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From: jools (Original Message) Sent: 25/04/2003 00:14
Balicelebs.comK.D. Lang in Love With Tony Bennett :::

Eyes closed, k.d. lang rhapsodizes about the man in her life. "It's a lovefest," she sighs. "It's fireworks every night ... There's really some sort of chemistry between Tony and me."

In case you think pop's favorite vegetarian lesbian has switched teams - it was lang, after all, who gave Ellen DeGeneres a toaster oven on the latter's coming-out episode on TV - the man in question is Tony Bennett. And all those fireworks are happening on stage.

Since lang and Bennett met in '94, when they dueted on "Moonglow" for Bennett's "MTV Unplugged" album, they've been awash in mutual admiration.

"She's got God going through her," the 75-year-old Bennett has said. "She knows how to sing." Now they're concertizing together, sweeping the country in a tour that brings both of them to Radio City Music Hall on Sept. 28 and 29.

On a table were a bottle of Evian water, a banana and a copy of "Zen and the Art of Happiness" - none of which said "Grammy-winning diva." "She's the anti-star," declares Liz Rosenberg, publicist for lang and the higher-maintenance Madonna and Cher. "She's one of the few celebrities who asks how you are - and then actually listens to your answer."

For now, the anti-star is still fielding questions about Melissa Etheridge's memoir, "The Truth Is ..., " which alleges a one-night stand between lang and Etheridge's ex, Julie Cypher, soon after Cypher and Etheridge got together.

"I know what happened and [Etheridge] knows what happened and I think that's all that really matters." And yes, lang says, they're still friends.

Unlike Etheridge, who had two children with Cypher (with a little help from David Crosby and a syringe), Lang - who'd been dating singer Leisha Hailey but says she's now single - sees no kids in her future.

"I'm not maternal," the 39-year-old says. "I love kids but I don't feel that's my calling. I look at myself as a fruit tree and my natural purpose is to produce fruit - music and songs."

"I see myself as a singer," she says. "I've never been genre-specific and probably never will be."
"My romance with country music isn't over, though I think country knew I'd never be the marrying kind," she adds with a crooked smile.

"I don't for one second think I've reached my epitome of learning," she says, fervently. "I'll always learn from legends like Tony, who's still singing, still touring, at 75."

Asked if there's anyone she'd really like to meet, she nods. "Probably millions of people. You can never predict who'll be the next most important influence on your life.

"I know there are people out there I want to meet - I just don't know who they are yet!" And then, laughing, she grabs a towel and wipes the rain off the floor.

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Tony Bennett - KD Lang.

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