Sneer all you want: Barry Manilow has sold more than 75 million records over his four-decade career. What have you done lately? Manilow got his start as a supporting act, playing piano for Bette Midler when she performed on the San Francisco bathhouse circuit. He then went solo with undeniably catchy songs like "Mandy," "Looks Like We Made It," and "Copacabana," feeding lite rock/adult-contemporary radio stations with the kind of aural crack that makes them so impossible to turn off. He's also behind some of the most notable commercial jingles of our time, including State Farm Insurance. Put your irony aside and join the man who writes the songs in all his cheesy, sing-a-long glory this week at Blue Cross.

Barry Manilow

Tuesday, July 7

Blue Cross Arena, 1 War Memorial Sq.

$9.99-$119.99 | 8 p.m. | 232-1900