Feb 28, 2012 | Breaking News, Entertainment
Redfoo and Cherrytree Present: Sorry For Party Rocking Tour live in Arena on June 28th
They shared the stage with Madonna at the Bridgestone Super Bowl halftime show, now LMFAO is ready to take their party rock anthems on the road as Redfoo and Cherrytree Present: Sorry for Party Rocking Tour featuring LMFAO, the Party Rock Crew and special guests Far East Movement, The Quest Crew, Sidney Samson, Eva Simmons and Natalia Kills. The party comes to Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday, June 28th at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $65.00 and $45.00 and go on sale Saturday, March 3rd at 10:00am through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on to ticketmaster.com; call Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge By Phone number 1.800.745.3000; or visit any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets are also available on Sunday, March 4th at the Mohegan Sun Box Office, subject to availability.
LMFAO’s sophomore album Sorry For Party Rocking was recently certified gold and quickly approaching platinum. The album has produced two #1 singles, “Party Rock Anthem” and “Sexy And I Know It,” while the third single “Sorry For Party Rocking” is climbing the Top 40 radio charts. The video for “Sorry For Party Rocking” premiered on E! last week and already has over 9 million views on VEVO. The video features LMFAO and the party rock crew in full-on house party mode.
LMFAO has performed on numerous television shows including Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Good Morning America, The American Music Awards and Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest. The duo recently appeared in national commercials for Budweiser including a Bud Light commercial that aired right before the Bridgestone Super Bowl Halftime show with LMFAO in route to join Madonna on stage, but instead ending up at Dale’s Halftime bar.
LMFAO’s ”Party Rock Anthem” has surpassed 10 million units in total sales worldwide. “Party Rock Anthem” was the #2 top selling song of 2011 on iTunes in the U.S. behind Adele’s “Rolling In The Deep” and it was the #1 selling song on iTunes in the UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden. The video has seen over 360 million views on VEVO and was featured by KIA in their award- winning KIA Hamster advertising campaign. LMFAO’s music has been licensed by movie and television shows, including 20th Century Fox’s holiday hit Chipwrecked, Fox’s TV hit Glee! and the top charting game Just Dance 3.
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked the 5th best venue in the world by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 and 2010 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” Venues Today also ranked Mohegan Sun Arena #4 in 2011. For more information on concerts and other great events at Mohegan Sun, visit mohegansun.com. For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711, ext. 27163.
Feb 27, 2012 | Breaking News, Community Relations, Entertainment, General News, Travel & Leisure
48 cameras, 360-degrees, one moment, starring you
Ashley and JP of The Bachelorette try out Mohegan Sun's new Shine 360
Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun is giving guests their time to shine with the unveiling of Shine 360°, a space where guests can experience the excitement of a “phygital” experience. Patented technology in the Shine 360° enables creation of one-of-a-kind 360 degree video, capturing each guest’s shining moment in the spotlight and instantly sharing it through Facebook, Twitter and e-mail.
As the only casino in the world and first company in the United States to offer guests this experience, Mohegan Sun is excited to unveil this new technology from New York-based Digital Air on March 2nd.
Located in Casino of the Sky, across from the Arena Club entrance, this 24-foot wide installation captures users’ celebrity moments from every angle, creating a 360 video that they can immediately share with their social media ‘fans.’ There is no charge to use the booth; guests just need to be 21 years of age or older and be a Player’s Club member.
Guests enter Shine 360° and immediately are transformed into “digital celebrities” as 48 photos are simultaneously snapped in a circle around them. In seconds, the photos are seamlessly transformed into a 360-degree head-to-toe, back-to-front image. This image produces a video which can then be immediately shared via social media and email creating one of the truly most unique experiences in the world.
Each week, Mohegan Sun will select a group of the best newly-created videos to be highlighted on mohegansun.com/shine360 as well as on video boards throughout the property.
