Beware the vixen and the fox, lest they steal your heart. Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, crooning symbiotically like a human jazz genome split into two bodies separated only by decades, are bringing their album Cheek to Cheek to the Concord Pavilion. If you're surprised at the pairing of the 88-year-old crooner with America's answer to the question, "What should I wear and what hair color is best?" — don't be. And, wake up, you haven't been paying attention. The silvery sounding duo first collaborated on a song for Bennett's 2011 album Duets II and it was vocal kismet. The Cheek to Cheek jazz album upon which the tour is based won the Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2015. The 11-track dive into the Great American Songbook debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, making Bennett the oldest singer to hit No. 1 and Lady Gaga the first to score three No.1's in a single year. Stock up on bourbon, oil up the hips for swaying, thank Bennett for being a classy influence and bringing out the Ella in Lady Gaga, but more than anything, go listen to two of the country's best singers belting out tunes by some of the country's best composers and lyricists.
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