Jan 5, 2015 | Entertainment, General News
The Queen of Country heads to Uncasville, CT for a Saturday, April 11th concert with special guests Justin Moore, Ashley Monroe & Jukebox Mafia
UNCASVILLE, CT (January 5, 2015) — Mohegan Sun is excited to announce that five-time “ACM Female Vocalist of the Year” winner, Miranda Lambert, is set to headline Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, April 11th for a 7:30pm concert. Fellow Country stars Justin Moore, Ashley Monroe and Jukebox Mafia will be special guests!
Tickets are $79.00 and $59.00 and go on sale Friday, January 9th 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, January 10th, subject to availability.
“We live a life so we can sing about it,” says Miranda Lambert, and it feels like a mission statement.
Consider all the living she’s done since she stomped onto the scene with Kerosene in 2005: she is the five-time reigning CMA and five-time “ACM Female Vocalist of the Year,” a Grammy winner with four award-winning “Albums of the Year” under her belt, and a happily married woman whose personal foundation, MuttNation, has raised millions of dollars for pet shelters across the country. Take in all that, and you suddenly realize that the little blonde spitfire from Lindale, Texas has grown up right before our eyes. With her fifth album, Platinum, which debuted at #1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 Album chart and Billboard’s Country Albums chart, she’s taking stock and turning the -more- Miranda Lambert, Pg. 2 page on where she’s been. “I look back at my twenties and everything that I did – I worked hard and I played hard, and I have all of that under my belt to sort of reflect on,” she says. “But I feel like when you hit 30, you have to hold yourself accountable. I need to own up to my own shit. I don’t have anything to hide, so whatever I’m going through, I want to sing about it – because somebody else is going through it too.”
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. 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.
Dec 8, 2014 | Entertainment, General News
Late Night with Seth Meyers host to perform stand-up at Mohegan Sun on May 2nd; Tickets on sale Friday, December 12th
UNCASVILLE, CT (December 8, 2014) — Mohegan Sun is excited to announce that Emmy winner Seth Meyers is scheduled to play the Arena on Saturday, May 2nd for a stand-up comedy performance at 8:00pm.
Tickets are $49.50 and go on sale Friday, December 12th 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, December 13th, subject to availability.
Meyers began his TV career with Saturday Night Live in 2001. He completed his 13th season on the legendary sketch comedy program in December 2013 where he served as head writer for nine seasons and “Weekend Update” anchor for eight seasons. Viewers recognized Meyers for his sharp wit, satirical commentary on topical events and newsmakers, and hilarious interactions with the wide array of guests that visit the “Weekend Update” desk.
A graduate of Northwestern University, Meyers studied and performed at ImprovOlympic before moving on to the Boom Chicago Theater in Amsterdam, Holland. His acclaimed show “Pick-ups and Hiccups” with partner Jill Benjamin toured Europe and eventually caught the eye of SNL. Meyers also lends his voice to Hulu’s animated superhero show The Awesomes, which he co-created with Mike Shoemaker. The show premiered August 2013 and quickly became a runaway hit before being picked up for a second season. Meyers hosted the 2010 and 2011 ESPY Awards on ESPN and headlined the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner to rave reviews. In 2011, Meyers won the Emmy for “Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics” for host Justin Timberlake’s musical monologue, and has also garnered ten additional Emmy nominations for his work as a writer in television.
Meyers currently resides in New York City with his wife, Alexi, and their dog, Frisbee. His birthday is December 28th.
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. 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.
Dec 1, 2014 | Entertainment, General News, Special Events
The Pointer Sisters, Taylor Dane, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson plus many more to perform in the Arena on Friday, February 6th
UNCASVILLE, CT (December 1, 2014) — The iconic music of the 80’s take over Mohegan Sun for a once in a lifetime event. Join all of your most popular acts of the 80’s together on stage for one night only, including The Pointer Sisters, Debbie Gibson, Berlin featuring Terri Nunn, Andy Bell of Erasure, Tiffany, Club Nouveau, Lisa Lisa and Shannon. Collectively they have had over 70 Top 40 hits on the Billboard charts and have sold over 50 million albums worldwide, come re-live the biggest chart topping hits that made Pop music history one more time! The 80’s Extravaganza in only at Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, February 6th, starting at 8:00pm.
