Tribute news (Nearly Neil): TCCA hosts ‘dead-on’ Neil Diamond tribute

After a lengthy break for the holidays, the Tonto Community Concert Association (TCCA) ramps up the 2010 leg of its 31st season with Nearly Neil and the Solitary Band.

TCCA ticket holders will join the energetic group to celebrate the music of Neil Diamond at the Payson High School auditorium at 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 29.

For nearly 16 years, Nearly Neil and the Solitary Band have been thrilling thousands of screaming concertgoers with Bobby Bruce’s tribute to the popular hit artist Neil Diamond.

Now the TCCA is bringing the popular show to Rim Country as part of its annual concert series. In 1994, a legendary path was set in motion when Vancouver-born Bruce won a talent show with his incomparable impersonation of Neil Diamond. Since then, Bruce has never looked back,
playing for thousands of screaming fans throughout North America,
Australia, New Zealand and Asia with his amazingly believable Diamond
tribute.

Past performances have included Legends in Concert in Las Vegas and Australia, and a crowd of 30,000 in Calgary. Audiences and critics alike are amazed with Bobby Bruce and the Solitary Band’s “Nearly Neil” — a “clever and disarming” performance with “to a tee” pizzazz and
style (Adelaide Advertiser). According to the Canadian Press, “Bobby
Bruce does Neil Diamond maybe better than the original.”

Tickets are available for this performance and the four remaining concerts of the season by calling (928) 478-4363 or paying at the door. Student admission is free with a paying adult.

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