for the best as Dionne has to reprimand the room for messing up an audience participation moment in “ What The World Needs Now Is Love” .

Dionne is joined by her son, David, for a duet of “ I Say A Little Prayer” ( it’s often forgotten that Burt Bacharach wrote this song specifically for Dionne and her version pre-dates Aretha Franklin’s arguably more famous rendition). Arguably, this nepotism-based section drags on a little longer than necessary and is a bit too sickly for this writer but appears to go down well in the tent.

What becomes abundantly clear throughout the set is Dionne’s love for performing. Permanently smiling and looking like the most relaxed person in the room, it is no surprise that she is still doing this 60 years on. If you think this is a farewell tour then think again as she tell us “ next time I’m over, I’ll bring my grand-daughter with me” .

Whilst her vocal on set-closer “ That’s What Friends Are For” is more fragile than on record, it brings an added gravitas to the song. There’s a unanimous standing ovation and thunderous applause as the heroine departs the stage 15 minutes earlier than scheduled.

Her highest-charting single in the UK -1982’s “Heartbreaker” – is absent from the setlist but is played over the PA as satisfied attendees begin to exit the venue. You can overhear complimentary conversations from people thrilled to have been given the opportunity to see one of the all-time greats singing some of the best songs ever written in such an intimate setting. It’s a superb start to Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

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Legendary US singer Dionne Warwick has announced she will perform at eight special shows in the UK.

The news came shortly after the 82-year-old star became one of the latest recipients of a Kennedy Center Honor , alongside comedian Billy Crystal and actor Queen Latifah.

The Don't Make Me Over tour will begin its UK leg at Gateshead's The Glasshouse on Sunday 5 May, 2024, with tickets going on sale on Friday 8 December at 10am via Ticketmaster.

The “Walk on By” singer will then travel across the UK visiting Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham, Salford, Bristol, and Southend before concluding at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London on Tuesday 14 May.

Warwick said in a statement: “I’m so thrilled to be coming back to the UK and bringing a brand-new show to my fans. I’ll be sharing stories & personal anecdotes from my life along with footage from my recent documentary, Don’t Make Me Over . And of course, I’ll be singing some of my favourite songs from my career.”

The evening will feature hits from across Warwick’s decades-long career, including a selection of classic Warwick/Burt Bacharach/Hal David songs such as “I Say A Little Prayer”, “Do You Know The Way To San Jose” and “Walk On By.”

She will be joined on stage by interviewer Dave Wooley, her band plus a multimedia set up with an LED screen showing highlights from her recently released documentary, Don’t Make Me Over.

You can find her UK tour dates below:

Sun 5 May – Gateshead – The Glasshouse

Tue 7 May – Edinburgh – Usher Hall

Thu 9 May – Glasgow – Royal Concert Hall

Sat 11 May – Birmingham – Symphony Hall

Sun 12 May – Salford – The Lowry

Tue 14 May – London – Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Thu 16 May – Bristol – Beacon

Sun 19 May – Southend – Cliffs Pavilion

In Don’t Make Me Over, Snoop Dogg recalled meeting Warwick for the first time , saying: “We were kind of, like, scared and shook up.”

The rapper revealed that Warwick was not impressed with the misogynistic slurs in his songs and had arranged a meeting with him, Tupac and Death Row Records founder Suge Knight to give them a dressing down.

Warwick said she told the group of rappers: “You guys are all going to grow up. You’re going have families. You’re going to have children. You’re going to have little girls, and one day that little girl is going to look at you and say, ‘Daddy, did you really say that? Is that really you?’ What are you going to say?’

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Snoop Dogg appreciated the singer’s advice, explaining: “She was checking me at a time when I thought we couldn’t be checked.”

“We were the most gangsta as you could be, but that day at Dionne Warwick’s house, I believe we got out-gangstered that day.”

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In Person and In Her Own Words Meet the real Dionne Warwick, the artist behind timeless hits such as What the World Needs Now, Say A Little Prayer, and Don’t Make Me Over. What few people know is that behind the iconic music is a strong woman whose fierce determination not only brought her worldwide success but also a voice she used to fight for humanitarian causes. Join Dionne while she guides you through a remarkable life story from her humble beginnings as a gospel singer in New Jersey to superstardom and one of the most recognisable and successful female voices of our time. The evening will feature live performance of her many hits and a salute to her unimpeachable catalogue of music. Dionne is joined on stage with interviewer Dave Wooley, her band plus a multimedia set up with LED screen. Taking excerpts from the documentary, Dave will interview and guide Dionne through an evening interspersed with documentary footage and contributions from the likes of President Bill Clinton, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Barry Gibb and many more.   The evening will feature live performance of the many hits and acknowledgements of an unimpeachable catalogue of music.  With humble beginnings as a gospel singer in New Jersey, Dionne Warwick started by winning Amateur Night at Harlem’s Apollo Theatre and went on to become the first African American to win the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance with over 100 million records sold. Growing up in an America divided between black and white, her music crossed pan-Atlantic barriers and exploded in Europe when her first album was released under the guise of a blonde-haired, blue-eyed white female artist. Since revealing her true identity, the relentless Dionne has achieved international superstardom, churned out pop hits spanning decades and become a fearless voice for the AIDS crisis and a spokeswoman for social causes around the world.

