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Divas Are Forever, starring Shirley Bassey live in concert from Antwerp, Belgium during her 1997 tour, is a must-have item for fans and a great place to start if you want to get better acquainted. The first 60 minutes is the concert itself, packed with 10 great Bassey standards. She shows her diva status stunningly with a great dramatic entrance to the strains of "Goldfinger," the theme to the James Bond film, which along with "Diamonds Are Forever" pays tribute to her Bond girl days. From old favorite "'S Wonderful" to "Kiss Me Honey, Honey" (in which she cha-chas with her mic) to a bawdy, and just a bit naughty, "Big Spender" from Sweet Charity, Bassey clearly delights her audience. She closes her concert with a heartfelt "I Who Have Nothing" and a surprising cover of the Foreigner hit "I Want to Know What Love Is." She exits the stage and returns to a standing ovation having donned a feathered and glittered duster over her beautiful evening gown, thrilling her audience with three encore numbers, "This Is My Life," "I Wish You Love," and "I Am What I Am." Then, there is more! During the 1997 tour, the BBC caught some wonderfully candid moments starting with a post-concert party thrown by close friend Ivana Trump. (There is a surprise on the guest list.)She chats on the train, prepares for her appearance at the Taj Mahal, works on a music video with the Propellerheads, attends a dinner party near her home in Monte Carlo, and prepares for the Antwerp concert you just saw. Also included are staged interview moments in which you really see into the woman behind the sometimes-outrageous diva. A thoroughly entertaining program. --Larry Clark
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