Fanilows Rejoice! Barry's Coming To The 'X'

MINNEAPOLIS -- Could it be magic? Is it a miracle? A true blue spectacle? Not exactly, but it certainly seems like daybreak for Fanilows.

Barry Manilow is scheduled to own the stage at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul Friday, April 13. It will be the second time he's played the venue, after appearing there once in 2008.

The concert coincides with the release of his latest album, "15 Minutes," which was named after a much-quoted Andy Warhol maxim that, in the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

Tickets for Manilow -- who is ranked as the top-selling adult contemporary artist ever with 80 million records sold -- go for anywhere from $10 to $130, and go on sale through Ticketmaster or at the Xcel Energy Center box office on Friday, Feb. 3, just in time to make for a swell Valentine's Day gift for Mandy or Lola (you know, the showgirl with yellow feathers in her hair).

Tickets will also be available at 1-800-745-3000.