CeeLo Green will join tour as special guest; tickets on sale February 21st
Multi-platinum selling artist, five-time Grammy winner and music icon, Lionel Richie, announced the extension of his worldwide “All The Hits All Night Long” tour today, traveling through North America this summer with special guest CeeLo Green. Promoted exclusively by Live Nation, the tour has sold out across the globe in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Middle East. Richie will kick off the hit-filled shows, featuring songs from the Commodores to today, this summer on Thursday, May 29th in Vancouver, BC and makes its way to Mohegan Sun on Saturday, July 26th for a 7:30pm concert. More information can be found at www.livenation.com and www.lionelrichie.com.
Tickets are $85.00 and $65.00 and go on sale Friday, February 21st 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 on Saturday, February 22nd, subject to availability.
The “All The Hits All Night Long” tour will also deliver fans a VIP experience with a choice of four different VIP packages. Presale for these packages start Friday, February 14th at 10:00am local time. To purchase packages and for more information, please visit www.lionelrichie.com
Citi® cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Friday, February 14th at 10:00am local time through Citi’s Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com.
Beginning today, Wednesday, February 12th, fans can visit (http://bit.ly/LionelRichieRSVP) to RSVP for early access to presale tickets available at 10:00 am local time on Tuesday, February 18th. Live Nation mobile app users will also have access to presale tickets beginning Thursday, February 20th at 10:00am local time. Mobile users can text “LNAPP” to 404040 to download the Live Nation mobile app (available for iOS and Android).
Lionel Richie is teaming up with Tickets-for-Charity to offer fans some of the best seats in the house to benefit important charitable causes, available exclusively at www.ticketsforcharity.com.
“I’m so lucky to have the collection of songs that I can play for my fans, it becomes a giant sing-along most nights,” said Lionel. “People always ask me ‘what are you going to sing tonight Lionel?” and I always laugh and reply, “what are YOU going to sing tonight?”
Richie’s last album, Tuskegee, reached the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 after its March 12th, 2012 release. Tuskegee was certified platinum on May 3, 2012 after selling one million units in the United States. Overall, Lionel has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide.
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked 3rd in the U.S. and 5th 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 #3 in 2012 and ranked it in the top six of “Top Stops of The Decade” in 2012. Venues Today also named Mohegan Sun Arena #4 in mid-year Top Stops for 2013.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.