In November 2019, Barry Gibb showed the beauty of a love 50 years strong when he serenaded his wife Linda at a charity gala concert.
The former Bee Gees star performed several of his hit songs at the event, but none was more moving than his rendition of ‘Words’, which he sang directly to his wife.
Audience members captured the moment an emotional Linda – for whom the 1968 song was originally written – reached out from the foot of the stage for her husband as he sang, and he in turn reached out to grasp her hands.
Watch the sweet moment in the fan-captured video below:
While finishing the song, it looked as if Barry got tearful hearing how the audience were all singing along to his track’s moving final chorus.
But after feigning an emotional goodbye, the singer returned for a triumphant disco-themed encore featuring the Bee Gees’ upbeat hit, ‘Stayin’ Alive’.
Barry’s performance at the charity event was a real Gibb family occasion, as Barry and Linda’s son Stephen performed backing vocals throughout his father’s set, and even sang a short solo during the evening’s performance of ‘To Love Somebody’.
Celebrating the Bee Gees star’s private performance at the gala, Chris said in a statement released ahead of the night: “I am thrilled beyond words that this iconic artist will be performing at our 30th anniversary celebration.”
Barry and Linda met in 1967 and the pair got married in September 1970.Over the years they have welcomed five children into the world, and the pair are now grandparents to seven grandchildren.
In September 2020, the couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, and this year (2025) will mark their 55th as a married couple.
Barry’s private 2019 concert wasn’t the first time the ‘Night Fever’ singer serenaded his wife with the song he wrote for her.
Each time the Bee Gees singer has taken to the stage to perform ‘Words’, it’s been clear that he is thinking of Linda and his family.
40 years prior to Barry’s most recent performance with his wife, the singer also sang directly to Linda and his then-baby son Stephen who were in the crowd during one of his band’s Spirits Having Flown Tour dates.