At 89, Engelbert Humperdinck is doing what he’s always done: touring the world and singing better than ever. The King of Romance recently chatted with Las Vegas Magazine about performing at the Westgate, the TV moment that reached 220 million new fans and the promise to his late wife he keeps every night onstage. With a new single due on his 90th birthday and an album this summer, one thing is clear: The Last Waltz, which this tour is dubbed, is anything but.

You're playing the Westgate April 17-18, just two weeks before your 90th birthday. What does that milestone feel like?

I don’t feel my age. I tried slowing down—my manager suggested it—and I was home for three months climbing the walls. I called him up and said there’s no way this is going to be my last waltz. As long as I’m singing good, I'll keep going. And honestly, my voice has never sounded better. My vibrato has sort of disappeared and become more of a commercial sound, which I’m very proud of.

The Westgate is the stage where Elvis held his legendary residency. You two were friends—do you have a favorite memory of him?

I always wanted to meet him, and when I finally went backstage, it was mind-blowing. Then he came to my show, and that was really an occasion. When I introduced him, it took me 10 minutes to quiet the audience down. I said, “Elvis, this is my show.” We had such fun.

Moon Knight, The Umbrella Academy, Bullet Train—a whole new generation has discovered your music. What has that been like?

Can I just tell you what Moon Knight did? It reached 220 million strangers. And now the younger generation who watched that show is coming to find out what an Engelbert is all about. It’s quite fun, actually. Mind you, I’ve always had young audiences—you name the age, they’re there.

You’ve also built a real community online through your Tuesday Museday series. What's surprised you most about connecting with fans this way?

I read every comment and genuinely learn from them—what to keep in the show, what to leave out. The fans who respond to my Tuesday Museday are just amazing.

You’ve spoken so movingly about your wife, Patricia. When you perform “Everywhere I Go” for her, what does that feel like?

I promised her when she passed that I would keep her in every show, because I know she’s watching over me. I wrote that song for her about 30 years ago and never realized how poignant the lyrics would be at this point in my life. Some nights I can’t even finish it. But I promised.

What can fans expect from you beyond these shows?

I have a single coming out on my birthday—I worked with the same producer I did on “After the Lovin’,” and I think this one might have that same quality. There’s also an album coming on Cleopatra Records in July. Hopefully, it puts me back in the charts.

At the end of a show, what do you want audiences to walk away feeling?

Satisfied. My job is to take them away from whatever they experienced that day and carry them into another world.

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