Apr 1, 2026 | Entertainment, Uncategorized
Live on Sunday, May 17, 2026
UNCASVILLE, CT (April 1, 2026) – Multi‑platinum R&B supergroup Blackstreet is confirmed to take the stage at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, May 17, 2026, delivering a night of iconic hits beginning at 7:30pm.
Tickets for Blackstreet go on sale Friday, April 3rd, 2026 at 10:00am via Ticketmaster, and will be available for purchase at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning Saturday, April 4th.
Blackstreet stands as one of the most iconic R&B groups of all time—multi-platinum hitmakers, GRAMMY Award winners, and architects of a sound that shaped a generation.
Their legacy is anchored by massive career milestones, from the 7X Platinum success of Another Level to their global chart domination with the GRAMMY Award–winning “No Diggity,” which spent four weeks #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and now celebrates over 4.6 billion streams and 20 million+ singles collectively sold worldwide. Across three decades, Blackstreet’s catalog has remained a cultural force—sampled, celebrated, and rediscovered by new audiences year after year.
Led by the incomparable Chauncey “Black” Hannibal, Levi Little, Mark Middleton, and Eric Williams, Blackstreet unites the signature voices behind some of R&B’s most enduring and beloved moments. Their chemistry, signature vocals, and unmistakable harmonies continue to deliver the authentic Blackstreet experience fans around the world know and love.
Blackstreet now begins a powerful new chapter, now signed to label and management with XOXO Entertainment Corp. With new music and a global tour on the horizon for 2026, the group is ready to elevate their legacy once again bringing the unmistakable Blackstreet sound into a new generation of R&B history.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
Mohegan Sun Arena, one of the busiest sports and entertainment venues in the world, was awarded the 2024 Newsweek Readers’ Choice award for “Best Casino with Live Entertainment in America.” Mohegan Sun Arena was also named “Best Casino/Resort Venue of the Year” at the 35th Annual Pollstar Awards. In 2021, the 10,000-seat Arena also received its first worldwide “#1 Indoor Arena” ranking for its size from both Pollstar and VenuesNow. In recent years, the “Most Beloved Venue in America” has also been named the “World’s Best Casino Venue,” by Hartford Magazine, and is an eight-time national award winner for “Arena of the Year” by the Academy of Country Music Awards and one from G2E Las Vegas. For more information on concerts and other great events, visit the Mohegan Sun website. For this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711. Complimentary self-parking is available in three convenient garages.
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Mar 24, 2026 | Entertainment, General News
The Freedom Tour Comes to Uncasville on Saturday, August 22nd
UNCASVILLE, CT (March 24, 2026) – Global pop icon Kesha has announced her highly anticipated 25‑date The Freedom Tour across North America, which includes an 8:00pm stop at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, August 22nd, with special guest Erika Jayne.
I’ve lived through the fire,” says Kesha. “This tour is about what comes after. Freedom isn’t just leaving something behind—it’s discovering that what you have lived through has made you magnificently who you are”
Known for turning her live shows into ecstatic communal rituals, Kesha promises a spectacle that blends massive pop production with intimate moments of truth. Expect anthems, surreal visuals, cathartic sing-alongs, and the kind of emotional release that transforms arenas into spiritual safe places.
Tickets for what promises to be Kesha’s most powerful live experience yet go on sale Friday, March 27th at 10:00am via Ticketmaster, with tickets also available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning Saturday, March 28th.
Over her career, Kesha has earned 10 top 10 singles, billions of streams, two #1 albums, four #1 songs on top 40 radio and nearly 40 million followers across social media. Unapologetic and unwavering in her beliefs and message of love and unity, Kesha is a refreshing beacon of strength and self-love for survivors all around the world. Garnering a fierce and loving diverse and socially engaged audience who passionately believe in the messages behind her music, Kesha continues to sell out shows across the world, while critics continue to champion her music.
A staunch advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community and animal welfare through various organizations since the start of her career, Kesha remains one of the truest and most authentic artists around today, a true testament to her staying power and ability to lead with love and inclusion, while bringing the party everywhere she goes.
