Six years after declaring she was giving up live performances, Barbra Streisand returns to the stage on Wednesday.
- Oct 4, 2006
AceShowbiz - Two-time Academy Award-winning singer Barbra Streisand returns to the stage on Wednesday, launching her first proper concert tour in over a decade, and the biggest of her career. This is the first time ever the songbird going back on the road after declaring she was giving up live performances six years ago.
Speaking on her comeback to music scene, Streisand said it is her desire to raise money for her favorite charities that encourages her to embark on the tour. "That's the main reason I'm going back on the road now," she told Oprah Winfrey's O magazine. And hence the money will be distributed through her own philanthropic foundation.
On the donation plan, a source close to Streisand said the star plans to give around $10 million in proceeds from her 20-date, 16-city tour to such causes as environmental research, education and health issues.
