Seriously? OMG! WTF?

Barry Manilows pre-surgery routine included picking up an Emmy Sunday night. Monday he’s having hip surgery."This goes into the operating room with me tomorrow morning as a good-luck charm," Manilow said as he hoisted the trophy for outstanding individual performance in a variety or music program.Manilow, 60, had to cancel performances at the Las Vegas Hilton because of the painful cartilage tears in both hips.But he was able to perform "The Bandstand Boogie" for the Emmy audience.Manilow’s recovery and rehabilitation are expected to take about eight weeks.

AP 

You so know he is going to take that Emmy with him tomorrow!

Barry Manilow will take a break from his regular gig at the Las Vegas Hilton to undergo surgery to repair torn cartilage in both hips, his publicist said. The 60-year-old singer, who has a four-year contract with the hotel, suffers from labrum tears in his hips – a painful condition exacerbated by his high-energy performances, publicist Carol Marshall said in a statement Sunday. Manilow will continue performing through his appearance at the Emmy Awards on Aug. 27 and will then have outpatient arthroscopic surgery at a Southern California hospital, Marshall said. Recovery and rehabilitation time is expected to be about eight weeks. Manilow will miss about 20 concerts at the Hilton, all of which will be rescheduled for the 2007 season.

Las Vegas Sun 

Barry Manilow had so much success with the music from the 1950s, he’s taking on another decade. In an interview with The Associated Press, Manilow said he plans to release "The Greatest Songs of the Sixties" on Oct. 31, a follow-up to "The Greatest Songs of the Fifties," which debuted at No. 1 when it was released earlier this year and sold more than one million copies."I think these songs from the ’60s are more well known to a lot of people than the songs of the 50s," he told the AP on Thursday. "I really have a sense that these songs are even going to be more accepted to a bigger audience because everybody knows these songs." Noting that he got his start in the industry as a musical arranger, Manilow said: "When I get an opportunity to take a classic beautifully written song and arrange them for singers or myself, it’s great fun for me."I’m able to find different facets of each song that maybe the public hasn’t heard."Still, like the "Fifties" album, there won’t be too big a departure from what the public is familiar with."I can’t go too far away from the original, because people are expecting to hear the songs that they love," he said. "That’s the challenge."
If this album is as successful as the first, Manilow said he might go into the ’70s — the decade when Manilow first gained his fame.

AP

Maybe he will do American Idol again this year since last year that was the best theme night. 

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