Editing Neil Diamond (section)

==In popular culture==
In 1967, Diamond was featured on the fourth episode of the detective drama ''[[Mannix]]'' as the 'featured' artist in a small underground club called 'The Bad Scene' and was interrupted during his singing by one of many fights that took place weekly on the show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0641672/|title="Mannix" The Many Deaths of Saint Christopher (TV Episode 1967) |website=IMDb|date=October 7, 1967 |access-date=August 23, 2021}}</ref>

In 2000, Neil Diamond appeared onstage with a Diamond tribute band, [[Super Diamond]], surprising them before their show at House of Blues in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bernstein|first=David|date=September 30, 2003|title=Not Quite the Real Thing But Stars Just the Same|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/30/arts/not-quite-the-real-thing-but-stars-just-the-same.html|access-date=April 17, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In the 2001 comedy film ''[[Saving Silverman]]'', the main characters play in a Diamond [[cover band]]; Diamond made an extended cameo appearance as himself. Diamond even wrote and composed a new song, "I Believe in Happy Endings", for the film. He sat in with the tribute band Super Diamond at the film's premiere party.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Knopper|first=Steve|title=Super Diamond is an almost 30-year-old dream come true for Randy Cordeiro, who believes in the power of Neil Diamond|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ott-super-diamond-0117-20200116-f6dj7zixazgb3bfpqksam4ft4a-story.html|access-date=April 17, 2021|website=Chicago Tribune|date=January 16, 2020 }}</ref>

In recent times, fans of the [[England national football team|England national football]] team sing [[Sweet Caroline]] since Tony Parry ([[Wembley Stadium|Wembley]] DJ) played it after England had defeated Germany at Wembley in [[UEFA Euro 2020|Euro 2020]]. He said "I thought Sweet Caroline went slightly better than Three Lions in the post-match sing-song."<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-07-29 |title=Why do England fans sing the song Sweet Caroline? |url=https://www.bbc.com/newsround/62340201 |access-date=2024-07-12 |work=BBC Newsround |language=en-GB}}</ref>