May 27, 2015 | Entertainment, General News
Mohegan Sun Arena to welcome the tour this September; New track and lyric video for “Hunger” Released Today; Band launches behind-the-scenes of Beneath The Skin weekly video series; Highly anticipated sophomore album Beneath The Skin out June 9th
UNCASVILLE, CT (May 27, 2015) – OF MONSTERS AND MEN officially announce dates for their upcoming North American headline tour in support of their highly anticipated sophomore album, Beneath The Skin [Republic Records], out June 9th.
This tour kicks off August 5th in Calgary, Alberta Canada and plays major markets across the continent and concludes October 17 in San Diego, CA. Mohegan Sun Arena will welcome the band for a Saturday, September 26th concert, beginning at 7:30pm and will feature special guests, Highasakite
Tickets are $35.00 and go on sale Friday, June 5th through Ticketmaster at 10:00am. 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, June 6th, subject to availability.
Fans can access a special pre-sale via the group’s official site, today. This adds to their already packed summer schedule with confirmed festival appearances including Sasquatch, Osheaga, Lollapolooza, Toronto Urban Roots Festival, Austin City Limits and more.
Yesterday the band released a new track “Hunger” off of the LP. The haunting tack premiered on Nylon.com and is available for instant download with purchase of Beneath The Skin. Watch it here! On “Hunger” Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir recalls: “The first idea for “Hunger” came on our last tour. I was always playing this one verse again and again on the bus, obsessing over it. Some songs kind of do that to you. So it was in the works for a long time before we actually started making a song out of it.” Those who pre-order the album will also receive instant downloads of “Crystals,” “I Of The Storm” and “Empire.” Pre-order it here!
In addition, as fans await the arrival of Beneath The Skin, the multi-platinum Icelandic group have created a series of intimate behind-the-scene vignettes following the making of the record. A new clip will premiere each week leading up to the June 9th release. The exclusive series documents Beneath The Skin’s creation with up-close-and-personal documentary footage and dives into the stories behind the album’s lyrics, production, composition and more. You can watch the first clip on Billboard.com.
Meanwhile, the music video for Beneath The Skin’s first single “Crystals” debuted last week with Entertainment Weekly raving “(The video) Led by Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir with gold-flaked eye shadow and metallic accents dripping from her lashes – overseeing her bandmates in an almost-Frankensteinian affair, the video is as captivating as its track.” Check out the breathtaking video here.
OF MONSTERS AND MEN have come a long way from their native Iceland. They quickly became a phenomenon in 2011 with the quadruple-platinum “Little Talks” and their chart-topping debut, My Head Is An Animal, which has since moved 2 million copies worldwide. Since then, the group has delivered rapturous performances at festivals such as Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Coachella, Newport Folk Festival, Osheaga, Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds, Pukkelpop, and Splendour in the Grass as well as at countless sold out headline shows the world over. They have charmed TV audiences with appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Graham Norton Show and Saturday Night Live. In the midst of it all, they lent the single “Dirty Paws” to a trailer for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and the iPhone 5 introduction video, while “Silhouettes” was featured on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack.
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. Also in 2013, Mohegan Sun won “Casino of The Year” in 2 categories at the Academy of Country Music Awards. Mohegan Sun Arena was also ranked among the top 10 Arena venues in the nation for 2014, regardless of size. 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.
May 19, 2015 | Entertainment, General News
Mohegan Sun Arena welcomes tour October 8th; With special guest In This Moment and support From Ashes To New – Fueled by Monster Energy & Produced by Frank Productions / NS2 / Cmoore Live
Five Finger Death Punch launch preview of first single, “Jekyll And Hyde” from forthcoming new album, Got Your Six
New Papa Roach 2nd single “Gravity” headed to radio June 1st
UNCASVILLE, CT (May 19, 2015) – With 10 #1 singles and over 25 Top 10 singles between them, millions of video streams and fans all over the globe FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and PAPA ROACH have been dominating the airwaves throughout their careers. The two bands – who have also been heralded by fans and press alike as having killer live shows – have come together for the first time to co-headline North America arenas this fall, fueled by Monster Energy and produced by Frank Productions/NS2. Mohegan Sun Arena is scheduled for a Thursday, October 8th concert beginning at 6:15pm.
Tickets are $40.00 and go on sale Friday, May 22nd through Ticketmaster at 10:00am. 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 23rd, subject to availability.
Larry Frank, CEO of Frank Productions/NS2 notes: “Five Finger Death Punch and Papa Roach are the two most dynamic live rock bands touring today. We can’t wait to blow away fans across the U.S. with a show this huge.”
In an innovative move, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and PAPA ROACH actively involved the fans by giving them the opportunity to request the tour come to their city via a “demand campaign” housed at http://demand.fivefingerdeathpunch.com/ and http://demand.paparoach.com/
An overwhelming 1.5 million people responded to the call to action and made their voices heard.
