Tony Bennett will celebrate his 95th birthday on stage with Lady Gaga for the pair’s last ever live shows together.
Just weeks after taping their ‘MTV Unplugged’ performance together, the stars confirmed a duo of dates in August will see them hit the stage once more.
The Radio City Music Hall shows will be the pair’s last and come ahead of their second collaborative album – the follow-up to 2014’s ‘Cheek to Cheek’, which had been due to drop this spring but has yet to materialise.
One Last Time 🤍 An evening with @itstonybennett and me at Radio City Music Hall on August 3rd & 5th. I am so honored and excited to celebrate Tony’s 95th birthday with him at these special shows. Tickets go on sale Thursday, July 22nd at 10am ET on https://t.co/diUM1qWy7A ✨ pic.twitter.com/gHEcsWb704
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) July 19, 2021
“One Last Time,” tweeted Gaga. “An evening with @itstonybennett and me at Radio City Music Hall on August 3rd & 5th.
“I am so honored and excited to celebrate Tony’s 95th birthday with him at these special shows.”
The singing legend added he’s “looking forward to be on the Great Stage again, and can’t wait to see you there!”
Presale tickets for ‘One Last Time: An Evening With Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’ go on sale July 21 and general ticket sales will begin the following day.
All guests aged 16 and over must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to attend the concert and are required to show proof.
It’s been too long! Ready for live music again? Join @LadyGaga & me at @RadioCity August 3rd & 5th. Am looking forward to be on the Great Stage again, and can’t wait to see you there!
— Tony Bennett (@itstonybennett) July 19, 2021
Tickets on sale Thur @ 10am ET at https://t.co/clKYjTg3Ml
📸: @KevinMazur Getty Entertainment pic.twitter.com/aXTD4YDRci
Amid his return to the live stage, it was recently revealed Bennet is battling Alzheimer’s disease, with which he was first diagnosed in 2017.
His reunion with Gaga comes during a vastly different era in her music career, which saw her return to the dance floor with her sixth album ‘Chromatica’.
According to reports, she’s readying a remixed version of the project for release, with singer Rina Sawayama teasing her involvement with the record.
Gaga also reissued her second album ‘Born This Way’ recently, with a six-track EP of cover versions featuring Kylie Minogue’s take on Marry The Night.