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This is the tradition for fans of the Boston Red Sox to sing "Sweet Caroline" during the games at Fenway Park, but they can rarely sing it like that. Saturday June 18,Neil Diamond played its 1969 success At the stadium for the first time in nine years. It was also a rare public appearance for the 81 -year -old singer, who retired from the tour and most of the live shows in 2018 due to the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.

Read the rest to find out why Diamond came out for this event and to watch it direct the crowd in the team's favorite song.

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For 20 years, it's a tradition for "Sweet Caroline" to play in the middle of the eighth round during the games at Fenway Park. The last timeDiamond himself interpreted the song At the stadium was in 2013 after the boston marathon bombing, as boston.com reported.

During the performance during the match on Saturday, Diamond was joined to sing his popular song by the actorWill Swenson, who plays diamond in the next musicalA beautiful noise, based on the singer's life. The show will be presented in Boston on June 21 before moving to Broadway in the fall.

diamondre-tweeted a video From himself and Swenson performing and written: "Thank you @thewillswenson and the cast of @Beautifulnoise for having joined me to sing last night in Fenway! 'The good moments never seemed so good!' "" Diamond does not publish on Twitter often, and most of his recent tweets are on the promotion of the musical.

Unfortunately for Boston fans, the Red Sox lost the match against St. Louis Cardinals 11-2.

Diamond is a New Yorker, not a Bostonian. The reason why "Sweet Caroline" is linked to the Boston Red Sox is simply because fans love the song so much. As explained by the website of Major League Baseball,The song was sometimes played during the games from the late 90s, but whenCharles SteinbergJoined as an executive vice -president of public affairs, he suggested that it was played during each match at the bottom of the eighth round - that the Red Sox won or not - because it always had the crowd so excited.

"I said: 'I think the song can have transformer powers and it can be able to lift the melancholy crowd and cheer up to be positive," said Steinberg, according to MLB.com. "We were talking about change in an organization that had no change. I said:" Let's do it. "Sometimes they played at the end of seven. Sometimes they played at the end of eight. Sometimes they played in the middle of the eighth. I wanted it to be the middle of the eighth, because you want your more festy songs to be Performs when the home team arrives at the batt. So we started playing it every day in 2002. "

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In January 2018, Diamond announced that he was retiring after being diagnosed with nervous system disorder, Parkinson's disease.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"It is with great reluctance and disappointment that I announce my retirement in concert Touring. I was very honored to involve my shows in the public in the past 50 years", "He said in a press release on its website. Diamond added: "I plan to stay active in writing, recording and other projects for a long time."

Since his retirement, Diamond has resurfaced for some special performance. For example, in 2020, he played the Keep Memory Alive Power of Love Gala whereHe was honored. The organization supports Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health at the Cleveland Clinic Nevada. "I feel good," said DiamondPeople at the time. "This is an important thing they do and I feel honored to be part of it and participate."

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