In 2025, she released “.” (Period), which marked her first new album as an independent artist, and was met by worldwide critical praise. Recent singles from this new era include “BOY CRAZY. (Ft. Jade),” “ATTENTION! (Ft. Slayyyter & Rose Gray)” and”JOYRIDE” all released via Kesha Records, where she plans to release more music later this year as an independent artist and master of her own creative endeavors. More exciting news to come.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
Mohegan Sun Arena, one of the busiest sports and entertainment venues in the world, was awarded the 2024 Newsweek Readers’ Choice award for “Best Casino with Live Entertainment in America.” Mohegan Sun Arena was also named “Best Casino/Resort Venue of the Year” at the 35th Annual Pollstar Awards. In 2021, the 10,000-seat Arena also received its first worldwide “#1 Indoor Arena” ranking for its size from both Pollstar and VenuesNow. In recent years, the “Most Beloved Venue in America” has also been named the “World’s Best Casino Venue,” by Hartford Magazine, and is an eight-time national award winner for “Arena of the Year” by the Academy of Country Music Awards and one from G2E Las Vegas. For more information on concerts and other great events, visit the Mohegan Sun website. For this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711. Complimentary self-parking is available in three convenient garages.
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Mar 16, 2026 | Entertainment, General News
Tickets go on Sale Friday, March 20th
Mohegan Sun Arena will host the 11x Grammy Award-winner Brandi Carlile on Friday, August 14th as her triumphant The Human Tour confirms new stops across North America. Special guests on the tour include Jensen McRae, I’m With Her, Gregory Alan Isakov, The Head and The Heart, Stephen Wilson Jr. and CMAT.
Tickets to Brandi Carlile with Special guest Jensen McRae at Mohegan Sun Arena go on sale Friday, March 20th via Ticketmaster, and will be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning Saturday, March 21st.
Paid members of Carlile’s Bramily community are also given the first chance to purchase tickets starting Tuesday, March 17th at 10:00am local time. Visit bramily.com to become a paid Bramily member. Artist presale for North America starts Wednesday, March 18th at 10:00am local time. Register at brandicarlile.com/tour to receive a presale code.
The upcoming dates follow the acclaimed first leg of The Human Tour, which included shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden (two nights), Los Angeles’ Kia Forum and Boston’s TD Garden, of which The Boston Herald praised, “Brandi’s unmistakable vocal delivery with a towering band, her strange and perfect songs done with all the drama they deserve, her infectious enthusiasm for performing, all combined to prove she belongs in this big place. Even if she can make it feel so small.” The spring run also featured Be Human: A Concert for Minneapolis, “a monumental gig” (Rolling Stone) that raised over $700,000 for Minnesota’s The Advocates for Human Rights and was livestreamed from Carlile’s sold-out show at Minneapolis’ Target Center.
In the midst of yet another groundbreaking year, Carlile’s renowned new album, Returning To Myself—produced by Carlile, Andrew Watt, Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon—debuted at #7 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart this past fall. Stream/purchase HERE (Interscope Records/Lost Highway). Carlile was also recently honored as one of TIME’s 2026 Women of the Year, performed a “gorgeous” (Billboard) rendition of “America The Beautiful” at Super Bowl LX (watch HERE), returned to NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert series and NBC’s Saturday Night Live as musical guest for the fourth time, was featured on The Howard Stern Show, NPR’s Wild Card with Rachel Martin and The Drew Barrymore Show,and spoke with The New York Times for an in-depth profile.
Critical acclaim for Returning To Myself:
“Carlile is a bona fide superstar whose compositions feel like instant classics”—NPR Music
“It has the luster and confidence of an artist realizing her prime, finding memory and maturity in the lyrics.”—The New York Times
“One of her finest efforts and one of the best albums of the year”—Variety
“It’s a record about navigating the second half of life with fortitude and not fear; and how the best way to do that is to remember where we came from, and who we got there with.”
—Rolling Stone
“Remarkable…a mid-life crisis has never sounded quite this poetic”—Billboard
“For an artist already established as one of her generation’s brightest songwriters, this represents another significant evolution”—Rolling Stone U.K.
