Timeless is a tour by entertainer Barbra Streisand. Following her hotly anticipated Millennium Concert 1999/2000 (which is cited as being part of this tour) Barbra decided to take this concert on the road for an 8-day tour of Australia, Los Angeles & New York. The tour grossed a record breaking $70 million and drew audiences of 200,000 for only 10 dates.
The tour was directed by Streisand and Kenny Ortega and was originally set to be solely a Millennium concert with 2 concerts seeing in the year 2000. The dates were released in April and all tickets sold out within a few hours of going on sale. Following the success of the millennium concert, Barbra decided to take the tour on the road and visited Australia for the first time and included Melbourne and Sydney before heading back to America for 4 other concerts in Los Angeles and New York. Although only 10 shows were performed, they were spread over 9 months.
Broadcasts and recordings
The week before the final concerts Columbia Records released a 2-disc CD of the millennium concert entitled Timeless: Live in Concert which entered the US Billboard charts at number 21 and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. This CD includes a credit listing Sydney Philharmonia Choirs who recorded backing tracks in March 2000 (the weekend after their live performances with Barbra in Sydney) that were included in this 'live' album. February 2001 saw the release of Timeless the DVD which debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard Top Music Video Sales chart and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.
Set list per official DVD track listing.
NOTE: Some performers do not appear in person.
Bryan Adams – vocalsRobert L. Adcock – celliLouis Armstrong – trumpetSteve Becknell – french hornDouglas Besterman – arrangerChris Bishop – engineerPeggie Blu – backing vocalsChris Boardman – arrangerRalph Burns – arranger, adaptationJorge Calandrelli – arrangerDarius Campo – violinChris Carlton – engineerJon Clarke – woodwindJohn Clayton – arrangerDon Costa – arrangerJoe Covello – photographyDebbie Datz-Pyle – contractorMario de Leon – violinNeil Diamond – vocalsCeline Dion – vocalsChuck Domanico – bassBruce Dukov – violinSam Emerson – photographyMartin Erlichman – executive producerBob Esty – arranger, conductorDavid Ewart – violinPeter Fletcher – product managerDavid Foster – arrangerBruce Fowler – tromboneIan Freebairn-Smith – arrangerLauren Frost – vocalsMatt Funes – violaJudy Garland – vocalsBarry Gibb – vocalsPhil Gitomer – technical managerSavion Glover – actorMark Graham – librarianGary Grant – trumpetDan Greco – percussionHenry Grossman – photographyMarvin Hamlisch – arranger, directorJack Hayes – arrangerGwen Heller – violinRandee Heller – vocalsRyan Hewitt – assistant engineerJerry Hey – trumpetDan Higgins – woodwindJim Hoffman – librarianRupert Holmes – arrangerCarrie Holzman-Little – violaPaul Jabara – arrangerBruce Jackson – sound designRon Jannelli – woodwindAlan Kaplan – tromboneEddie Karam – arrangerSuzie Katayama – celliSteve Khan – narratorJay Landers – executive producerAlec Ledd – vocalsAnnie Leibovitz – photographyBrian Leonard – violinWarren Leuning – trumpetGayle Levant – harpDane Little – celliCharles Loper – tromboneJeremy Lubbock – arrangerStephen Marcussen – masteringNick Marshall – mixingPeter Matz – arranger, producerKevin Mazur – photographyEd Meares – bassDon Mischer – producerSuzette Moriarty – French hornHoria Moroaica – violinRalph Morrison – concert masterPeter Morse – lighting design, lighting directorDan Newfeld – violaRobin Olson – violinKenny Ortega – writer, assistant directorMarty Paich – arrangerDean Parks – guitarJoel Peskin – woodwindBarbara Porter – violinSid Ramin – arrangerTom Ranier – keyboardsGabrielle Raumberger – art direction, designDave Reitzas – mixingNelson Riddle – arrangerBruce Roberts – arrangerGil Romero – violinWilliam James Ross – arrangerRandee Saint Nicholas – photographyMark Sazer – violinWalter Scharf – arrangerHarry Shirinian – violaJohn Simpson – engineerFrank Sinatra – vocalsKim Skalecki – assistantLew Soloff – trumpetMichael Starobin – arrangerBarbra Streisand – director, vocals, producer, writerNeil Stubenhaus – electric bassShari Sutcliffe – project coordinatorKaren Swenson – consultant, photo researchPhil Teele – tromboneAlberto Tolot – photographyBob Tricarico – woodwindCharles Valentino – actorFred Vogler – engineerJürgen Vollmer – photographyRandy Waldman – arranger, keyboardsBrad Warnaar – French hornPhil Yao – French hornKen Yerke – violinFirooz Zahedi – photography, cover photoPatty Zimmitti – contractorRobert Zimmitti – percussionTorrie Zito – arranger
