Columbia to Release Album of Streisand's Concert Tour

Columbia Records will release an album preserving Barbra Streisand's current concert tour in December.

Featuring standards such as "Come Rain or Come Shine," "Down with Love," "Somewhere" and "The Way We Were," as well as a number of songs from Funny Girl, the album (which will be on two CDs) will be released on December 19th.  The CDs will feature performances from Streisand's recent engagements in Philadelphia and New York.

Streisand's concert tour--which benefits a number of charities and features the popular group Il Divo--recently played a high-profile engagement at Madison Square Garden.  The tour, which lasts through November 20th, is co-directed by Streisand and Richard Jay-Alexander.

A star for over four decades, Streisand received Tony nominations for her Broadway debut I Can Get It For You Wholesale and for her star-making turn as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl (she would receive a Star of the Decade, Hall of Fame Tony in 1970). Streisand would go on to recreate the role on film for a 1969 Oscar (she tied with Katharine Hepburn that year). She was also nominated for her performance in The Way We Were . She received another Oscar for co-writing "Evergreen" for A Star is Born and was similarly nominated for "I Finally Found Someone" from The Mirror Has Two Faces. Other film credits include Hello, Dolly!, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, What's Up, Doc?, Funny Lady, Nuts and Yentl. She has also produced several of her movies.

The winner of multiple Grammy Awards, Streisand has sold many millions of records, with 50 of them gold and 30 platinum. She is also the only artist to have Billboard #1 albums spanning four decades--the '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s. Her many albums include "Guilty," "Duets," "Higher Ground," "Memories," "Lazy Afternoon," "The Broadway Album" and "The Movie Album." In addition to her Tony, Oscars and Grammys, Streisand has won five Emmys, eight Golden Globes, two ASCAP Film and Television Awards, as well as the American Film Institute Award.

Visit www.ticketmaster.com or www.livenation.com for tour tickets.  Visit www.barbranews.com for more information on Streisand.