“Carlile’s eighth album does the difficult work of cracking open the soul to let flow her vulnerability. The songs succeed in their tasks: bringing her into a fresh creative moment where she flourishes”—Paste
“Stunning, introspective…feels like reuniting with an old friend”—A.V. Club
“A pearl from the new queen of Laurel Canyon…it never sounds less than gorgeous”—MOJO
“It’s a record of reinvention and rediscovery, filled with songs unlike any Carlile has made before, often leaning into her singer-songwriter side but painting with a different sonic palette”
—The Seattle Times
“An album full of warmth and humanity”—The London Standard
Carlile is an Oscar-nominated and 11x Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, performer and producer, 2x EMMY-winning composer, lyricist and writer, #1 New York Times Bestselling author and activist, who is known as one of music’s most respected voices. Throughout her acclaimed career, Carlile has released eight studio albums including Who Believes in Angels?—the universally acclaimed, Grammy-nominated collaborative album with her childhood hero, Elton John—which debuted at #1 in the U.K. and top 10 in the U.S.
Additionally, Carlile is a renowned producer with recent Grammy-winning projects from Joni Mitchell and Brandy Clark. She also produced and recorded a rendition of Indigo Girls’ “Closer To Fine” with her wife, Catherine, which was included on Barbie The Album as well as a version of “Home,” which was featured in the final season of Ted Lasso. She received her first Oscar nomination in the Original Song category in January 2025 for “Never Too Late,” a Grammy-nominated track written alongside Elton John, Bernie Taupin and Andrew Watt for the Disney+ documentary of the same name.
Beloved by her peers, Carlile has collaborated with artists such as The Highwomen, Soundgarden, Sam Smith, Alicia Keys, Hozier, Noah Kahan, Jacob Collier, P!nk and Dolly Parton. Carlile was named OUT Magazine’s 2023 “Icon of the Year,” awarded Billboard’s Women In Music “Trailblazer Award,” CMT’s Next Women of Country “Impact Award” and NMPA’s 2023 Songwriter Icon Award and received multiple recognitions from the Americana Music Association.
On top of being a musician and writer, Carlile is a founder of the Looking Out Foundation, which has raised over $9 million for grassroots causes to date. Carlile lives in rural Washington state with her wife and two daughters, Evangeline and Elijah.
RETURNING TO MYSELF TRACKLIST
1. Returning To Myself
2. Human
3. A Woman Oversees
4. A War With Time
5. Anniversary
6. Church & State
7. Joni
8. You Without Me
9. No One Knows Us
10. A Long Goodbye
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
Mohegan Sun Arena, one of the busiest sports and entertainment venues in the world, was awarded the 2024 Newsweek Readers’ Choice award for “Best Casino with Live Entertainment in America.” Mohegan Sun Arena was also named “Best Casino/Resort Venue of the Year” at the 35th Annual Pollstar Awards. In 2021, the 10,000-seat Arena also received its first worldwide “#1 Indoor Arena” ranking for its size from both Pollstar and VenuesNow. In recent years, the “Most Beloved Venue in America” has also been named the “World’s Best Casino Venue,” by Hartford Magazine, and is an eight-time national award winner for “Arena of the Year” by the Academy of Country Music Awards and one from G2E Las Vegas. For more information on concerts and other great events, visit the Mohegan Sun website. For this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711. Complimentary self-parking is available in three convenient garages.
Feb 18, 2026 | Community Relations, Entertainment
Tickets to see the Grammy‑winning Indie Rock Group go on sale Friday, February 20th
UNCASVILLE, CT (February 18, 2026) – Mohegan Sun Arena is excited to announce that Wet Leg, the globally acclaimed Indie Rock group from the Isle of Wight, will take the stage on Sunday, June 14th, 2026 at 7:00pm.
Tickets go on sale Friday, February 20th, 2026, via Ticketmaster, and will be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning Saturday, February 21st.
Formed by longtime friends Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, Wet Leg became one of the most electrifying breakout acts in modern music, evolving into a taut, caustic, high‑energy live band supported by Ellis Durand (bass), Henry Holmes (drums), and Joshua Mobaraki (guitar, synth). Their rise has been meteoric, earning #1 chart placements, three GRAMMY Awards, two BRIT Awards, and over half a billion streams worldwide.
The group recently announced their eagerly anticipated second album, moisturizer, arriving July 11th on Domino. The album’s lead single, “catch these fists,” showcases their signature dance‑punk dynamism—basslines ricocheting through heavy synths, precision percussion, and Teasdale’s razor‑sharp deadpan delivery. The accompanying video, shot on the Isle of Wight and co‑directed by the band, nods to classic and contemporary cult cinema, maintaining Wet Leg’s unmistakably off‑kilter visual identity.
