Mar 21, 2022 | Entertainment
Tickets on sale Friday, March 25th
International superstar Lionel Richie has sold out arenas worldwide and drawn some of the biggest festival crowds ever with a set list of his brightest and best anthems. Richie returns to Mohegan Sun Arena for one night of spectacular music at 7:30pm on Saturday, June 25th.
Tickets are $149.50, $99.50, $69.50, and $49.50 and go on sale Friday, March 25th at 10:00am via ticketmaster.com. Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning Saturday, March 26th, subject to availability.
Lionel Richie has a discography of albums and singles that are second to none. His music is part of the fabric of Pop music; in fact, Richie is one of only two songwriters in history to achieve the honor of having No. 1 records for nine consecutive years. He’s notched numerous achievements including more than 100 million albums sold worldwide, an Oscar, a Golden Globe, four Grammy Awards, the distinction of “MusiCares Person of the Year” in 2016, and was recognized as a Kennedy Center Honoree in 2017. In March 2018, Richie put his handprints and footprints in cement at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX in Hollywood, one of the oldest honors in Hollywood.
Lionel Richie is known for his mega-hits such as “Endless Love,” “Lady,” “Truly,” “All Night Long,” “Penny Lover,” “Stuck on You,” “Hello,” “Say You, Say Me,” “Dancing on the Ceiling,” and co-wrote one of the most important Pop songs in history, “We Are the World,” for USA for Africa. His song catalog also includes his early work with The Commodores, where he developed a groundbreaking style that defied genre categories, penning smashes such as “Three Times a Lady,” “Still,” and “Easy.” Richie has had 11 consecutive years where he wrote No. 1 songs.
Richie took fans on a spectacular musical journey with his latest album, Live from Las Vegas, along with his most recent tour, the Hello Tour, which kicked off in summer 2019. The album, which was released in August 2019 was No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart. The album also marks the legendary artist’s first release on Capitol Records.
Richie is a judge on ABC’s American Idol and has been on for the past four seasons. Richie is back in the judge’s chair for the show’s 20th season this year. He launched his Las Vegas headlining residency show, “Lionel Richie – All the Hits,” in April 2016. In an unforgettable evening featuring his brightest and best anthems which have defined the music icon’s unparalleled career, Richie took his fans on a spectacular musical journey, performing a variety of seminal hits. Richie recently extended his “Back to Las Vegas” residency at Wynn Las Vegas’ Encore Theater in 2022.
Mohegan Sun Arena is now ranked consistently among the top venues in the world according to Billboard Magazine, Pollstar and Venues Now. Mohegan Sun Arena is consistently ranked among the top three “Arenas in the World for its Size” and top 15 in the “World for All Size Venues.” The award – winning venue is the “#1 Casino Venue in the World,” “#1 Social Media Venue in the World” and a seven – time national award – winner for “Arena of the Year.” 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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Mar 25, 2019 | Entertainment
Announcing new album and the Hello tour
UNCASVILLE, CT (March 25, 2019) – International superstar, Lionel Richie, takes fans on a spectacular musical journey with his new album, Live from Las Vegas and Hello Tour. The album set for release on August 23rd and Lionel brings the Hello tour to Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, July 20th at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $205.50, $105.50, $85.50 and $65.50 and go on sale Friday, March 29th at 10:00am through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on to Ticketmaster.com or call Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge By Phone number 1.800.745.3000. Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning on Saturday, March 30th at 10:00am, subject to availability.
Lionel Richie has a discography of albums and singles that are second to none. His music is part of the fabric of Pop music; in fact, Richie is one of only two songwriters in history to achieve the honor of having #1 records for nine consecutive years. With more than 100 million albums sold worldwide, an Oscar, a Golden Globe, four Grammy Awards, the distinction of “MusicCares Person of the Year” in 2016, and Kennedy Center Honoree in 2017. In March 2018, Richie put his handprints and footprints in cement at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX in Hollywood, one of the oldest awards in Hollywood. He recently received the Ivor Novello PRS for “Music Special International Award.” The Tuskegee, Alabama native is a true music icon.
Lionel Richie is known for his mega-hits such as “Endless Love,” “Lady,” “Truly,” “All Night Long,” “Penny Lover,” “Stuck on You,” “Hello,” “Say You, Say Me,” “Dancing on the Ceiling,” and co-wrote one of the most important Pop songs in history, “We Are the World,” for USA for Africa. His song catalog also includes his early work with The Commodores, where he developed a groundbreaking style that defied genre categories, penning smashes such as “Three Times a Lady,” “Still,” and “Easy.”
Richie was a judge on ABC’s American Idol this past season and has returned to the ‘Judge’s’ chair for the 2019 season. He launched his Las Vegas headlining residency show, Lionel Richie-All the Hits, at The Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in April 2016. In an unforgettable evening featuring his brightest and best anthems which have defined the music icon’s unparalleled career, Richie took his fans on a spectacular musical journey, performing a variety of his seminal hits. The highly successful residency wrapped in October 2018 after a three-year run.
With his most recent All the Hits, All Night Long Tour, Richie sold out arenas worldwide with a set list of his brightest and best anthems. In recent years, he also headlined festivals including Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, and Glastonbury, drawing the festival’s biggest crowd ever with more than 200,000 attendees.
Mohegan Sun Arena is now ranked consistently among the top venues in the world according to Billboard Magazine, Pollstar and Venues Now. Mohegan Sun Arena is consistently ranked among the top three “Arenas in the World for its Size” and top 15 in the “World for All Size Venues.” The award – winning venue is the “#1 Casino Venue in the World,” “#1 Social Media Venue in the World” and a seven – time national award – winner for “Arena of the Year.” 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.
Feb 12, 2014 | Entertainment, General News
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.
