A couple of questions as the incomparable Cher brings her 2019 concert tour to Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena on April 18:
1. How, at age 72, does she stay so amazingly fit? (Answer: the legendary Queen of Pop has attributed her fitness to a healthy vegetarian diet.)
2. Does anyone really believe she will ever retire? (Answer: No, considering she went on a Living Proof: The Farewell Tour in 2002, returned in 2014 with her Dressed to Kill Tour and is back again for her Here We Go Again Tour in 2018-2019.)
And, to further reinforce the “no” in Question 2, Cher recently added 14 additional dates to her North American Here We Go Again tour.
She also made time at the end of her 2018 tour year for a fall residency in Las Vegas, a role in the 2018 jukebox musical romantic comedy film, “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,” and the release of her 26th studio album, “Dancing Queen,” last September.
Going for the EGOT
With an Oscar, an Emmy and a Grammy already in hand, she told “Variety” that she would like to complete the awards set by winning a Tony Award for “The Cher Show” at the awards ceremony on June 9 at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
“That would be fabulous,” she said. “But more importantly than winning awards, I want it to be a good show that people are impacted by – that they are taken out of this world by however long the musical lasts from the moment they’re in it.
“There are moments when you are acting where someone says ‘action’ and then all of a sudden they say ‘cut’ and you don’t remember any of it, because you were so in the moment. And that’s what I think entertainment does. It can just take you out of your problems. When I go on stage, that’s my job.”
As she told a concert crowd in Atlanta in January, after she gave a quick rundown of her career highlights for the audience that was met with applause, “Hell, yes, you should clap. I’m still here for God’s sake!”
