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Neil Diamond performs in Melbourne at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday 27 October 2015. Photo Ros O'Gorman

Neil Diamond. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Neil Diamond Extends Record For Most Performances At The Forum LA

by Roger Wink, VVN Music on August 13, 2017

in News

Grammy Award winner Neil Diamond is celebrating his unparalleled career spanning 50 years with his current 50 Year Anniversary World Tour, and when the music icon performs the final U.S. show of the tour at the Fabulous Forum on Saturday, August 12, it will mark the 35th concert at the Forum for the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, the most any artist has ever performed at the legendary venue.

Neil Diamond is no stranger to Forum milestones – the first was set in 1983 with his seven night engagement at the Forum, setting the record for most arena shows in a single run. Diamond then broke his own record when he performed 10 concerts at the Forum, from June 28 through July 10, 1989.

The Forum concerts on August 10 and August 12 are his 34th and 35th performances at the historic Forum.

The dates:
June 13, 1983
June 14, 1983
June 15, 1983
June 16, 1983
June 17, 1983
June 18, 1983
June 19, 1983
June 28, 1989
June 29, 1989
June 30, 1989
July 2, 1989
July 5, 1989
July 6, 1989
July 7, 1989
July 8, 1989
July 9, 1989
July 10, 1989
March 11, 1992
March 12, 1992
March 13, 1992
March 14, 1992
March 15, 1992
March 16, 1992
March 22, 1992
March 23, 1992
December 16, 1993
December 17, 1993
December 18, 1993
December 19, 1993
December 21, 1993
December 19, 2001
December 21, 2001
December 22, 2001
August 10, 2017
August 12, 2017

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