Feb 13, 2025 | Entertainment
Tickets on sale Friday, February 21st
UNCASVILLE, CT (February 13, 2025) –– GRAMMY nominated multi-platinum, genre-defying artist Halsey has announced her highly anticipated Halsey: For My Last Trick Tour for 2025. Produced by Live Nation, the 32-city tour is heading to Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday June 8th. The 7:00pm show will feature Hope Tala and Sir Chloe as special guests.
Halsey released the trailer for the tour, watch it here.
Following the success of their critically acclaimed album The Great Impersonator, and their electrifying festival performances, Halsey is set to deliver an unforgettable live experience, bringing a career-spanning setlist and stunning visuals to fans nationwide.
Fans can sign up for the Artist Presale now through Monday, February 17th at 11:59pm HERE. The Artist Presale will begin February 19th at 10:00am through February 19th at 10:00pm. The general on sale begins on Friday, February 21st at 10:00am via Ticketmaster.com. Halsey fans can also purchase tickets at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning on Saturday, February 22nd, subject to availability.
GRAMMY®-nominated, genre-blending artist Halsey has amassed over 50 billion global streams, with more than 75 million RIAA-certified adjusted singles and all four albums RIAA-certified. They are one of the few artists with four songs reaching 1 billion streams on Spotify. In 2024, Halsey’s latest album, The Great Impersonator, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Rock & Alternative Albums and Top Alternative Albums charts and reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200—the same peak achieved by her 2020 album, Manic. This milestone continues Halsey’s success on the charts, following her previous No. 1s on Top Alternative Albums with If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power(2021), Hopeless Fountain Kingdom (2017), and Badlands (2015).
Following its release, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States and the Canadian Albums Chart. The album was also certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the US.
In 2021, Halsey introduced the world to about-face, a multi-dimensional makeup line made for everyone. Halsey built about-face on the truth that no one is just one thing and all humans are imperfectly beautiful beings. Following the success of about-face, Halsey followed up with af94 to inspire inner creativity & playfulness in cosmetic users. Both have become the fastest trending new cosmetic brands at their respective retailers.
Her first book, I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry, debuted on The New York Times Best Sellers list in November 2020. Named as one of TIME‘s 100 Most Influential People, they were also the recipient of the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s Hal David Starlight Award. Halsey continues to speak up for important causes such as disenfranchised youth, women’s rights, mental health, and the LGBTQ community.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
Mohegan Sun Arena, one of the busiest sports and entertainment venues in the world today, was awarded the 2024 Newsweek Readers’ Choice award for “Best Casino with Live Entertainment in America”. Mohegan Sun Arena was also named “Best Casino/Resort Venue of the Year” at the 35th Annual Pollstar Awards. In 2021, the 10,000-seat Arena also received its first “#1 Indoor Arena” ranking for its size in the world from Pollstar and VenuesNow. Mohegan Sun Arena is also a seven-time national award winner for “Arena of the Year” by the Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) and G2E Las Vegas. 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.
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Feb 13, 2025 | Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Special Events
An evening of bold flavors takes place on Saturday, April 19th
WHAT: Guests are invited to experience the art of whiskey at the 9th Annual Sun Whiskey Union, where the proof is in the pour! This year’s festivities also include a special Spirits & Cigars event inside the Clay Pipe Cigar Bar.
WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, April 19th
8:00pm – 11:00pm
Earth Ballroom
IN DETAIL: On Saturday, April 19th, from 8:00pm-11:00pm, the Earth Ballroom is set to transform into a connoisseur’s paradise, offering an exquisite selection of top-shelf whiskey, scotch, bourbon and rye at the 9th Annual Sun Whiskey Union. Engage with distillery representatives and delight in live music from Locals Live 2024 contestant Mad Hatter Band. Complimentary, mouthwatering bites like Maple Bourbon Pulled Chicken Sliders from House of BBQ & Bacon and delectable, alcohol inspired treats like The Beast from NoRa Cupcake Company which features chocolate cake, cognac caramel filling, and chocolate frosting are included in every ticket purchase.
Guests who attend Sun Whiskey Union can stop by the Mohegan Sun Online Casino Signature Cocktail Bar featuring Phil Wills from Bar Rescue and Dimitrios “The Cocktail Chemist” Zahariadis. Those who download the Mohegan Sun Online Casino app and place a $5 wager on any game can try one of four signature cocktail options and enter for a chance to win a gift box from the Connecticut Distilling Company! To get started with Mohegan Sun Online Casino head to the App Store, Google Play Store or visit ct.mohegansuncasino.com. Guests must be 21 years of age or older to participate.
