Mohegan Sun Arena Welcomes Back Aretha Franklin

2017-01-23

Performing live on March 23rd; Tickets on sale this Friday

UNCASVILLE, CT (January 23, 2017) – She is both 20th and 21st century musical and cultural icon known the world over by her first name: Aretha. The reigning and undisputed “Queen of Soul” has created an amazing legacy that spans an incredible six decades and is set for a special performance at Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday, March 23rd at 8:00pm.

Tickets are $39.00 and go on sale Friday, January 27th 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 will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office starting Saturday, January 28th, subject to availability.

Her many countless classics include “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” “Chain Of Fools,” “I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)”; her own compositions “Think,” “Daydreaming” and “Call Me”;  her definitive versions of “Respect” and “I Say A Little Prayer”; and global hits like “Freeway Of Love,” “Jump To It,” “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me),” her worldwide chart-topping duet with George Michael, and “A Rose Is Still A Rose.”

The recipient of the U.S.A.’s highest civilian honor,  The Presidential Medal Of Freedom, an eighteen (and counting) Grammy Award winner – the most recent of which was for “Best Gospel Performance” for “Never Gonna Break My Faith” with Mary J. Blige in 2008 – a Grammy Lifetime Achievement and Grammy Living Legend awardee, Aretha Franklin’s powerful, distinctive Gospel-honed vocal style has influenced countless singers across multi-generations, justifiably earning her Rolling Stone magazine’s #1 placing on the list of “The Greatest Singers Of All Time.”

Mohegan Sun Arena is now ranked consistently among the top venues in the world according to Billboard Magazine, Pollstar and Venues Today. It has won “Casino of The Year” at the Country Music Awards in 2008 & 2010 and in 2013, was voted “Arena Of The Year” at the G2E Global Gaming Conference in Las Vegas.  Mohegan Sun Arena was also ranked among the top 10 arena venues in the nation for 2014, regardless of size. In 2015, Mohegan Sun took home the IEBA award for “Casino of the Year.”  Mohegan Sun also won “Casino of the Year” in 2 categories at the 2013 & 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards. For more information on concerts and other great events, visit Mohegan Sun. For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711, ext. 27163.

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