Legendary Barbra Streisand to play Barclays Center

Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Singer Barbra Streisand poses for a photo at the Waldorf-Astoria following her performance at the Village Vanguard on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini) (AP) (AP Photo)

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NEW YORK (WABC) -- Brooklyn-born diva Barbra Streisand is set to perform this fall at the new Barclays Center.

The date has not yet been set, but the concert was listed for a time on the Ticketmaster website as an upcoming event.

It will be Streisand's first performance in Brooklyn since she sang in the Erasmus Hall High School chorus with Neil Diamond in the 1950s.

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Streisand, a 70-year-old eight-time Grammy winner, grew up in Williamsburg and Flatbush. She last played in New York at the small Village Vaguard venue three years ago, and she previously played Madison Square Garden in 2006.

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