Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Love for Sale review – a fond farewell

On what will be the 95-year-old’s final album, this unlikely duo reunite for a smooth set of Cole Porter covers

Michael Cragg

03, Oct, 2021 @12:00 PM

Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett: Love for Sale review – jazz interloper livens up crooner’s swansong

The pop diva and jazz maestro defy the latter’s recent Alzheimer’s diagnosis and team up once again, this time for a creditable set of Cole Porter covers

Alexis Petridis

30, Sep, 2021 @1:38 PM

Tony Bennett, 95, retires from live shows on doctors’ orders

The crooner’s son says there will be no more concerts – though his career is far from over

Tim Jonze

13, Aug, 2021 @11:23 AM

Tony Bennett, 94, diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease

Diagnosis made in 2016 and revealed in new magazine article, as singer prepares new duets album with Lady Gaga

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

01, Feb, 2021 @4:22 PM

Johnny Mandel obituary

Prolific songwriter best known for the theme tune from M*A*S*H and The Shadow of Your Smile

Adam Sweeting

08, Jul, 2020 @11:39 AM

Tony Bennett review – a poignant voice for the ages

Advancing years have altered the tone of the singer’s celebrated voice, but not its power, and song references to passing time prove intensely soul-stirring

Stevie Chick

30, Jun, 2019 @11:28 AM

Tony Bennett: ‘I can’t say my wife and I didn’t notice the 40-year age gap when we met’

The singer recalls his parents’ generosity and the most important lesson his mother taught him: to hold out for quality

Interview by Angela Wintle

12, May, 2017 @11:59 AM

Lady Gaga’s latest way to shock? Being mainstream and ‘normcore’

The most outré thing the singer has done for her latest album is to sing duets with Tony Bennett. Is there a commercial angle to her new persona?

Edward Helmore

18, Jul, 2015 @11:04 PM

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga review – cheeky fun from jazz royalty and pop's Mother Monster

Royal Albert Hall, London
The chemistry is real between the Cheek to Cheek duo as Bennett gives Gaga gravitas, and she gives him energy

Caroline Sullivan

09, Jun, 2015 @12:00 PM

Why pop-turned-jazz stars just ain't got that swing

From Rod Stewart to Robbie Williams, and now Lady Gaga and Annie Lennox, pop stars keep hopping on the jazz bandwagon but just can’t ride the rhythm

Philip Clark

27, Oct, 2014 @3:33 PM

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga review – Gaga is a wonder

There may be 60 years between them, but these two Italian-Americans find joyous common ground as they swing through 11 standards, writes Caroline Sullivan

Caroline Sullivan

18, Sep, 2014 @10:33 PM