BREAKING NEWS | Barry Manilow will return to Covelli Centre in April


YOUNGSTOWN — Barry Manilow will return to Covelli Centre on April 23 as part of his final tour.

Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. concert are $166.75, $146.75, $96.75, $76.75, $56.75, $36.75 and $16.75 (subject to additional fees) and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at ticketmaster.com, by phone at 1-800-745-3000 and the Covelli box office.

Dubbed the “One Last Time!” tour, it will be the pop icon’s last. Opening act will be jazz saxophonist Dave Koz.

Manilow last performed at Covelli Centre in 2011, backed by the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra. He then took the YSO on tour with him for shows in four other cities. It marked the first and only time the orchestra toured with a major musician.

The YSO will not be performing with Manilow at the upcoming concert at Covelli.

Manilow released a string of multi-platinum albums between 1974 and 1983. With total global sales of 80 million units, he is one of the top-selling recording artists of all time.

The singer was the headliner at the Las Vegas Hilton from 2005 to 2009.

His hit songs include “Mandy,” “Can’t Smile Without You” and “Copacabana.”