A growing trend in Europe, “phygital” marketing brings physical experiences to life in the digital world. The Shine 360° brings Mohegan Sun’s new “Time to Shine” advertising campaign to life by allowing visitors the ability to create their own celebrity moment and immortalize it online.
For more information on Shine 360° and all of the events happening at Mohegan Sun, visit mohegansun.com or follow us Facebook at facebook.com/mohegansun.
Mohegan Sun\’s Shine 360 ….Coming March 2nd!
About Mohegan Sun: Mohegan Sun, owned by the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, is one of the largest, most spectacular entertainment, gaming, dining and shopping destinations in the United States. Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is home to three unique casinos, a 34-story, 1,200 room luxury hotel, a world-class spa and golf course, over 75 shops, restaurants and bars as well as three award-winning entertainment venues including a 10,000-seat Arena.
Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com. Connect with us on facebook.com/mohegansun, follow us on twitter.com/mohegansun and view us on youtube.com/mohegansunvideos.
About Digital Air: The Shine 360° camera system was developed by Digital Air, Inc. Digital Air’s patented virtual camera movement processes are protected by the following patents under license from Digital Air, Inc.: EU Pats. No. EP 1 296 179 B1, No. EP 0 799 547 B1, U.S. Pats. No. 6,933,966, No. 6,331,871, No. 6,154,251, No. 5,659,323, Australian Pat. No. 715,590, Canadian Pat. No. 2,208,556.
Digital Air develops systems and processes for recording motion pictures using camera arrays. The Company’s patented virtual camera movement process uses multiple cameras to separate the point-of-view of a virtual camera from the temporal and spatial constraints of a real camera. In visual effects, Digital Air’s technology is used to produce a variety of complex time and space manipulations, distortions, and frozen moment effects. For more information, visit virtualcamera.com.
ABOUT PI&C: People Ideas & Culture is a solutions company that operates free from the limitations of specific disciplines, individual media channels and debilitating overheads. Solutions span across disciplines, including but not limited to, advertising, digital, social media, design, pro-social and product innovation. PI&C is built to be agile and flexible enough to put together exactly the right team, for the right type of solution, whatever the problem. Nothing more. Nothing less. Located in SoHo, run by Domenico Vitale, clients have included Mohegan Sun, Ruby Tuesday, Morgans Hotel Group, Equinox, VeeV, FIFA, (Red), CODA Automotive and Samsung, among others.
Feb 23, 2012 | Breaking News, Entertainment
Performing live in the Arena on May 19th
Chickenfoot, the Rock group featuring guitarist Joe Satriani, drummer Kenny Aronoff, former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and front man Sammy Hagar have announced A Different Devil Tour in continued support of their newest record Chickenfoot III. The guys will stroll into Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, May 19th at 8:00pm.
Tickets are $25.00 and are on sale Friday, March 2nd through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on to ticketmaster.com; call Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge By Phone number 1.800.745.3000; or visit any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets are also available on Saturday, March 3rd at the Mohegan Sun Box Office, subject to availability.
“The Foot are road tested and ready to roll and can’t wait to play the new songs for the fans!” says front man Sammy Hagar. The band’s second hit single, “Different Devil” has hit #13 with a bullet on the Mediabase Mainstream Rock Chart and #5 on the Mediabase Classic Rock Chart. This will be the bands first full US run since 2009.
In November, Chickenfoot completed a sold out Road Test Tour that took them through San Francisco, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Chicago and New York with a stop for a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The first single “Big Foot,” debuted at #1 on the Mediabase Classic Rock Chart holding the position for 11 weeks.
Chickenfoot III debuted at #9 on the Billboard Top 100 and follows the band’s 2009 debut album, which debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 100 and was certified gold for sales over 500,000 units by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked the 5th best venue in the world by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 and 2010 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” Venues Today also ranked Mohegan Sun Arena #4 in 2011. For more information on concerts and other great events at Mohegan Sun, visit mohegansun.com. For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711, ext. 27163.