Says Zoltan Bathory (guitar) of Five Finger Death Punch: “This tour is shaping up to be the perfect storm. We are really good friends with Papa Roach, so for years we’ve been talking about touring together and it’s finally coming together in a big way. Both 5fdp and Papa Roach are bands of the people – our fans are who propelled us to success. So what better way than to give the fans ownership in the tour? In the world of Wikipedia and Kickstarter where crowd funding and crowd sourcing has become the standard of community effort and the new way of making things happen this might quite possibly be the future of touring – you simply ask the fans where they want you to go”. “We are super excited to be sharing the stage on this co-headliner with FFDP,” says PAPA ROACH vocalist, Jacoby Shaddix. “This will give Papa Roach the chance to put on the best, most epic live show to date. Our fans are going to be so stoked for these shows coming up. We seriously can’t wait to get out on the road for this tour.”
Exclusive 5FDP/PR ticket & VIP pre-sale start: Wednesday 5/20, 10:00am est
Local venue & radio pre-sale kick off: Thursday, 5/21, 10am local time
For more info and details on Five Finger Death Punch and Papa Roach VIP package offerings, go to fivefingerdeathpunch.com/tour and paparoach.com/events
Special guests will be IN THIS MOMENT with support from debut artist FROM ASHES TO NEW. Fans will get to see four of Rock’s most exciting, relevant bands under one roof on one night for $40 – a nice price for a package sure to excite fans who voted to bring the tour to their town.
Coinciding with the tour announcement today, the bands also launched a special video about the tour which contains a pre-view to the first new single, “Jekyll and Hyde,” from FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH’s much-anticipated forthcoming sixth full-length studio album, Got Your Six, to be released globally on August 28, 2015. Watch the video teaser here: http://on.fb.me/1B90jZR
PAPA ROACH released their 8th studio album F.E.A.R. which features the #1 single, “Face Everything And Rise”, “Warriors” and “Gravity,” the 2nd single which will be released on June 1st, 2015. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/tIgtaM7OV4g . “Papa Roach‘s Jacoby Shaddix is the human equivalent of an energy drink. He is a firecracker who also happens to be keenly self-aware, candid to a near-fault … but he hasn’t lost any of the spark that helped propel Papa Roach to multi-platinum status…” says Alternative Press. 2015 marks the 15th Anniversary of Infest, the band’s breakthrough album, which has sold over 8 million albums to date.
Joining FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and PAPA ROACH on the biggest rock tour of the Fall are Special Guest and fan favorites IN THIS MOMENT. Maria Brink (vocals) and Chris Howorth (guitars) of IN THIS MOMENT noted: “We are beyond excited to tour North America with our good friends Five Finger Death Punch and Papa Roach! Our bands have known each other for a long time and have done various shows and tours together over the years, but we’ve never combined forces like this. It’s big and it’s beautiful, faces will be melted, souls will be crushed–this is definitely a tour not to be missed!” Watch the video for “Sex Metal Barbie” from their current album, Black Widow, here: http://bit.ly/1dgcUoJ
The tour line up is rounded out by one of Rock’s newest standouts, FROM ASHES TO NEW. Vocalist Matt Brandyberry says: “We are beyond ecstatic to be a part of such an amazing lineup. This honestly, is a dream come true for us to be playing with such inspirational artists. We can’t thank everyone enough for believing in us as musicians and giving us the chance to show the world what we are made of!” From Ashes To New’s fan-generated lyric video for “Downfall” debuts today on http://www.altpress.com
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH headlined North American arenas to great success last fall. Their previous albums THE WRONG SIDE OF HEAVEN AND THE RIGHTEOUS SIDE OF HELL, VOLUME 1 and VOLUME 2 both debuted on the U.S. Billboard album chart at #2 within a four-month period in 2013, as well as in the top ten mainstream charts all around the world. Volume 1 has since gone gold in the U.S. and Canada, and between them, the two albums feature three #1 radio hit singles – “Lift Me Up” featuring Rob Halford of Judas Priest, “Battle Born” and “Wrong Side Of Heaven”, the video to which has over 26 million views to date.
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. Also in 2013, Mohegan Sun won “Casino of The Year” in 2 categories at the Academy of Country Music Awards. Mohegan Sun Arena was also ranked among the top 10 Arena venues in the nation for 2014, regardless of size. 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.
Apr 27, 2015 | Entertainment, General News
Tickets on-sale Friday, May 1st
UNCASVILLE, CT (April 27, 2015) – This summer, Tom Scholz’ BOSTON will be returning to Mohegan Sun for a highly anticipated concert slated for Thursday, August 13th. Mohegan Sun Arena is excited for another great night of Rock when one of the all-time bands of our time heads back to Uncasville, CT. It all kicks off at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $49.50 and go on sale Friday, May 8th through Ticketmaster at 10:00am. 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 9th subject to availability.
