I just heard about it. I listened to a rerun of an interview with him on Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Like you, ive never been a big fan. I like a lot of his music but never found him all that appealing. Id still love to see the musical. I enjoyed Beautiful, the Carol King musical.

I love him and love his music - it's happy, easy to sing along and has a special place in my heart. My sweet sister-in law adored his music (my brother learned to love it), my 3 nieces grew up listening to it and played their mother's favorite songs at her funeral. No dry eyes.

I was pleased to discover that this song is big hit with young (i.e. millennial) people. We were recently at a wedding of a high school friend of our son's, and this came on and they were all singing along enthusiastically.

There are quite of few youtubes showing him performing this song at the end of the show. One of them (I didn't watch the posted one) pans the audience singing with him and gave me shivers. But then I'm a big Neil Diamond fan.

DH has always been a big fan. He's out early running some errands but I'll show him when he gets back. I was pleased he's doing well so well with the Parkinsons. I have a friend, younger than me and close to 20 years younger than Mr. Diamond who is really struggling right now. She too takes the meds, exercised, stayed as active and well as she could but is in the middle of having the deep brain stimulation works put surgically into place. I pray for her daily its successful and returns some quality to her life.

I really enjoyed the video, thanks for posting it, and I'm also a fan. How fun to see a group singing with, not screaming at, each other. I loved the audience "dum, dum, dum"s!

Yes re the millenials ( or whatever- the younger ones! I can't keep track of which gen is which ) at our DD's wedding, her college friends all did renditions of Sweet Caroline as well. ( the words change thought to Let;s go Pitt).

There are a few performers and actors where I like their work but not their public persona, and Neil Diamond is one of them. I have been to a couple of concerts and would rather just hear him sin. He is very talented and hard-working! This must have been exciting for the audience to have him perform, especially with his challenges. (Doesn’t Linda Ronstadt also have Parkinson’s, and it affects her voice? My mom would occasionally lose hers for a moment.)