Neil Diamond honored with Inspirational Lifetime Achievement Award at Carousel Ball

Neil Diamond, Inspirational Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient, is seen onstage during the 39th Annual Carousel Ball at Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center on October 11, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Tom Cooper/Getty Images for 39th Annual Carousel Ball)

By Jill Lances

The night included a Diamond performance. The singer, who in 2018 retired from touring after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, was joined by Nick Fradini, who played him in The Neil Diamond Musical: A Beautiful Noise, for a performance of Diamond's 1969 hit "Sweet Caroline."

Actor Hugh Jackman, who stars alongside Kate Hudson in the new movie Song Sung Blue, about a couple in a Neil Diamond tribute band, offered up video congratulations to Diamond.