BOSTON is always a huge crowd pleaser with their high-energy stage show, out-of-this-world sound and remarkable musicianship and singing. BOSTON prides itself on performing a totally live show without the use of prerecorded music or technical enhancements, delivering the extraordinary sound that is faithful to their studio recordings.
BOSTON became an iconic Classic Rock fixture when they joined the music scene with their self-titled album in 1976. With over 17 million copies sold, Boston generated hits such as “More Than a Feeling,” “Peace of Mind.” and “Smokin’,” Rock staples that are still in heavy rotation today. Their second album, Don’t Look Back was another chart-topper that confirmed their place in Rock history, followed by Third Stage, which hit #1 on the charts, with the top single of 1986, “Amanda.” With over 31 million albums sold to date, BOSTON has stood the test of time, as evidenced by live audiences that span generations.
Fans can expect to hear all the classic songs they have grown to love, and will be treated to some new additions to their set list based on recent requests. Concert goers will be treated to wild Hammond organ work, soaring harmony guitars and exceptional vocal arrangements, as well as BOSTON’s unique visual stage presentation and plenty of extra-terrestrial sounds heard nowhere else on Earth.
The lineup for BOSON 2015 is:
Tom Scholz • Lead and Rhythm Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Tracy Ferrie • Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Jeff Neal • Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Tommy DeCarlo • Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion
Beth Cohen • Keyboards, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Gary Pihl • Rhythm and Lead Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
For the latest confirmed tour dates, visit the official website: bandboston.com
To receive updated tour information and interact with BOSTON fans, please join our Facebook page at Facebook.com/BandBOSTON
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. Also in 2013, Mohegan Sun won “Casino of The Year” in 2 categories at the Academy of Country Music Awards. Mohegan Sun Arena was also ranked among the top 10 Arena venues in the nation for 2014, regardless of size. 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.
Apr 6, 2015 | Entertainment, General News
Summer co-headline tour hits the road July 10th, kicking off at Uncasville, CT’s Mohegan Sun Arena; Support comes from Rachel Platten
UNCASVILLE, CT (April 6, 2015) – In what is sure to be one of the most talked about tours of the summer, Christina Perri and Colbie Caillat have announced plans for a North American co-headline tour. “The Girls Night Out, Boys Can Come Too Tour” kicks off Friday, July 10th at 7:30pm at Uncasville, CT’s Mohegan Sun Arena and then travels through late August. Support throughout comes from Rachel Platten. VIP presale ticketing begins Wednesday, April 8th; all remaining tickets will then be released to the general public starting on Friday, April 10th.
Tickets are $30.00 and go on sale Friday, April 10th through Ticketmaster at 10:00am. 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, April 11th subject to availability. VIP presale ticketing begins Wednesday, April 8th.
Two-time Grammy Award-winning artist Colbie Caillat released her fourth full-length album, GYPSY HEART, in September of 2014. The album immediately landed in the Top 20 of Billboard’s Top 200 chart fueled by the strength of her gold-selling single “Try.” Co-written by legendary producer and singer-songwriter, Babyface, “Try” became one of the biggest performing songs featured as iTunes “Single Of The Week.” Quickly amassing nearly 40 million YouTube/VEVO views, the single’s inspirational companion video became a global viral sensation and reached the #1 spot on the iTunes Video chart. At radio, that success continued as the song went Top 10 at Hot AC.
To date, Caillat has sold over six million albums and ten million singles worldwide. Her breakthrough hit “Bubbly” remains “one of the best-selling digital tracks in history” and her multi-platinum debut COCO hit #5 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, while her gold-selling sophomore set Breakthrough landed at #1. 2011’s All Of You yielded the gold “I Do” and platinum “Brighter Than The Sun,” which enjoyed over twenty film and television placements.
An international live draw, Caillat has played sold out venues everywhere alongside artists from John Mayer to Sheryl Crow.
Christina Perri has spent much of the past year on the road celebrating the release of her acclaimed second album HEAD OR HEART. In addition to high profile TV appearances, festival performances and treks with OneRepublic and Demi Lovato, Perri recently returned from her biggest worldwide headline tour to date, with sold out shows in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America.
“Human,” the acclaimed first single from HEAD OR HEART, was certified RIAA platinum for sales now well in excess of 1 million. Additionally, the album features the singles “Burning Gold” and “The Words” not to mention the upbeat fan favorite, “Be My Forever,” the duet that Christina did with Ed Sheeran.
Named iTunes’ “Breakthrough Pop Artist of 2011,” Perri earned critical applause and an increasingly fervent fan following with her extraordinary debut, “lovestrong.” Highlighted by the 4x-platinum certified smash, “Jar of Hearts,” the album entered the SoundScan/Billboard 200 among the Top 5 upon its initial 2011 release. Perri followed “lovestrong,” with the RIAA 4x-platinum certified hit single, “A Thousand Years,” exclusively featured on THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1 & 2– ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACKS.