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Dionne Warwick performs at the Portsmouth Music Hall. Photo by Sydney Bilodeau Photography

No need to know the way to San Jose, only the easy hourlong drive just over the bridge and into New Hampshire to hear legendary singer Dionne Warwick in concert at the Portsmouth Music Hall on Wednesday night.

CONCERT REVIEW

WHAT:  Dionne Warwick

WHERE: Portsmouth Music Hall

REVIEWED:   Wednesday ,  Sept. 7

Warwick still brings a ton of hit songs with her wherever she goes and a large crowd at the venerable venue was primed to hear as many of them as possible.

Backed by a tight quartet of musicians, the 81-year-old singer remained mostly seated during the show. She spoke warmly, adding bits of folksy humor here and there, and inviting the enthusiastic crowd for what she labeled a “stroll down memory lane.”

The New Jersey native started things off with slightly abbreviated renditions of “Walk On By,” “Anyone Who Had a Heart,” and “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again” to the delight of the audience who gladly accepted her invitation to sing along. A sense of a collective celebration of her music was very much in the air throughout the 80-minute performance.

Her voice has lost a bit of strength but she, not unexpectedly, has a strong grasp on where the sweet spots are in the music and, with some slightly updated arrangements in support, still delivers on her timeless repertoire. Shared memories perhaps fill in some of the gaps.

Versions of “Message to Michael” and “This Girl’s in Love With You” added to the list of many Burt Bacharach compositions that helped make the singer famous. A hushed “Alfie” found the singer once again summoning the melancholy within the classic movie theme. Advertisement

Some of the loudest applause of the evening came for a highly Latin-ized arrangement of “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?” that really stretched out, riding on the rhythmic accents offered by Brazilian Renato Braz from his array of small and large percussion instruments.

“Say a Little Prayer” featured Warwick in a soulful duet with her son David Elliot, who sang from the drum chair. Todd Hunter (piano/conductor) and Danny DeMorales (electric bass) filled out the band, adding brief solo moments along the way.

Upbeat, despite an earlier miscalculation that had her making a dash to Macy’s to pick up a dress for the show, the multi-Grammy winner finished strong with tunes aimed at encouraging all to work for greater peace and harmony.

“If I Want To” affirmed that sentiment and “We Are the World” reminded many of prior movements for change. “What the World Needs Now is Love” spelled it all out while “That’s What Friends Are For” sealed the deal.

She may harken back to an era when idealism seemed more abundant. But Dionne Warwick showed she can still lift spirits with her music.

Steve Feeney is a freelance writer who lives in Portland.

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• Sun 26 May Belfast, Ulster Hall Dionne Warwick
• Sun 19 May Southend-on-Sea, Cliffs Pavilion Dionne Warwick
• Thu 16 May Bristol Beacon Dionne Warwick
• Tue 14 May London, Theatre Royal Drury Lane Dionne Warwick
• Sun 12 May Salford, The Lowry Dionne Warwick
• Sat 11 May Birmingham, Symphony Hall Dionne Warwick
• Thu 9 May Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall Dionne Warwick
• Tue 7 May Edinburgh, Usher Hall Dionne Warwick
• Sun 5 May Gateshead, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music Dionne Warwick
• Sat 4 May Scarborough Spa Dionne Warwick
• Wed 1 May Cheltenham, Big Top Dionne Warwick
• Fri 1 Jul Scunthorpe, Baths Hall Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Wed 29 Jun Leicester, De Montfort Hall Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Tue 28 Jun Cardiff, St David's Hall Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Sat 25 Jun Plymouth Pavilions Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Fri 24 Jun Bournemouth Pavilion Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Tue 21 Jun Nottingham, Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Sat 18 Jun Belfast, Waterfront Hall Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Thu 16 Jun Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Wed 15 Jun Edinburgh, Usher Hall Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Tue 14 Jun Newcastle upon Tyne, O2 City Hall Newcastle Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Sun 12 Jun Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Fri 10 Jun York Barbican Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Thu 9 Jun Cambridge Corn Exchange Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Wed 8 Jun Brighton Dome Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Mon 6 Jun London Palladium Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Sun 5 Jun London Palladium Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Fri 3 Jun Manchester, Bridgewater Hall Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Wed 1 Jun Bath, The Forum Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Tue 31 May Birmingham, Symphony Hall Dionne Warwick Rachel John
• Mon 30 May Southend-on-Sea, Cliffs Pavilion Dionne Warwick Rachel John

November 2021

• Fri 5 Nov Belfast, Waterfront Hall Dionne Warwick
• Thu 4 Nov Brighton Dome Dionne Warwick
• Tue 2 Nov Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Dionne Warwick
• Mon 1 Nov Bournemouth Pavilion Dionne Warwick