Feb 22, 2012 | Entertainment
Three trendsetters in Rock perform live in the Arena on July 5th
Over 80 million albums sold worldwide, twelve Top 10 smash hit singles and thousands of concerts performed. The time has come for the ultimate convergence of Rocks finest from the Midwest as STYX, REO Speedwagon and Ted Nugent join forces for “The Midwest Rock ‘n Roll Express” and they will stop by Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday, July 5th at 7:00pm.
Tickets are $40.00 and are on sale Friday, March 30th through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on to ticketmaster.com; call Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge By Phone number 1.800.745.3000; or visit any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets are also available on Saturday, March 31st at the Mohegan Sun Box Office, subject to availability.
“Forget all those TV shows with glee clubs singing Rock songs,” exclaims STYX guitarist/singer James “JY” Young. “It’s time for mega-Platinum Illinois bands STYX and REO Speedwagon in a battle to the end of the Mayan Calendar with the Motor City Madman!”
“I am a Midwest boy, born and raised with Midwest values,” continues REO Speedwagon singer/guitarist Kevin Cronin. “In the Midwest we work hard, play hard, and rock hard. I am proud to join my brothers in STYX and Ted Nugent to celebrate Midwest Rock ‘n Roll and represent the greatest rock fans in the world. I am ready to climb aboard the ‘Midwest Rock ‘n Roll Express!’ Rock on baby!”
As STYX singer/guitarist Tommy Shaw proclaims, “It’s gonna be a Twang Fest of screaming guitars and big, sing-along choruses that continue to be the soundtrack for the misbehavior of our collective fan base. In other words, a real good time.”
Ted Nugent couldn’t agree more. “The heart and soul of American R&B&R&R has always gushed forth from the heartland of America. STYX, REO, and The Nuge have always celebrated the power of our special music and on the mighty ‘Midwest Rock ‘n Roll Express,’ the energy, attitude and spirit is more intense than ever. This is the soundtrack for the hardcore.”
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked the 5th best venue in the world by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 and 2010 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” Venues Today also ranked Mohegan Sun Arena #4 in 2011. For more information on concerts and other great events at Mohegan Sun, visit mohegansun.com. For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711, ext. 27163.
Feb 20, 2012 | Breaking News, Entertainment
Performing his hilarious routine live in the Arena on May 4th
One of the premiere comedic talents in the entertainment industry, George Lopez, will bring the “That’s The America I Live In” tour to Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, May 4th at 8:00pm.
Tickets are $41.00 and are on sale now through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on to ticketmaster.com; call Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge By Phone number 1.800.745.3000; or visit any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets are also available now at the Mohegan Sun Box Office, subject to availability.
George Lopez is a multi-talented entertainer whose career encompasses television, film, stand-up comedy and late-night television. For two seasons, Lopez hosted Lopez Tonight, a late-night television talk show on TBS, which represented Lopez’s return to series television after co-creating, writing, producing and starring in Warner Bros. Television’s groundbreaking hit sitcom George Lopez, which ran for six seasons on ABC.
Lopez recently voiced the character Rafael in the animated blockbuster, Rio, along with Jamie Foxx, Anne Hathaway and Jesse Eisenberg, and “Grouchy Smurf” in The Smurfs. His other most recent film credits include the box-office hit Valentine’s Day directed by Garry Marshall, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Swing Vote, Henry Poole Is Here and Balls of Fury.
The Lopez Foundation, founded by George, was established to create positive, permanent change for underprivileged children and adults confronting challenges in education and health, as well as increasing community awareness about kidney disease, organ donation and the military.
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked the 5th best venue in the world by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 and 2010 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” Venues Today also ranked Mohegan Sun Arena #4 in 2011. For more information on concerts and other great events at Mohegan Sun, visit mohegansun.com. For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711, ext. 27163.
