Barry Manilow: Opium of the Missus

IF BARRY Manilow’s career is on the wane, you’d never have guessed it from last summer’s grandiose Concert At Blenheim Palace, when 40,000-odd pilgrims, preponderantly female (though including Culture Club’s Boy George), journeyed from all corners of the country to hear the bashful 37-year-old guide them through another nostalgic round trip of "The Old Songs".