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Music legend Engelbert Humperdinck is coming to El Paso.

The four-time Grammy Award nominee and Golden Globe "Entertainer of the Year" will perform at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Plaza Theatre, organizers announced today.

Tickets, which will cost $45, $55, $75 and $85, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday and will be available at the Plaza Theatre Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, by phone at 800-745-3000 and online at ticketmaster.com. VIP passes also will be on sale.

Humperdinck is an English pop singer best known for his hits "Release Me," "The Last Waltz," "Spanish Eyes" and "After the Lovin'." He released his first single, "I'll Never Fall in Love Again," in 1958. In 1966, he won a singing contest and later released a string of singles that proved commercially successful. Gaining a devoted fan following, he also fronted a short-lived television series, "The Engelbert Humperdinck Show."

Few realize that several of music's biggest acts, including Jimi Hendrix and The Carpenters, started out as opening acts for the crooner in the 1960s, 70s and 80s.

Humperdinck has 63 gold records, 24 platinum records and has sold more than 150 million albums worldwide. He also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Information: 231-1100; elpasolive.com.

By Margaret Gallardo / El Paso Times

POSTED:   10/23/2014 04:50:03 PM MDT

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Engelbert Humperdinck has paid tribute to the late glam rock star Alvin Stardust following the 72-year-old death's this week.

Enge, 78, said Stardust was a "gentleman" and that he would be "sadly missed" after his death was announced yesterday.

It is understood that the singer, who had hits including My Coo Ca Choo, Jealous Minds and Feel Like Buddy Holly, died at home surrounded by his family.

He had recently been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer.

Born Bernard William Jewry, in Muswell Hill, London the English pop singer and actor was best known for the singles he released throughout the Seventies and Eighties.

By PA_Warzynski  |  Posted: October 24, 2014 Leicester Mercury

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Engelbert-Humperdinck-pays-tribute-Alvin-Stardust/story-23432680-detail/story.html#zBUFlkJq6J4Ggr3i.01

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Watch and enjoy Engelbert Humperdinck's face to face interview with America's Got Talent Finalist Mauricio Herrara

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0rOYXwE_X0&feature=youtu.be

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The Jim Bohannon Show talks with Engelbert Humperdinck about his new duets album 'Engelbert Calling' on October 7th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG4fqobRA7k&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop

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Overnight America's Jon Grayson talks with Engelbert Humperdinck about his new duets album 'Engelbert Calling' on September 30, 2014.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=oraq1AhP__Q&app=desktop

BARNES AND NOBLE RESCHEDULED IN STORE DATE:

OCTOBER 29TH, 2014 - 7PM

"Sadly due to a family medical emergency, Engelbert had to postpone all the promotional events for his new album this week in New York. He very much regrets any inconveniences this may cause and will confirm new dates soon.  Engelbert will now be staying in Los Angeles to be close to his family and he appreciates your understanding."

NOTE: ALL TOUR DATES ARE GOING AHEAD AS PLANNED

BARNES AND NOBLE RESCHEDULED IN STORE APPEARANCE DATE

OCTOBER 29TH, 2014  - 7 PM

Engelbert Humperdinck returns to Rhode Island Sunday

Published: October 07, 2014 01:00 AM

BY SUSAN MCDONALD

Special to The Providence Journal

A few years ago, sitting in the audience at a live Elton John concert, venerable ladies’ man and pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck heard his name mentioned from the stage.

“Elton John is up there, giving a live performance, and he’s telling a story about a little-known song of his that he’s about to sing. He said he remembers being a poor songwriter, sitting in his flat in London with his partner, waiting for Engelbert to call and make it a hit!” Humperdinck laughs aloud at the memory. “So, years later, I called him.”

The resulting conversation was the impetus for Humperdinck’s most recent album, a rich compilation of duets released in the United States on Sept. 30 entitled “Engelbert Calling.” The 78-year-old British-born singer with four Grammy nominations, a Golden Globe for “Entertainer of the Year” in 1988, 63 gold and 24 platinum records and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame says he was starstruck.

“How cool was that? Elton John talking about me in the middle of his live show!” he says in a phone interview from California.

The aptly named “Engelbert Calling” — look for a redux entitled “Engelbert Redialing” — gathers a wide range of musicians from across the globe to sing with the man whose debut album, “Release Me,” halted the Beatles quest for a 13th number one album in 1967. He calls it his “wish list” of singers.

The lineup includes “Never Never Never” with Olivia Newton-John, “Spinning Wheel” with Gene Simmons,” “Spanish Eyes” with Il Divo, “Since I Lost My Baby” with Cliff Richard, “She Believes in Me” with Kenny Rogers,” “Make You Feel My Love” with Willie Nelson, “A Certain Smile” with Johnny Mathis, and “It Matters to Me” with Dionne Warwick. In addition, because this is a “world appeal album,” Humperdinck mixed it up with Luis Fonsi, who he said is “like the Elvis Presley of South America right now” for “Quién Te Dijo Eso” and with Armando Manzanero, who won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award this year, on “It’s Impossible/Somos Novios.”

“This has been a labor of love. It was two years in the making because it was difficult to get the caliber of people we wanted to be on this record. Thank God for technology,” Humperdinck says, noting that he was able to record together with only some of the musicians. Others separately recorded their tracks, which were then mixed in the studio.

One fun day in the studio, he says, was with Gene Simmons, front man for the rock group Kiss.

“Being in the studio with Gene Simmons was unbelievable! He’s a rock god and such a charismatic person. It’s something I’d never experienced before,” Humperdinck says, again a little starstruck.

Working well into his seventh decade was not even a question for Humperdinck, who earned legions of fans, mostly females, across the globe in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s with such hits as “(Please) Release Me,” “After the Lovin’,” “The Last Waltz,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” and “Quando, Quando, Quando.”

He has spent a lifetime reinventing himself, which he credits for his perennial popularity. Born Arnold George Dorsey, the singer had a manager who suggested a new name that was “just outrageous enough to be memorable.” Forty-seven years later, he is still “constantly updating” his image, his music and himself.

“It’s like cell phones — they’re always coming out with a new one! I don’t rest on my laurels. I want it to be fresh,” Humperdinck says. “I’m getting a younger demographic now, but I’ve always had appeal across the board. … That’s what keeps me relevant, a place where every artist should be.”

Engelbert Humperdinck will appear in concert on Sunday, Oct. 12, at 7:30 p.m., at the Park Theatre, 848 Park Ave., Cranston. Tickets range from $55 to $75. Go to parktheatreri.com for ticket reservations.

http://www.providencejournal.com/features/entertainment/music/20141007-engelbert-humperdinck-returns-to-rhode-island-sunday.ece