" Once in a lifetime there is one act that stands out from the rest. The one that looks the spitting image of the person they are impersonating. One that, as soon as they open their mouth you honestly believe it is the real thing. We have found that one person who gives a unique and outstanding performance of one of the world's greatest and most popular stars....Canadian entertainer Bobby Bruce."
Lesley Board
The Weekend Sun
New Zealand
"Neil Diamond better be wary if he comes to town. Bobby Bruce is a hard act to follow." Samela Harris
The Advestiser,
Australia
"Audiences that used to chant Diamond's name now call out Bobby!, in an interesting bit of celebrity schizophrenia."
John McKay
Canadian Press, Times Colonist
Canada
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Starring Bobby Bruce as Nearly Neil
Bobby Bruce is an electrifying performer who has spent the last nine years rocking thousands of screaming fans throughout North America, Australia and South East Asia with his amazing tribute to Neil Diamond.
A “Legend” was born in Toronto when Bobby’s incomparable talent for impersonating Neil Diamond was finally realized in 1994. He has never looked back. Bobby has played with some of the biggest shows in the business including a ten-month tour of the US with Las Vegas based Legend’s in Concert, and two tours of Australia with Legends of Rock.
Bobby has performed at some of the best venues including the Toronto Skydome, selling out Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom and onboard several luxury liners at sea in the South Pacific. Bobby has played for some very impressive audiences, from corporate giants to the King and Queen of Malaysia - and let us not forget his largest audience to date - 30,000 people in Calgary. From far off locations, such as Kota Kinabalu on the island of Borneo, to Maui, to Australia (where he earned his moniker - the Australian press dubbing him "Nearly Neil”), to more local locales such as Atlantic City, Branson, Missouri, and throughout Canada, whether in a soft seat Theatre, to a crowded night club, or to the Royal family, everyone enjoys Bobby’s shows.
In spring of 2002, Artizan Productions, a Vancouver based film company released “MOCKSTARS,” a feature length documentary about Canadian tribute artists. Bobby had been an integral part of their one million dollar budget pitch at the 2000 Banff Television Festival. MOCKSTARS enjoyed its worldwide television premiere on May 14, 2002 on Bravo in Canada. MOCKSTARS has rerun several times and also aired on television in New Zealand.
Bobby is the consummate entertainer, always looking for new ways to express himself onstage. He not only shines as Nearly Neil he outdoes himself as a myriad of outrageous characters in The Shagadelic Swingers, a musical tribute to the Austin Powers movies – which just completed a tour of Bosnia in July of 2003 entertaining NATO and the Canadian troops stationed there. Rounding out the year, in the Fall of 2003 Nearly Neil and the Solitary Band headlined their first National tour of New Zealand.
More recently Bobby has helped create and produce several new shows for the newly opened River Rock Casino in Richmond, BC. Great Canadian Bandstand, features comedy bits and hits from top Canadian artists. AM/FM – Every style across the dial, features music spanning from the 1960s through to the 1990s.
2004 also marks the beginning of Bobby Bruce’s first self titled show “Bobby Bruce – My Life” In this show Bobby shares the story of how he became Nearly Neil though his original music, and he performs some of his favourite cover songs from the artists that have influenced him personally and professionally.