2016 Tour Chicago United Center

Streisand / LIVE 

Barbra: The Music, The Mem’ries, The Magic 

Concert Tour 2016

Chicago, Illinois

United Center


August 9, 2016

CHICAGO SET LIST



ACT ONE

 

  • Overture/Video Package
  • The Way We Were
  • Everything 
  • Being at War with Each Other 
  • Everything Must Change 
  • Woman in Love 
  • Stoney End
  • Enough is Enough
  • Evergreen
  • You Don't Bring Me Flowers
  • Being Alive 
  • Papa, Can You Hear Me?


INTERMISSION:

  • Lior Suchard (Master Mentalist works his amazing mind tricks on the audience)



ACT TWO



  • Pure Imagination
  • Encore Video Package
  • Who Can I Turn To? (with Anthony Newley)
  • Losing My Mind
  • Isn't This Better?
  • How Lucky Can You Get? 
  • Children Will Listen
  • Don't Rain On My Parade
  • People
  • Happy Days Are Here Again



ENCORE:



  • I Didn't Know What Time It Was



Intermission videos: Fight the Lady Killer video; Butterfly album commercial; My Name is Barbra commercial.

Streisand with expressive hands.
Streisand at Chicago United Center, 2016. Photo by: Chris Sweda

“Barbra Streisand arrived at a packed United Center on Tuesday in the mood to chat. The iconic singer, in the middle of a brief nine-city tour, framed nearly every song she performed with a story or three. At work on a memoir, she delved into histories and recollections with scholarly exactness and disarming wit. The obvious spectacle associated with the rare Streisand appearance aside, her personalized approach came across like a hand-held stroll down memory lane.


At 74, the Brooklyn-born star seemingly has nothing left to prove. She’s won every major award, received virtually every honor and sold hundreds of millions of records. Streisand even enjoys the exclusive honor of achieving a No. 1 album in each of the past six decades, a feat that inspired the selection of material that filled the first of a two-act Chicago concert as remarkable for what was absent as much as it was for what transpired.”

....  Chicago Tribune review by Bob Gendron

CHICAGO CONCERT NOTES:


  • Barbra spoke very fondly of the time she had spent in Chicago over the years, remarking that it was fifty years to the day that she sang at Soldier Field here in Chicago while she was pregnant with her son, Jason. She told a story about shooting the cover of her People album on the Michigan Avenue Beach here and how she had to fight to get the now-iconic photo of her with her back to the camera as the cover of the album though they unfortunately cut off her feet. She also remarked how vindicated she felt when it won the Grammy for Best Album Cover.
  • When the lights dimmed for intermission, Barbra came over the loud speakers with a recorded message: “So, the guy who was delivering my deep dish pizza didn’t have the right pass to get back stage. He just got here. So while I’m changing outfits and having a quick couple of bites, I want to introduce you to someone who is really mind-boggling. By that I mean he can actually read minds. We met a few years ago, each time I’m more and more fascinated by how he does what he does. So, please welcome Lior Suchard and I’ll see you in a few minutes.” Lior came on stage and proceeded for ten to twelve minutes with his act. When he was finished he introduced Barbra and the show continued.
Richard Jay-Alexander and Barbra Streisand rehearse in Chicago.

ABOVE LEFT: Richard Jay-Alexander and Barbra Streisand rehearse before the Chicago show. ABOVE RIGHT: A fan photo of the arena during intermission when the My Name is Barbra commercial was shown on the big screens.



End / 2016 Concert Tour / Chicago

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