Before Sun Whiskey Union, guests can take part in a sophisticated pairing session at Spirits & Cigars: Mohegan Sun Select Whiskeys from 6:00pm – 8:00pm in Clay Pipe Cigar Bar. Those in attendance will sip on a carefully selected array of top-notch spirits from Mohegan Sun’s Limited Barrel Select Program, including Elijah Craig, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey, Wilderness Trail Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey, Teeling Irish Whiskey, Westland Single Malt American Whiskey, Great Jones Bourbon, Old Forester Bourbon, Rittenhouse Rye, South County Chocolate Rye, Woodford Reserve, and others. A complimentary proprietary cigar, infused with a private barrel spirit is included. A la carte infused cigars will be available for purchase while supplies last. Attendees will discover the subtle notes, aromas, and complexities of both the spirits & cigars, designed to complement one another perfectly.
Tickets to both events are on sale now via ticketmaster.com and the Mohegan Sun Box Office, subject to availability. Prices are subject to increase the day of the event. A portion of ticket sales will also go to support the United Way of Southeastern Connecticut. Guests must be 21 years of age of older to attend Sun Whiskey Union. Valid ID and ticket are required upon entry.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN
Owned by Mohegan, Mohegan Sun 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 two unique casinos, 1,600 deluxe hotel rooms, two world-class spas, two distinct convention centers, an expo center, a golf course, over 70 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, follow us on X and Instagram @mohegansun and view us on YouTube.
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Feb 12, 2025 | Entertainment
Tickets on sale Friday, February 21st
UNCASVILLE, CT (February 12, 2025) –– The Lumineers have announced the eagerly awaited North American leg of their epic Automatic 2025 world tour. The tour includes a stop at Mohegan Sun Arena with special guest Hippo Campus on Sunday, July 13th for a 7:30pm show.
The upcoming tour celebrates the arrival of The Lumineers’ hugely anticipated new album, Automatic, available via Dualtone worldwide on Friday, February 14th. Pre-orders are available now. “Same Old Song,” the first single from the album, is proving to be the fastest-rising single of the band’s career. It’s currently #4 at AAA and #6 at Alternative radio in the States, while achieving #4 at Alternative and #14 at Active Rock in Canada, cementing The Lumineers’ continued impact on the modern music landscape.
Tickets to see The Lumineers live in concert go on sale Friday, February 21st at 10:00am via Ticketmaster.com. Fans of the group behind Billboard hits like “Ho Hey” and “Stubborn Love” can also purchase tickets at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning on Saturday, February 22nd, subject to availability.
Additionally, The Lumineers will celebrate the Valentine’s Day release of Automatic with a special late-night TV performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, airing tomorrow, February 13th, on NBC (check local listings).
After 20 years of musical partnership, Automatic finds Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites traveling new sonic and thematic terrain with their most raw and personal collection thus far. Both men, now dads, fully embraced the life-altering, unromantic challenges and rewards of family life. When they reconvened to write, the emerging songs featured a new, aching vulnerability, sly humor, and bold acknowledgments of need – for love, respect, and connection in an increasingly chaotic world.
Inspired by Peter Jackson’s 2021 Beatles documentary Get Back, the band, with the help of co-producers David Baron and Simone Felice, set up shop in the expansive tracking room at Woodstock’s Utopia Studio. Multiple set-ups – with two sets of drums, three different pianos, and an array of amps, guitars, vocal mics – were laid out, allowing the musicians to pivot and capture as much as possible with minimal delay. The process further freed The Lumineers to perform the songs as a unit, allowing the band to capture the raw, organic presentation of the anthemic new tracks. For the first time on a Lumineers album, the band is credited as co-producers alongside Felice and Baron, who also engineered and mixed, as he did on the band’s last two albums.
Recorded in less than a month, the album, as Schultz says, feels “very much of this era.” While songs like the self-effacing “Asshole” and the spartan, wry “Better Day” reveal a risky intimacy and heretofore untapped undercurrent of humor, Automatic remains what fans around the world have come to love about The Lumineers – shadowy themes wrapped in upbeat, infectious melodies, sky-high choruses destined to be sung by tens of thousands each night on the road, and what Fraites calls “a palpable sense of connection between Wes and me. There’s lots of love on this record.”
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
Mohegan Sun Arena, one of the busiest sports and entertainment venues in the world today, was awarded the 2024 Newsweek Readers’ Choice award for “Best Casino with Live Entertainment in America”. Mohegan Sun Arena was also named “Best Casino/Resort Venue of the Year” at the 35th Annual Pollstar Awards. In 2021, the 10,000-seat Arena also received its first “#1 Indoor Arena” ranking for its size in the world from Pollstar and VenuesNow. Mohegan Sun Arena is also a seven-time national award winner for “Arena of the Year” by the Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) and G2E Las Vegas. 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.
