Solo artist to perform live in Arena on January 26th
UNCASVILLE, CT (November 9, 2012) — Aaron Lewis will bring the sounds of his first full-length solo album entitled The Road to Mohegan Sun. The Grammy Award-nominated, multi-platinum singer, songwriter and guitarist will take the Arena stage on Saturday, January 26th at 8:00pm.
Tickets are $30.00 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 will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office starting Saturday, November 10th, subject to availability.
In 2011, the Staind frontman formally arrived in the Country world with the release of his debut EP, Town Line. Highlighted by the success of the gold-selling single “Country Boy” featuring the legendary George Jones and Charlie Daniels, the seven-song EP reached #1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and #7 on the Billboard Top 200 upon release. Lewis also received two Academy of Country Music nominations for “Vocal Event of the Year” for “Country Boy” (for his work as artist and as co-producer) as well as two CMT nominations, one for “USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year” and another for “Collaborative Video of the Year.” Simultaneously, the music video for the single stirred similar fan fervor, surpassing 12-million views on YouTube and 3 million on CMT.com.
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked 3rd in the U.S. and 4th 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 and ranked in the top six of “Top Stops of The Decade” in 2012. 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.