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No, this isn’t a dream: actual Barbra Streisand is playing a London festival this summer.
The EGOT-winning icon has just been announced as the latest headliner for this year’s British Summer Time series. She’ll take to the stage in Hyde Park to deliver classics such as ‘Woman in Love’, ‘Don’t Rain on My Parade’ and ‘Evergreen’ (which she co-wrote for her own ’70s version of ’A Star Is Born’, becoming the first woman to win an Oscar for song composition) on Sunday July 7.
According to the woman herself, this will be her only European concert of 2019, and she’s going to be joined by ‘many special guests’. Is it too soon to mention the name Barry Gibb?
I’m thrilled to share that I’m headlining London’s @BSTHydePark on Sun 7 July! This is a European exclusive for 2019 with many special guests to be announced.
— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) March 7, 2019
My pre-sale starts tomorrow at 9am UK time via: https://t.co/EaEP11ZqfW
Tickets go on sale 9am UK time on Thu 14 March. pic.twitter.com/UdZFnojbOi
Tickets aren’t cheap, obviously, beginning at £69.95 for a general admission ticket and rising all the way to £299.95 for a fancy-schmancy ‘Diamond’ ticket. Still, splashing out on Babs is nothing to be guilty of – she last played London in 2013, and has only performed here a handful of times over the past quarter of a century. This gig is going to be a genuine event.
Barbra Streisand plays British Summer Time Hyde Park on Sun Jul 8. Barclaycard presale tickets go on sale at 9am tomorrow here. The BST presale starts on Mar 11. General sale tickets are available on Mar 14.