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Feb 12, 2025 | Entertainment
Featuring Marcello Hernández, James Austin Johnson, and more
UNCASVILLE, CT (February 11, 2025) –– Colin Jost, the hilarious comedian, writer, actor and star on “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) is scheduled to appear at Mohegan Sun Arena Saturday, April 26th for an 8:00pm show. SNL co-stars Marcello Hernández and James Austin Johnson will join Jost during the epic night of laughter.
Tickets to Colin Jost and Friends at Mohegan Sun will go on sale Friday, February 14th 12:00pm via Ticketmaster.com. Comedy fans can purchase at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning on Saturday, February 15th, subject to availability.
Jost has won five Writers Guild Awards, two Peabody Awards and has been nominated for 15 Emmy Awards for his writing on “SNL.”. Jost and Michael Che have hosted special editions of “Weekend Update” on MSNBC during the 2016 Republican and Democratic national conventions as well as the primetime “Weekend Update Summer Edition” in 2017. The duo also co-hosted the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2018 and in 2024 executive produced and co-hosted Peacock’s first-ever live comedy event, “Colin Jost and Michael Che Present: New York After Dark,” which featured an evening of surprise drop-in performances from stand-up comedians.
In 2020, Jost also debuted “A Very Punchable Face.” A New York Times bestseller, the memoir is a series of essays that documents pivotal moments in Jost’s life, including growing up in Staten Island in a family of firefighters, commuting three hours a day to high school, attending Harvard while Facebook was created and more.
Jost, along with Marcello Hernández, and James Austin Johnson will play key roles during the upcoming highly anticipated Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary season. “Saturday Night Live,” celebrating its 50th Anniversary Special this Saturday night, has helped elevate Colin Jost to worldwide acclaim. The writer, performer and author started writing for SNL in 2005 and has been the co-anchor of the show’s “Weekend Update” since 2014. The 10,000- seat Mohegan Sun Arena will also host Comedy icons and SNL alumni Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on Friday, May 16th.
“We wanted to help Saturday Night Live celebrate their 50th Anniversary with this incredible booking featuring SNL superstars Colin Jost, Marcello Hernández, and James Austin Johnson and it couldn’t come at a better time, as NBC airs a TV special this week.,” said Tom Cantone, President of Sports & Entertainment for Mohegan.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
Mohegan Sun Arena, one of the busiest sports and entertainment venues in the world today, was awarded the 2024 Newsweek Readers’ Choice award for “Best Casino with Live Entertainment in America”. Mohegan Sun Arena was also named “Best Casino/Resort Venue of the Year” at the 35th Annual Pollstar Awards. In 2021, the 10,000-seat Arena also received its first “#1 Indoor Arena” ranking for its size in the world from Pollstar and VenuesNow. Mohegan Sun Arena is also a seven-time national award winner for “Arena of the Year” by the Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) and G2E Las Vegas. 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.
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Feb 10, 2025 | Entertainment
Tickets on sale Friday, February 14th
UNCASVILLE, CT (February 10, 2025) –– Revered Rock legend Alice Cooper is making his way to Mohegan Sun Arena when the icon behind hits such as “School’s Out,” “Welcome to My Nightmare,” “Billion Dollar Babies,” “Feed My Frankenstein,” and “No More Mr. Nice Guy” take the stage on Friday, May 23rd. The extraordinary live performance kicks off at 8:00pm.
Tickets to see Cooper live in concert go on sale Friday, February 14th at 10:00am via Ticketmaster.com. Rock fans can also purchase tickets at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning on Saturday, February 15th, subject to availability.
Alice Cooper pioneered a grandly theatrical brand of hard rock that was designed to shock. Drawing equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock, the group created a stage show that featured electric chairs, guillotines, fake blood and boa constrictors. He continues to tour regularly, performing shows worldwide with the dark and horror-themed theatrics that he’s best known for.
Having finally gotten back out on the concert trail in 2021-2022, Alice insists he’s still motivated to continue touring and recording albums, as well as making time for other projects, including most recently, Alice’s widely praised 2018 performance as King Herod in NBC-TV’s live production of Jesus Chris Superstar on Easter Sunday.
Released in February 2021, his latest album Detroit Stories, (produced again by Bob Ezrin) is inspired by the Garage Rock music of Detroit in the late Sixties, including several classic covers of Detroit hits from that era, recorded in Detroit with all Detroit musicians. It entered Billboard’s album sales chart at #1 the week of release, and also charted high upon release on the album charts in the UK, Germany, Australiia, Sweden and other countries.
