Judas Priest Returns To Mohegan Sun On Thursday, May 16th

With special guest Uriah Heep; Tickets on sale Friday, December 7th

UNCASVILLE, CT (December 3, 2018) – With Judas Priest’s latest studio album, Firepower, confirmed as one of the most successful of the band’s entire career – landing in the “top 5” of 17 countries – demand to see the legendary Metal band in concert is higher than ever. And North American headbangers will get their chance to experience the legendary band on stage this coming spring/summer, when Priest will tour with the classic Metal band Uriah Heep as support. Set to perform live in Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 7:00pm.

Tickets are $69.00, $59.00 and $49.00 and go on sale Friday, December 7th 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, December 8th, subject to availability.

“Metal maniacs – Judas Priest is roaring back to the USA for one more blast of Firepower! Firepower 2019 charges forth with new first time performances born out of Firepower, as well as fresh classic cuts across the decades from the Priest world metalsphere. Our visual stage set and light show will be scorching a unique, hot, fresh vibe – mixing in headline festivals, as well as the in – your – face venue close ups. We can’t wait to reunite and reignite our maniacs…THE PRIEST IS BACK!” – Judas Priest

There are few Heavy Metal bands that have managed to scale the heights that Judas Priest have during their nearly 50 – year career – responsible for issuing such all – time classic albums as British Steel, Screaming for Vengeance, and Painkiller, as well as the anthems “Breaking the Law,” “Living After Midnight,” and “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming.”

And Priest’s presence and influence remains strong, as evidenced by the chart performance of Firepower and its glowing reviews, a Grammy Award win for “Best Metal Performance,” plus being a VH1 “Rock Honors” recipient and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination.

For more information, please visit judaspriest.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.  Mohegan Sun Arena was also ranked among the top 10 arena venues in the nation for 2014, regardless of size. In 2015, Mohegan Sun took home the IEBA award for “Casino of the Year.”  Mohegan Sun also won “Casino of the Year” in 2 categories at the 2013 & 2016 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.

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Slayer To Make Its Exit With One Final World Tour

Rockers will be live in Mohegan Sun Arena on June 1st

UNCASVILLE, CT (January 23, 2018) – After making some of the most brutal, breathtakingly aggressive, all-hell’s-a-breaking-loose music ever created, Slayer announces one last concert tour around the globe to thank fans for all of their support over the years, for making the last three-and-a-half decades so packed with good times and unforgettable experiences, and will then move on. The age of Slayer, one of the greatest Thrash/Metal/Punk bands of this or any age, is coming to an end. On its way out, the tour is set for Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, June 1st at 5:00pm.

Tickets are $44.50 and go on sale Friday, January 26th 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, January 27th, subject to availability.

Slayer is one of the four bands that defined an entire musical genre and the band that other Heavy acts are measured against and aspire to. Their career has spanned nearly 37 years, releasing 12 studio albums, multiple live recordings, compilations, live video and two box sets, playing nearly 3,000 concerts in all corners of the world. Slayer has coped with the devastating loss of a founding brother, while receiving countless awards, including five Grammy nominations and two Grammy Awards, Gold records and other accolades. They have graced hundreds of magazine covers, appeared on The Tonight Show and given their own exhibit in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.
Lamb of God, Anthrax, Behemoth and Testament will support Slayer on the first leg, North America, of its final world tour. For more information, please visit: slayer.net.

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.  Mohegan Sun Arena was also ranked among the top 10 arena venues in the nation for 2014, regardless of size. In 2015, Mohegan Sun took home the IEBA award for “Casino of the Year.”  Mohegan Sun also won “Casino of the Year” in 2 categories at the 2013 & 2016 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.

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A Perfect Circle Plot North American Tour

Performing live at Mohegan Sun on November 5th; Tickets go on sale June 29th

UNCASVILLE, CT (June 20, 2017) – A Perfect Circle announced a major fall North American tour. The 28-date trek launches October 21st at the Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, California and concludes December 4th in Eugene, Oregon.  The band will perform live at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, November 5th at 7:30pm.

Tickets are $64.00, $54.00 and $44.00 and go on sale Thursday, June 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 Friday, June 30th, subject to availability.

The Alt-Metal quintet recently wrapped a sold-out spring tour – their first U.S. run in six years – which featured the live debut of new songs “Feathers” and “Hourglass.” In January, upon announcing those shows, the band also revealed that they’d started work on their first studio album since 2004’s eMOTIVe. In a statement, guitarist Billy Howerdel enthused, “Getting back to writing music with A Perfect Circle is a great way to start the new year.” The band has yet to announce their fourth LP, tentatively planned for a 2017 release.

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.  Mohegan Sun Arena was also ranked among the top 10 arena venues in the nation for 2014, regardless of size. In 2015, Mohegan Sun took home the IEBA award for “Casino of the Year.”  Mohegan Sun also won “Casino of the Year” in 2 categories at the 2013 & 2016 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.

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Megadeth Announces Fall Dates Of Dystopia World Tour

Rockers will be live in Mohegan Sun Arena on October 13th

UNCASVILLE, CT (July 20, 2016) – Global Metal pioneers Megadeth have announced fall dates for the North American leg of their Dystopia World Tour. The tour kicks off in Casper, WY on September 20th and will be swinging through Connecticut for a live performance at Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday, October 13th at 6:00pm with special guests Amon Amarth, Suicidal Tendencies, Metal Church and Havok.
Tickets are $35.00 and go on sale Friday, July 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 starting Saturday, July 30th, subject to availability.
Megadeth burst onto the scene thirty years ago, virtually inventing a genre with their debut album Killing Is My BusinessAnd Business Is Good! (recently recognized by VH1 as the “Greatest Thrash Metal Debut Album of All Time”).  The band has sold more than 38 million albums worldwide, earning numerous accolades including 11 Grammy® nominations and scoring five consecutive platinum albums—including 1992’s two-million-selling Countdown to Extinction.
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.  Mohegan Sun Arena was also ranked among the top 10 arena venues in the nation for 2014, regardless of size. In 2015, Mohegan Sun took home the IEBA award for “Casino of the Year.”  Mohegan Sun also won “Casino of the Year” in 2 categories at the 2013 & 2016 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.

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Due To Overwhelming Demand Black Sabbath Adds Additional Performances

Mohegan Sun Arena – Saturday, August 27, 2016; Tickets on sale this Saturday, October 31st at 10:00am

UNCASVILLE, CT (October 29, 2015) – It’s the beginning of THE END. It started nearly five decades ago with a crack of thunder, a distant bell ringing and then that monstrous riff that shook the Earth. The heaviest Rock sound ever heard. In that moment Heavy Metal was born, created by a young band from Birmingham, England barely out of their teens. Now it ENDS, the final tour by the greatest Metal band of all time, BLACK SABBATHOzzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler close the final chapter in the final volume of the incredible BLACK SABBATH story.  BLACK SABBATH’s farewell tour, THE END, begins on January 20, 2016 and it promises to surpass all previous tours with their most mesmerizing production ever. Mohegan Sun Arena is excited to welcome back Sabbath for one last concert, set for 7:30pm on Saturday, August 27th!
Tickets are $149.00 and $94.00 and go on sale Saturday, October 31st 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 Sunday, November 1st, subject to availability.
When this tour concludes, it will truly be THE END, THE END of one of the most legendary bands in Rock ’n Roll history… BLACK SABBATH

More details on tickets, VIP packages and more for the North American shows can be found at:  Livenation.com

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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 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.

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