After two years of writing Rachel Platten would find her first big spark with “Fight Song.” She turned inward by telling her own story through it. Turns out it was just the message people needed. “The reactions were honest and intense. People have been sending me the most beautiful stories of how they refuse to give up,” she recalls. The fire that “Fight Song” ignited has connected not only with music fans but also Columbia Records. Now planning her major label debut, Rachel is currently touring the U.S. with Andy Grammer, performing a number of songs from her cache.
For more information on Colbie Caillat visit colbiecaillat.com
For more information on Christina Perri visit christinaperri.com
For more information on Rachel Platten visit rachelplatten.com
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. Also in 2013, Mohegan Sun won “Casino of The Year” in 2 categories at the Academy of Country Music Awards. Mohegan Sun Arena was also ranked among the top 10 Arena venues in the world for 2014, regardless of size. 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.
Mar 31, 2015 | Entertainment, General News
Some of music’s next best, like Misterwives, have Thursday night shows lined up for the Wolf Den this April
Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den is already well-established in bringing in some of the best all-time acts like Eddie Money, John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band, America, Boyz II Men, Warrant and countless others. The popular free venue has also largely come to be known as one of the top stops in the Northeast for today’s best in Country music, with friends like Dustin Lynch, The Cadillac Three, Lee Brice, Luke Bryan, Eric Church and Lady Antebellum, many of whom have graduated to Mohegan Sun Arena, all having played and continue to play, great weekend shows at the Wolf Den. And now Thursday evenings in The Den are making their mark too, with some of the next best bands and artists playing headlining shows every week. Some of these great new Indie bands and artists include the likes of Portland, OR Folk Rockers, Quiet Life, who just played a packed Thursday night in early February, the Cold War Kids out of Long Beach, CA, the very talented Ana Popovic, up-and-coming Country artist, John King and the sensational Soul rockers and Wolf Den favorites, Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds.
These concerts showcase some of the most impressive touring Indie and festival acts around and April is lined up to bring plenty more of it to Mohegan Sun’s 21 and over Wolf Den. See below for more information and also visit mohegansun.com/wolfden for the full lineup.
Misterwives, Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 8:00pm
Website: misterwives.com
New York City based Misterwives are currently touring their widely successful album, Reflections and have multiple dates already sold out. The Pop Indie superstars are fronted by the very talented singer Mandy Lee. They’re upbeat single, “Reflections,” is a huge hit and currently has over 3.5 million plays on YouTube. Misterwives will also be at the Lollapalooza festival 2015, which kicks off July 15th at Grant Park, Chicago.
The Roosevelts, Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 8:00pm
Website: wearetheroosevelts.com/
Hailing from Austin, Texas, James Mason and Jason Kloess make up the band The Roosevelts and their biggest song to date is “Everybody Knows.” They self-proclaim their sound as a little Bluesy, a little bit Country and a little bit Rock ‘N’ Roll. Mohegan Sun is excited to welcome the electric duo on April 16th.
Madi Diaz, Thursday, April 23 at 8:00pm
Website: madidiaz.com
Her hit “Stay Together” has been in heavy rotation and has over 200k hits on YouTube to date and is also a big part of LA Weekly calling her album, “the most danceable break up record ever.” See this rising Indie Pop musician on April 23rd at Mohegan Sun.
David Fanning, Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 8:00pm
Website: davidfanningmusic.com
Growing up practically on the top of the Tennessee-Alabama state line, David Fanning is a budding Country star who started out as a producer, helping guide three #1 hits by fellow Wolf Den performers Thompson Square and Parmalee. Now Fanning is certainly making his mark behind the mic and guitar now. Listen to his hit “Doin’ Country Right” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N05eZUt8axE and see him live and for free on April 30th inside the Wolf Den!
About the Wolf Den
The 350-seat Wolf Den, which has offered free nightly entertainment for guests 21 and over since its opening in 1996, is the pulse of Casino of the Earth and truly one of the most favored music venues in the region. Here, guests enjoy headline entertainment by some of the world’s top performing artists from almost every musical genre, including Pop, Country, Rock, Alternative, Big Band, Jazz, R&B and Folk, with no cover charge and no minimum. The Wolf Den has hosted such acts as Jordin Sparks, The Avett Brothers, Joan Jett, Duran Duran, Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley, Skillet, Buckcherry, MC Hammer, Jerrod Niemann, Blue Öyster Cult, Gin Blossoms, Eddie Money, John Cafferty, America and Salt-N-Pepa. In 2013, The Wolf Den was nationally recognized by winning “Theater of the Year” by the Academy of Country Music.
