Tony Bennett Returns to Tanglewood in August
LENOX, Mass. — Tony Bennett, the 17-time Grammy Award-winning musician whose music spans over six decades, will appear on Sunday, Aug. 31, at 2:30 p.m. in the Koussevitzky Music Shed.
Tickets go on sale on Tuesday, April 8, at 10 a.m. at www.tanglewood.org, by calling 888-266-1200, or by visiting the Symphony Hall Box Office. Shed prices for the concert range from $49.50 to $97.50 and lawn seats cost $25.
Bennett last appeared at Tanglewood on Sept. 3, 2005 with the Count Basie Orchestra.
His signature tunes, such as "Steppin' Out With My Baby" and "I Left My Heart In San Francisco," form part of the fabric of American music culture.
Bennett's daughter, Antonia Bennett, has been touring with her father and will open the performance with a collection of jazz/pop standards. Antonia Bennett is a graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Bennett celebrated his 85th birthday in 2011 with the release of "Duets II" and made music history by becoming the oldest artist ever to have a No. 1 CD on the Billboard album charts. The year 2012 marked the 50th anniversary of the singer's signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," as well as the release of a new documentary film, "The Zen Of Bennett," created and conceived by his son and manager, Danny Bennett.