Tickets are $68.00 and $48.00 and go on sale Saturday, December 6th 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, December 7th, subject to availability. For more information visit: 80s Extravaganza.
The Pointer Sisters were one of the first black acts to be played in heavy rotation on MTV. The sisters, Ruth, Anita and June, saw incredible success in the 80s with albums Break Out, Contact and Hot Together. Collectively, the albums produced multiple top 40 hits, including “Neutron Dance,” which rose to #6 on the Pop charts and was included in the movie Beverly Hills Cop. Break Out was certified triple-platinum, making it the biggest selling album of the Pointer Sisters’ career.
Tiffany sold more than 15 million albums worldwide and scored hits like “I Think We’re Alone Now,” “Could’ve Been” and “All This Time.” Now Tiffany’s voice—literally and figuratively— can be heard at its finest on Rose Tattoo, her eighth studio album and the first to fully explore her country music roots. “It’s come full circle,” she says.
A music prodigy, Debbie Gibson exploded on the Billboard Pop Charts at the tender age of 16 with the self-penned “Only In My Dreams.” The “Original Pop Princess” quickly became the youngest person ever to write, produce and perform a No. 1 hit song, “Foolish Beat,” a record she still holds today in the Guinness Book of World Records. To date, Gibson has sold
more than 16 million albums worldwide, performed for British Royalty and hosted “The American Music Awards,” produced by friend and legend Dick Clark.
Since the release of 1986′s debut, Wonderland, Andy Bell and Vince Clark of Erasure (recipients of Best British Group at The Brit Awards) – have gone on to sell over 20 million albums, 5 of them hitting #1 and had 17 Top 10 UK singles. The group were one of the pioneers of electronic music whose influence has certainly stood the test of time.
Club Nouveau is a contemporary R&B-Pop band that was formed by record producer/performer Jay King in 1986 in Sacramento, California, subsequent to the breakup of the Timex Social Club. From its debut album, Life, Love, and Pain, which was released in 1986, the group scored four consecutive hits with “Jealousy” (essentially an answer song responding to Timex Social Club’s hit “Rumors”), “Situation #9,” a remake of Bill Withers’ “Lean on Me,” and “Why You Treat Me So Bad.”
This Los Angeles-based synth Pop group, Berlin, founded by bassist John Crawford, singer Terri Nunn, and keyboard player David Diamond, made its first national impression with the provocative single “Sex (I’m A…)” from the gold-selling debut EP Pleasure Victim in 1982. The group was filled out by guitarist Rick Olsen, keyboard player Matt Reid, and drummer Rob Brill. Berlin’s first full-length LP was the gold Love Life in 1984. In 1985, the group was pared down to a trio of Crawford, Nunn, and Brill. Berlin topped the charts in 1986 with the single “Take My Breath Away,” the love theme from the Tom Cruise movie Top Gun.
Lisa Lisa and her band Cult Jam were one of the first freestyle music groups to emerge from New York City in the 1980s. Cult Jam consisted guitarist/basist Alex “Spanador” Moseley, and drummer and keyboardist Mike Hughes. They were assembled and produced by Full Force.
Singer Shannon hit gold with the trendsetting, pulsating dance classic “Let the Music Play” and other similar-sounding hits in the mid-’80s that helped lay the foundation for the ’90s electronica music genre. Born Brenda Shannon Greene in 1958 in Washington, D.C., Shannon grew up in Brooklyn and attended York University, majoring in accounting and minoring in music.
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. 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.
Nov 18, 2014 | Entertainment, Special Events
The Holiday Marvels Classic returns to Mohegan Sun for multiple performances at The Cabaret Theatre beginning December 12th
UNCASVILLE, CT (November 18, 2014) — A holiday staple at Mohegan Sun, The Albano Ballet Company production of The Nutcracker will celebrate its 13th season at Mohegan Sun, thrilling audiences old, young and in-between. One of the most magical ballets in the region will have a run of shows between Friday, December 12th through Sunday, December 21st. Full schedule and details are below.
Tickets are $38.00, $35.00 and $32.00 for adults and $32.00, $29.00 and $26.00 for children and are sale now through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on to ticketmaster; call any Ticketmaster Charge by Phone number; 1.800.745.3000 or visit any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets may also be purchased at the Mohegan Sun Box Office, subject to availability.
