May 3, 2012 | Breaking News, Entertainment, General News, Special Events
Kelly Killoren Bensimon greets fans on Friday, May 18th
Former star of Bravo’s wildly popular “The Real Housewives of New York City,” Kelly Killoren Bensimon, comes to Mohegan Sun Friday, May 18th in a special Signings & Sightings event. Bensimon will be meeting fans and signing copies of her new book, I Can Make You Hot! The free event will take place in The Shops concourse at Mohegan Sun beginning at 8:00pm. I Can Make You Hot! is on sale now and available for purchase at Spin Street in The Shops concourse.
IN DETAIL
Mohegan Sun’s Signings & Sightings, presented in collaboration with Spin Street, is a one-of-a-kind experience that allows guests to get up-close-and-personal with some of the world’s biggest entertainers. Whether it’s an up-and-coming band, well-known comedian or chart-topping musician, a Signings & Sightings event provides artists with an exciting opportunity to share their latest work in an interactive way with fans. Spin Street, located in The Shops at Mohegan Sun, offers a variety of music, movies and entertainment memorabilia with special signing merchandise available for each Signings & Sightings event.
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.
May 1, 2012 | Breaking News, Entertainment
Chart-topping band will perform live in Arena on August 31st and September 1st
Zac Brown Band is headed to Mohegan Sun Arena for two nights on Friday, August 31st and Saturday, September 1st at 7:30pm with music featured from their forthcoming album Uncaged (July 10, Atlantic Records/Southern Ground Artists) and a new band member Daniel de los Reyes on percussion. The stop is part of a Zac Brown Band’s 2012 summer tour, presented by Jack Daniel’s and Landshark Lager.
Tickets are $97.00 and $77.00 and go on sale Saturday, May 5th 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 Sunday, May 6th at 10:00am, subject to availability.
Two-time Grammy Award winners and multi-platinum artists, Zac Brown Band have become one of music’s most heralded acts. With a historic nine consecutive #1 hit singles, awe-inspiring musicianship and dynamic live shows, the Georgia six-piece band is definitely built to last.
Zac Brown Band’s double-platinum major label debut The Foundation was named one of Billboard’s Top 20 albums of 2009 and the platinum follow-up You Get What You Give debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart in 2010. The album featured guest appearances by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett.
Since 2009, the band has garnered more than 50 combined Grammy, ACM, AMA, CMA and CMT award nominations with wins including their 2010 Grammy for “Best New Artist,” 2010 CMA win for “New Artist of the Year” and 2011 ACM Top Vocal Event of the Year for “As She’s Walking Away” with Alan Jackson.
No question, the past three years have been dizzying for the hardworking act. The band’s first major label release, The Foundation was the first major label debut album in 18 years to yield five #1’s including “Chicken Fried” and “Free.” Released on November 18, 2008 on Atlantic Records, The Foundation debuted at #17 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and #3 on the Top Country Albums chart.
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.
May 1, 2012 | Breaking News, Entertainment
Band will perform live in Arena on August 12th
As part of their 2012 Honda Civic Tour, Linkin Park with special guest MuteMath will rock Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, August 12th at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $69.50 and $49.50 and go on sale Friday, May 4th 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, May 5th at 10:00am, subject to availability.
Ever since the early-aughts super-combo of Hybrid Theory and Meteora, Linkin Park has been doing something popular artists just don’t do, going off-menu. Chester Bennington, Rob Bourdon, Brad Delson, Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, Joe Hahn and Mike Shinoda collectively came to the hard decision to deviate from the foundation of their success in search of fresh new sounds and ideas. On the records that followed, Minutes to Midnight and A Thousand Suns, Linkin Park made the courageous leap into the unknown.
The learning curve was arduous, but a necessary and welcomed challenge for the band. Hybrid Theory isn’t just the title of the first album, but a career mission statement. From day one, Linkin Park built the band upon the premise of fusing all of their favorite styles of music, as disparate as they might be, into one signature sound. Fast-forward 12 years to Living Things and the same six musicians have not only developed new tools to make that philosophy a reality, but they’re finally comfortable embracing and coalescing every aspect of their career.