Alice’s solo career skyrocketed in the late 1970’s, with a succession of hit singles, including “You & Me,” and classic albums, including Lace And Whiskey and From The Inside, and bigger and even more elaborate concert tours.
Twenty-plus years into the new millennium, Cooper continues to be very productive and busy, writing, recording and releasing the albums Brutal Planet, Dragon Town, The Eyes of Alice Cooper, Dirty Diamonds, Along Came a Spider, Welcome 2 My Nightmare, 2017’s Paranormal, and 2018’s Live at L’Olympia Paris, plus Old School 1964-1974, a limited edition box set celebrating the original band.
With his influence on Rock & Roll and popular culture long since acknowledged, there is little that Alice Cooper hasn’t achieved in his remarkable career, including platinum albums, sold-out tours and any number of honors and career achievement awards.
His latest album, “Road,” (produced again by Bob Ezrin), released in 2023, was co-written with, and recorded with, his longtime touring band, which features bassist Chuck Garric, drummer Glen Sobel, and guitarists Ryan Roxie, Tommy Henriksen and Nita Strauss.
As if that wasn’t enough, “Alice’s Attic,” Alice’s nightly radio show, continues to air on radio stations in the USA, Australia, and Germany. The show features his favorite classic rock songs along with his insider anecdotes about many of the artists.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
Mohegan Sun Arena, one of the busiest sports and entertainment venues in the world today, was awarded the 2024 Newsweek Readers’ Choice award for “Best Casino with Live Entertainment in America”. Mohegan Sun Arena was also named “Best Casino/Resort Venue of the Year” at the 35th Annual Pollstar Awards. In 2021, the 10,000-seat Arena also received its first “#1 Indoor Arena” ranking for its size in the world from Pollstar and VenuesNow. Mohegan Sun Arena is also a seven-time national award winner for “Arena of the Year” by the Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) and G2E Las Vegas. 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.
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Feb 10, 2025 | Entertainment
Tickets on sale Friday, February 14th
UNCASVILLE, CT (February 10, 2025) –– Singer-songwriter James Arthur will bring his impressive catalog of hits to Mohegan Sun Arena when The X Factor winner performs a live show on Sunday, June 29th. The British sensation behind “Say You Won’t Let Go”, “Can I Be Him”, and “Sleepwalking” kicks off the Uncasville leg of The Pisces World Tour at 7:00pm.
Tickets to Arthur go on sale Friday, February 14th 10:00am via Ticketmaster.com. Tickets can also be purchased at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning on Saturday, February 15th, subject to availability.
James Arthur is poised to share a completely new side of himself, having undergone a journey of personal growth and self-acceptance that has led to some of his best music to date. The British star’s remarkable sixth album, Pisces, comes hot on the heels of 2024’s chart-topping Bitter Sweet Love, which was supported by a sold-out arena tour in the UK and Ireland. It’s a work with human connection at its heart, influenced by the Brit Award-nominated artist’s experiences as a father, a partner and a friend, melding influences spanning Pop, Rock, Americana and Indie.
The album’s title, Pisces, speaks to his intuitive, empathetic and multifaceted nature, but also to the dichotomous sound that permeates these songs. Fans will hear tracks that represent the push-and-pull of his longing to be understood, pitted against his instinct to hide away from the world. Some are hushed and introspective, while others blaze with life: “I’ve always been a dreamer, quite sensitive,” he says. “That crossover between dreams and reality was something that really spoke to me for this record.”
In the past, some critics have rushed to dismiss Arthur as a one-trick pony, perhaps blinkered by the ballads that have racked up hundreds of millions of streams and countless radio plays that, in 2024, saw him become one of a rare group of artists to win the Brits Billion award. He throws down the gauntlet on “Yeah, No”, a thrilling, breathless Rock number, before diving into the depths of “Water”, another curveball that sees him switch from a sultry Rock croon into an emotionally wrought cry. On “Hallelujah”, he tussles with questions of faith that have grown louder since the birth of his daughter.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
Mohegan Sun Arena, one of the busiest sports and entertainment venues in the world today, was awarded the 2024 Newsweek Readers’ Choice award for “Best Casino with Live Entertainment in America”. Mohegan Sun Arena was also named “Best Casino/Resort Venue of the Year” at the 35th Annual Pollstar Awards. In 2021, the 10,000-seat Arena also received its first “#1 Indoor Arena” ranking for its size in the world from Pollstar and VenuesNow. Mohegan Sun Arena is also a seven-time national award winner for “Arena of the Year” by the Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) and G2E Las Vegas. 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.
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