{"id":7526,"date":"2026-02-28T15:16:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T15:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=7526"},"modified":"2026-02-28T15:16:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T15:16:37","slug":"neil-diamond-surprises-audience-with-sweet-caroline-at-broadway-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=7526","title":{"rendered":"Neil Diamond surprises audience with \u2018Sweet Caroline\u2019 at Broadway opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite vossi-source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location vossi-source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-53e7bfa8bb86d6b1e4f9a75247db4a5e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Neil Diamond <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/03\/23\/entertainment\/neil-diamond-sweet-caroline-coronavirus-trnd\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">sang<\/a> \u201cSweet Caroline\u201d at the Broadway opening of his musical\u201d A Beautiful Noise,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/07\/01\/entertainment\/neil-diamond-bio-musical-broadway\" target=\"_blank\">five years <\/a>after retiring due to his Parkinson\u2019s diagnosis.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-da07efc0e9cf57352ba0afef37bfb938@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Diamond stopped touring in January 2018, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ClymJQPMF5c\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">brought the audience to their feet <\/a> with his rendition of \u201cCaroline\u201d at the Broadhurst Theatre on Sunday, with his wife Katie McNeil by his side.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-8b547f8b7fd95650ac77093ae5055fa8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It was a rare public outing for the singer.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-e671c74d3d76252953d3a2e67028c7bc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The musical tracks Diamond\u2019s life, and his path to becoming a successful solo artist after first writing songs for other performers.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-1f6708439a9be53949b51b654f2655f3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The rock legend last performed a full concert at the Forum in Los Angeles in August 2017.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-c232598832caf39b114caf1b1d3e4677@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Diamond has had more than 70 songs hit the Billboard charts and has sold more than 125 million records. 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