Schedule for Albano’s Nutcracker at The Cabaret Theatre:
Friday, December 12th: 7:00pm
Saturday, December 13th: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
Sunday, December 14th: 6:00pm
Friday, December 19th: 7:00pm
Saturday, December 20th: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
Sunday, December 21st: 1:00pm & 6:00pm
Lavish costumes, theatrical scenery, incredible cast of over 100 stars hailing from the likes of Italy, Greece, France, Japan, Hong Kong and New York City bring to life the best Nutcracker in Connecticut! The ballet performance is joined by a live orchestra, under the baton of Maestro Daniel Lee, who has been on the podium for Gottingen Symphony, Hartford Symphony, Yale Philharmonia and Julliard Orchestras. And the scenery on stage is designded by Robert O. Moody, Professor Emeritus at Brandeis University and recipient of the United States Institute for the Theatre Technology Distinguished Achievement Award.
The story of the Nutcracker embraces Christmas and its symbolic tree that grows to huge proportions. Giant mice with blinking eyes and an exploding cannon are part of the dazzling stage theatrics.
As part of this great holiday event, fans will be welcomed on stage after each performance to meet some of the incredible cast. Also, show your ticket at Dylan’s Candy Bar for 10% off a Whirly Pop or any Bulk Fillable purchase. Take 20% Off Nutcrackers and Nutcracker and Clara ornaments at The Old Farmer’s Almanac General Store at the Shops at Mohegan Sun.
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. 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.
Nov 17, 2014 | Entertainment, General News
CMA Vocal Duo of the Year to play Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, February 21st
UNCASVILLE, CT (November 17, 2014) — Fresh off their second consecutive CMA Vocal Duo of the Year award win, Florida Georgia Line will celebrate with fans worldwide next year on the headline ANYTHING GOES TOUR 2015. The superstar duo will bring their seize-the-day attitude and raucous party anthems to Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT for a 7:30pm concert on Saturday, February 21st.
Tickets are $85.00 and $65.00 and go on sale Friday, November 21st 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, November 22nd, subject to availability.
Kicking off on January 15th in Toledo, OH, the first leg of the ANYTHING GOES TOUR will cover 24-plus cities exclusively promoted by Live Nation and feature openers Thomas Rhett and Frankie Ballard. FGL is taking anything goes to the next level for their fans with a special VIP package which includes a premium ticket, exclusive access to a pre-show acoustic performance, limited edition autographed merchandise and more.
“Anything Goes is a mindset for us, setting the tone for everything we do, and we believe in making memories at all cost. We can’t wait to bring the party to our fans at our live shows,” shares FGL’s Brian Kelley.
FGL’s Tyler Hubbard adds, “being out on the road with Jake Owen, Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean, we’ve learned from the best. We took note of the things we loved and then put the FGL stamp all over. Our fans are the best and we can’t wait to show them what we have in store!”
Florida Georgia Line is continuing the record-breaking momentum with the release of their sophomore album ANYTHING GOES (Republic Nashville) soaring to a #1 debut on the all-genre Billboard 200 and Billboard Top Country Albums charts. Fueled by their hot new single “Sun Daze” and PLATINUM, #1 smash “Dirt,” music critics and fans alike have embraced the superstar duo’s fresh sound. FGL has skyrocketed to stardom becoming the only artist in history to join Brooks & Dunn in achieving four back-to-back, multi-week #1 singles; breaking the record for longest #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart and selling nearly 20 million tracks worldwide of their 2X PLATINUM debut HERE’S TO THE GOOD TIMES. In addition to collaborating across genres with sensations like Nelly and Jason Derulo, FGL has won numerous industry awards and for a second consecutive year were named one of CMT “Artists of the Year.” In addition to scoring three nominations at the 2014 Billboard Touring Awards, FGL also picked up an American Music Awards nod for “Favorite Band Duo or Group, Country” and their first nomination for the 2015 People’s Choice Awards for “Favorite Country Group.” Fans can vote now at http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/. The talented pair has also been tapped to perform on WWE’s “Tribute To The Troops” on December 9th and to host the first-ever American Country Countdown Awards on December 15. Airing live on FOX, FGL scored six nominations for the new awards show, including the top nod for “Artist of the Year.”
For tour dates and more, visit FloridaGeorgiaLine.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. 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.
