00:11Can you believe the iconic singer of the 1960s, Engelbert Humperdinck, is still performing to
00:17this level? He's touring Australia in July 2026 as a 90-year-old and I went to see him at
00:24Melbourne's
00:25glamorous Hamer Hall. The show that this man put on was spectacular. He was flirting with the crowd,
00:31belting out his classic hits and riffing with the band. The show was fast-paced. From the moment
00:37he launched into Welcome to My World, he had the crowd eating out of his hand. And the hits didn't
00:44stop. A Man Without Love, Quando, Quando, Quando, The Last Waltz, Release Me. An hour and a half
00:50performance flew by. And sure, he may not have been dancing across the stage, but I don't think
00:57that that's what anybody came to see. Beyond the massive vocals and the suave persona of his earlier
01:04music career, there's always been a consummate performer. And that's really what stood out,
01:11that he remains amazing where it matters. He knows how to get a crowd on side, how to weave jokes,
01:18sad stories, personal reflections between the songs. And he knows how to recover when something
01:23goes wrong. You're really in the hands of a master. And maybe it's because I just binged
01:30five seasons of Hacks, but I have a growing appreciation for performers who meticulously
01:35craft their skills over decades of repetition. Figuring out the perfect quip by testing it again
01:41and again. This is what you get with a Humperdinck performance. You see the results of seven
01:48decades of hands-on experience, and he is undeniably a star. Plus, he's still looking sexy.
01:56So, signing off with a move I learnt from the king of romance himself.
02:01Qwando.
02:15Okay boys, what was your favourite song?
02:18Ah, Release Me.
02:20What about you?
02:23You
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