Living Things is a personal album, centered on human emotions and relationships, implied by the title. It is informed by and built upon all previous Linkin Park albums, while still pushing the band’s sound into new territory. It’s spirited, energetic, daring and unafraid to “hybridize” the past, present and future. It’s absolute proof to a radical theory six musicians have devoted their lives to testing.
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.
Apr 27, 2012 | Breaking News, Entertainment
Singer, songwriter, actress and dancer performs live in Arena on June 30th
In support of her latest album Unbroken and fresh off her sold-out South American tour, Demi Lovato will bring her summer tour to Mohegan Sun Arena with special guests Hot Chelle Rae on Saturday, June 30th at 7:00pm.
Tickets are $34.50 and go on sale Friday, May 4th 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, May 5th at 10:00am, subject to availability.
Lovato is celebrating a hugely successful year. This week her emotional debut single “Skyscraper,” off her latest album Unbroken, was certified platinum, celebrating over 1 million in sales. Meanwhile, her new single “Give Your Heart a Break” has been downloaded over 200,000 times and is cruising up the Top 40 radio charts while the music video has reached over 10 million YouTube views.
Unbroken features guest artists including Missy Elliot, Timbaland, Dev and Jason Derulo and is the long-awaited follow-up to the #1 debut of 2009’s Here We Go Again and the #2 debut of 2008’s Don’t Forget. Lovato has performed to crowds across the world, won an ALMA, People’s Choice and Teen Choice awards and has appeared on Good Morning America, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, American Idol, America’s Got Talent and Dancing With The Stars.
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.
Apr 26, 2012 | Breaking News, Entertainment
One of the hottest bands will take the stage in the Arena to kick off their tour on May 22nd
Since making waves on The U.K.’s The X Factor! Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, who make up one of the most popular bands in the world today, One Direction, will kick off their North American Summer tour live at Mohegan Sun Arena on Tuesday, May 22nd at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $59.50, $49.50, $39.50 and $29.50 and go on sale Saturday, April 28th 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 Sunday, April 29th at 10:00am, subject to availability.
One Direction made history when their debut album Up All Night entered the US Billboard 200 chart at #1 with over 176,000 copies sold. This makes chart history as the first British group ever to debut at #1 in the US with their debut album release. Up All Night went straight to #1 on the digital chart within minutes of its official release on March 13th.
One Direction gained notoriety in 2010 after appearing on The U.K.’s The X-Factor. Their global smash debut album, Up All Night, entered the charts at #1 in 12 countries and has been certified triple platinum in Ireland, double platinum in the U.K. & Australia and platinum in New Zealand. Their BRIT Award winning debut single “What Makes You Beautiful” entered the charts at #1 in both the U.K. and Ireland. In the U.S., “What Makes You Beautiful” sold more than 131,000 copies in its first week, debuting at #12 on the Billboard Digital Songs chart. Their #28 debut on the Billboard Hot 100 marked the highest debut from a British Group’s debut single since the Spice Girls in 1998.
One Direction are Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. All of the group hail from the U.K., save for Horan, who is from Ireland. All five of the boys (ages 18-20) auditioned for the U.K.’s The X-Factor in 2010 as solo artists. However, at the suggestion of Simon Cowell, they joined forces as a group, quickly becoming one of the competition’s most popular acts of all time, finishing in the final three and garnering a gigantic fan-base along the way.
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.
Apr 24, 2012 | Breaking News, Entertainment
Rock legends will perform live at Mohegan Sun Arena on July 9th
One of the top bands in Rock and Roll history returns to New England this summer. The Scorpions will perform live at Mohegan Sun on Monday, July 9th at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $30.00 and are on sale Saturday, April 28th 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 Sunday, April 29th, subject to availability.
During their 40 year career, the Scorpions have sold over a 100 million albums and received many awards, including the World Music Award and several Echos, (the German Grammy). Their song “Wind of Change” has become an anthem for the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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.
