Feb 25, 2009 | Entertainment
Live on Wednesday, June 24th with special guests Paramore and Janelle Monáe
After a four-year hiatus, Pop/Ska sensations No Doubt announced today plans for a massive 2009 tour. They will be performing live at Mohegan Sun Arena on Wednesday, June 24th at 7:30pm with special guests Paramore and Janelle Monáe.
Tickets are $97.50 and $77.50 and go on sale Saturday, March 7th 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 may also be purchased at the Mohegan Sun Box Office starting Sunday, March 8th subject to availability.
No Doubt consists of front woman Gwen Stefani, bassist Tony Kanal, guitarist Tom Dumont and drummer Adrian Young. Hit singles like “Don’t Speak,” “Hey Baby” and “Underneath It All” have earned the band two Grammy Awards and helped them sell 27 million records worldwide to date. No Doubt’s next studio album will be recorded on the road this summer and is set to be released in 2010.
Paramore released their debut album All We Know Is Falling in 2005. Their second album, Riot! was released in 2007 and was certified platinum in the U.S. and gold in the U.K. and Ireland. Their most recent single “Decode” was the lead single for the novel-based film Twilight.
Janelle Monáe released Metropolis: The Chase Suite (Special Edition) in 2008 after signing with Sean “Diddy” Combs’ label, Bad Boy Records. The album spawned the Grammy-nominated single “Many Moons.”
For more information on No Doubt with special guests Paramore and Janelle Monáe 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.
Feb 9, 2009 | Entertainment
Live in the Arena on Monday, March 16th
Two dominant forces in Rock music are teaming up for an unforgettable night at Mohegan Sun. Buckcherry and Papa Roach will perform live in the Arena on Monday, March 16th at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $35.00 and go on sale Friday, February 13th 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 may also be purchased at the Mohegan Sun Box Office starting Saturday, February 14th, subject to availability.
A hard rock favorite since its eponymous debut in 1999, the Grammy nominated Buckcherry has since released the platinum album 15, the top ten smash and recently released Black Butterfly, and freewheeling hits like “Crazy Bitch” and “Sorry.”
Papa Roach hit the big time with their first major label debut in 2000, Infest which featured the mega-hit “Last Resort.” Their second album Lovehatetragedy followed in 2002 featuring the hit song “She Loves Me Not.” A third album soon followed, Getting Away With Murder and launched the single “Scars.” Papa Roach’s fourth studio album The Paramour Sessions was released in 2007 featuring “….To Be Loved.”
For more information on Buckcherry and Papa Roach 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.
Feb 6, 2009 | Entertainment
Massive world tour kicks off in Uncasville
As if a night together with Grammy Award winner Keith Urban, one of the industry’s most explosive and critically-hailed live acts isn’t enough: now comes word that Urban’s “Escape Together World Tour” together with KC Masterpiece® and Kingsford® stop in Uncasville will also feature multi-platinum superstars Sugarland. This incredible tour kicks off with two shows at Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday, May 7th and Friday, May 8th. Both shows begin at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $140.00 and $110.00 and go on sale Saturday, February 14th 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 may also be purchased at the Mohegan Sun Box Office starting Sunday, February 15th subject to availability.
“Sugarland and I are going to give our fans at Mohegan Sun two nights to remember,” said Urban. “Nights where they’ll be able to leave their cares at the door and just let loose for a few hours.”
2009 is already shaping up to be a busy one for Urban. Not only will May mark the launch of a North American concert tour that will visit fifty-eight cities, March 31st will see the release of a new album, Defying Gravity. The CD’s first single “Sweet Thing” has already become his eighteenth Top 5 Country single.
A headliner in their own right, Sugarland is sure to perform all of their hits, including their #1’s “Who Says You Can’t Go Home,” “Settlin’,” “All I Want To Do” and their most recent #1 from their current CD Love On The Inside, “Already Gone.” The combination of talent that will take the stage in Uncasville is sure to give fans a show like no other this summer. Urban and Sugarland are currently slated to appear together on twenty other tour stops.
Sugarland (Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush) exploded onto the music scene in 2004 and with their third studio album Love On The Inside they’ve skyrocketed into superstardom. They’ve sold over 5 million records and received trophies from the Grammys, AMAs, ACM, CMT and CMA Awards.
For more information on Keith Urban and very special guest Sugarland 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.
Feb 2, 2009 | Entertainment
Hilarious comedian performs in the Arena on Friday, April 3rd
Talk-show host and stand-up comedian Joel McHale is set to deliver his hysterical brand of humor live in Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, April 3rd at 8:00pm.
Tickets are $30.00 and go on sale Saturday, February 7th 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 may also be purchased at the Mohegan Sun Box Office starting Sunday, February 8th subject to availability.
As the current host of E!’s enormously popular celebrity news show The Soup, Joel McHale got his start in show business back in the 90s as part of a sketch-comedy group in downtown Seattle. Since then McHale has been on such TV staples as CSI: Miami, Will & Grace, Pushing Daisies, a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Countdown with Keith Olbermann and on radio’s The Adam Carolla Show. Next up McHale is starring opposite Matt Damon and Scott Bakula in the Steven Soderbergh directed film The Informant.
For more information on Joel McHale 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.
Jan 26, 2009 | Entertainment
A rare performance in the Arena for one night only
Denis Leary and special guests are coming to Uncasville for a hysterical night of stand-up comedy live at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, March 28th at 8:00pm.
Tickets are $66.00, $46.00 and $31.00 and a
re on sale now at the Mohegan Sun Box Office and 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.
Star and co-creator of FX’s hit drama Rescue Me, Denis Leary got his start in show biz as a stand-up comedian in Boston back in the early 80s. Leary has since been nominated as an actor for both a Golden Globe and an Emmy, and recently released his first book titled Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid.
For more information on Denis Leary’s Rescue Me Comedy Tour 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.
