Neil Diamond review – a show so smooth it could be on rails

The Hydro, Glasgow
The songwriting sparkle may have faded, but as a performer the country-pop heavyweight still steers a set with consummate cheese“It still makes my heart go flippity-flop whenever I hear the girls crying out my name,” oozes our silver-haired and -bearded host, his signature garish shirts these days retired for a more understated all-in-black look. “It makes me feel like I’m 70 again.”Unexpected palpitations aren’t usually a welcome eventuality for a man creeping clo