Written during an immersive stint in the remote seaside town of Southwold in Norfolk, moisturizer is a fully collaborative effort from all five members—bolder, stranger, raunchier, and bursting with exuberance. While the album pulls inspiration from chaotic encounters and blistering live energy, it is also filled with love songs in all forms: obsessive, blissed out, stressed, mysterious, and deeply alive. Its artwork, featuring Chambers and Teasdale in surreal, claw‑bearing, high‑glam horror style, reflects the album’s fearless personality and newfound sense of creative ownership.
Wet Leg continues to expand their universe with a clear, self‑directed vision, one that prioritizes fun, intensity, and authenticity both onstage and in the studio. Their performances remain some of the most anticipated in contemporary music, delivering a sound and presence that is as witty as it is sonically explosive.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
Mohegan Sun Arena, one of the busiest sports and entertainment venues in the world, was awarded the 2024 Newsweek Readers’ Choice award for “Best Casino with Live Entertainment in America.” Mohegan Sun Arena was also named “Best Casino/Resort Venue of the Year” at the 35th Annual Pollstar Awards. In 2021, the 10,000-seat Arena also received its first worldwide “#1 Indoor Arena” ranking for its size from both Pollstar and VenuesNow. In recent years, the “Most Beloved Venue in America” has also been named the “World’s Best Casino Venue,” by Hartford Magazine, and is an eight-time national award winner for “Arena of the Year” by the Academy of Country Music Awards and one from G2E Las Vegas. For more information on concerts and other great events, visit the Mohegan Sun website. For this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711. Complimentary self-parking is available in three convenient garages.
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Feb 17, 2026 | Community Relations, Entertainment
With Special Guests Coheed and Cambria with DJ Rockfeed
UNCASVILLE, CT (February 17, 2026) – Multi‑platinum rock powerhouse Shinedown is set to bring their massive Dance Kid Dance Act II World Tour to Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, July 17th, 2026. Special guests Coheed and Cambria and DJ Rockfeed will join the 7:00pm show for an unforgettable night of high‑energy, arena‑shaking rock.
Tickets go on sale Friday, February 20th, 2026 via Ticketmaster.com. Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office starting on Saturday, February 21st, subject to availability.
Fresh off announcing their forthcoming studio album EI8HT and releasing their latest single “Safe And Sound,” Shinedown continues to dominate the global rock landscape. The band’s Dance Kid Dance Act II run hits major arenas across North America, the U.K. and Europe, reinforcing their status as one of modern rock’s most commanding live acts.
Shinedown’s monumental momentum includes record‑breaking radio success, worldwide touring milestones, and consistent acclaim for their emotionally charged, anthemic songwriting. Fans at Mohegan Sun Arena can expect a powerful career‑spanning set filled with explosive production and the band’s signature intensity.
ABOUT SHINEDOWN
Shinedown is one of the most influential rock bands of the 21st century, boasting over 8.3 billion global streams, 15 platinum and gold singles, and a record‑setting run atop the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart with 21 No. 1 hits. Known for their dynamic live shows and impactful lyrical themes, the band continues to expand their reach with each new release and tour. Shinedown is Brent Smith (vocals), Zach Myers (guitar), Eric Bass (bass, production) and Barry Kerch (drums).
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
Mohegan Sun Arena, one of the busiest sports and entertainment venues in the world, was awarded the 2024 Newsweek Readers’ Choice award for “Best Casino with Live Entertainment in America.” Mohegan Sun Arena was also named “Best Casino/Resort Venue of the Year” at the 35th Annual Pollstar Awards. In 2021, the 10,000-seat Arena also received its first worldwide “#1 Indoor Arena” ranking for its size from both Pollstar and VenuesNow. In recent years, the “Most Beloved Venue in America” has also been named the “World’s Best Casino Venue,” by Hartford Magazine, and is an eight-time national award winner for “Arena of the Year” by the Academy of Country Music Awards and one from G2E Las Vegas. For more information on concerts and other great events, visit the Mohegan Sun website. For this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711. Complimentary self-parking is available in three convenient garages.
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