October 2021

• Sat 30 Oct Cambridge Corn Exchange Dionne Warwick
• Fri 29 Oct York Barbican Dionne Warwick
• Wed 27 Oct Southend-on-Sea, Cliffs Pavilion Dionne Warwick
• Tue 26 Oct Leicester, De Montfort Hall Dionne Warwick
• Mon 25 Oct Nottingham, Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall Dionne Warwick
• Sat 23 Oct Birmingham, Symphony Hall Dionne Warwick
• Fri 22 Oct Manchester, Bridgewater Hall Dionne Warwick
• Thu 21 Oct Newcastle upon Tyne, O2 City Hall Newcastle Dionne Warwick
• Tue 19 Oct Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall Dionne Warwick
• Sun 17 Oct London Palladium Dionne Warwick
• Sat 16 Oct Cardiff, St David's Hall Dionne Warwick
• Fri 15 Oct Bath, The Forum Dionne Warwick
• Wed 13 Oct Plymouth Pavilions Dionne Warwick
• Mon 10 May Online / Streaming Events Dionne At Home With You Dionne Warwick
• Sun 9 May Online / Streaming Events Dionne At Home With You Dionne Warwick
• Mon 5 Apr Online / Streaming Events Dionne At Home With You Dionne Warwick
• Sun 4 Apr Online / Streaming Events Dionne At Home With You Dionne Warwick

October 2020

• Tue 13 Oct Gateshead, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music Dionne Warwick
• Mon 12 Oct Nottingham, Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall Dionne Warwick
• Sat 10 Oct Birmingham, Symphony Hall Dionne Warwick
• Fri 9 Oct Southend-on-Sea, Cliffs Pavilion Dionne Warwick
• Wed 7 Oct Bath, The Forum Dionne Warwick
• Tue 6 Oct York Barbican Dionne Warwick
• Sun 4 Oct Cambridge Corn Exchange Dionne Warwick
• Sat 3 Oct Leicester, De Montfort Hall Dionne Warwick
• Fri 2 Oct London Palladium Dionne Warwick

September 2020

• Wed 30 Sep Brighton Dome Dionne Warwick
• Tue 29 Sep Bournemouth Pavilion Dionne Warwick
• Sun 27 Sep Plymouth Pavilions Dionne Warwick
• Sat 26 Sep Cardiff, St David's Hall Dionne Warwick
• Fri 25 Sep Manchester, Bridgewater Hall Dionne Warwick
• Wed 23 Sep Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Dionne Warwick
• Tue 22 Sep Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall Dionne Warwick
• Sat 19 Sep Belfast, Waterfront Hall Dionne Warwick

September 2018

• Mon 24 Sep Gateshead, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music Dionne Warwick
• Sat 22 Sep Glasgow, SEC Dionne Warwick
• Thu 20 Sep Birmingham, Symphony Hall Dionne Warwick
• Wed 19 Sep Cardiff, St David's Hall Dionne Warwick
• Tue 18 Sep London, Royal Albert Hall Dionne Warwick
• Sat 8 Sep Bexhill-on-Sea, De La Warr Pavilion Dionne Warwick

October 2015

• Tue 6 Oct Manchester, The AO Arena Dionne Warwick, Roberta Flack, The Drifters, Mary Wilson
• Sun 4 Oct Utilita Arena Birmingham Dionne Warwick, Roberta Flack, The Drifters, Mary Wilson
• Sat 3 Oct London, OVO Arena, Wembley Dionne Warwick, Roberta Flack, The Drifters, Mary Wilson
• Fri 13 Jun East Molesey, Hampton Court Palace Dionne Warwick
• Wed 11 Jun London, indigo at The O2 Dionne Warwick

August 2012

• Fri 10 Aug Brecon Market Hall Dionne Warwick
• Wed 6 Jun Scarborough Open Air Theatre Dionne Warwick
• Mon 4 Jun Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Dionne Warwick
• Sun 3 Jun Nottingham, Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall Dionne Warwick
• Fri 1 Jun Manchester, Bridgewater Hall Dionne Warwick, Alexander Stewart
• Thu 31 May Birmingham, Symphony Hall Dionne Warwick
• Wed 30 May Gateshead, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music Dionne Warwick
• Mon 28 May London, Royal Albert Hall Dionne Warwick

January 2011

• Sun 9 Jan London, Apollo Victoria Dionne Warwick, Natalie Cole, Elaine Page, Mica Paris, Simon Keenlyside, Stephen McRae, Southbank Sinfonia, The London Community Gospel Choir, David Elliott …

December 2008

• Wed 3 Dec Belfast, Waterfront Hall Dionne Warwick

November 2008

• Sun 30 Nov Cardiff, St David's Hall Dionne Warwick
• Fri 28 Nov Truro, Hall For Cornwall Dionne Warwick
• Thu 27 Nov Torquay, Princess Theatre Dionne Warwick
• Wed 26 Nov Eastbourne, Congress Theatre Dionne Warwick
• Tue 25 Nov New Theatre Oxford Dionne Warwick
• Sun 23 Nov Skegness, Embassy Theatre Dionne Warwick
• Sat 22 Nov Leicester, De Montfort Hall Dionne Warwick
• Tue 18 Nov Basingstoke, The Anvil Dionne Warwick
• Mon 17 Nov Dionne Warwick