Oct 31, 2018 | Entertainment, General News
Live on Thursday, March 21st & Friday, March 22nd
UNCASVILLE, CT (October 31, 2018) – From his team members on The Voice to veteran Country artists, Blake Shelton has a history of demonstrating his support for the people in whom he believes; when he realized that fans across the country needed to hear music from his friends and heroes. He decided to bring them all out on the road, very special guest Lauren Alaina joins Shelton for the run along with special appearances by Country icons the Bellamy Brothers, John Anderson and Trace Adkins. “Friends & Heroes 2019” will stop at Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday, March 21st and Friday, March 22nd at 7:00pm. 
Tickets are $129.00, $89.00 and $69.00 and go on sale Friday, November 9th 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, November 10th, subject to availability.
“I’m really excited about my tour because it’s taking where I came from and the music I listened to growing up, and actually introducing it to a whole new audience,” Shelton said. “I feel like a lot of people might know the Bellamy Brothers’ and John Anderson’s music, but maybe they’re not familiar with who they are as artists. I think that this is going to be a great opportunity for the Country music fan base to be re – introduced to these guys and, selfishly, I’m just excited to share the stage with them! It’ll be great to have Trace back out on the road with us, and I can’t wait for one of my newer friends and heroes, Lauren Alaina, to blow these crowds away.”
Fans can hear Shelton on Country radio with his Top 15 and climbing single “Turnin’ Me On.” The “smoldering, mid – tempo number about a seductive flame” (Rolling Stone) follows smash hits “I Lived It” and “I’ll Name The Dogs,” the latter of which notched him the 25th No. 1 single of his career and recently earned its RIAA Gold certification. Shelton has already taken the single to major television stages on Late Night with Seth Meyers, TODAY, the 2018 CMT Awards and more. He is also back as a coach for his 15th season on NBC’s The Voice.
ABOUT BLAKE SHELTON
Country Music Association’s 2012 “Entertainer of the Year,” five – time “Male Vocalist of the Year” winner and Grammy nominee Blake Shelton continues to add to his superstar status. His most recent album Texoma Shore became his sixth record to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and marked his 11th all – genre Top 10. Texoma Shore features tracks including “I Lived It” and “I’ll Name The Dogs,” a romantic tune that boasts more than 115 million streams. His current hit, “Turnin’ Me On,” is the project’s third single and was most – added upon impact at Country radio. In the week following album launch, Shelton became the first artist in Country Aircheck / Mediabase history to have six songs chart simultaneously. Texoma Shore follows 2016’s Gold – certified If I’m Honest, the best – selling Country album release of the year, which spawned three chart – topping songs and earned him a No. 1 on both the Billboard Top Country Albums and the all – genre Top Album Sales charts.
A member of the Grand Ole Opry, Shelton has earned a host of honors throughout his career including 20 ACM nominations and both the male and overall “Video of the Year” trophies at the 2018 CMT Awards. As a coach for the Emmy Award – winning television show The Voice, Shelton is a six – time champion, most recently with his contestant Chloe Kohanski.
ABOUT LAUREN ALAINA
Georgia native Lauren Alaina captured America’s hearts when she competed on Season 10 of American Idol. In 2017, Lauren followed up her No. 1 debuting first album, Wildflower, with the release of the critically – acclaimed Road Less Traveled. The album landed on multiple end – of – year “Best Of” lists including Billboard, Rolling Stone and Amazon, and it became the top – streamed female Country album release of the year. Praised as “full of life lessons and uplift” (People), the collection of 12 songs all written by the young star includes Lauren’s first No. 1 hit, title track “Road Less Traveled.” The “sassy Southerner with killer pipes” (Parade) has shared the stage with superstars including Jason Aldean, Alan Jackson, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan and Martina McBride. Lauren recently joined Cole Swindell and Dustin Lynch on the Reason to Drink Another Tour.
Lauren is this year’s ACM “New Female Vocalist of the Year” and performed on the April 15th broadcast live from Las Vegas. She was also nominated for ACM “Vocal Event of the Year” for “What Ifs,” the double – platinum – selling No. 1 collaboration with her childhood friend, Kane Brown. Lauren is one of CMT’s Next Women of Country and she received her first CMT Music Award for “Breakthrough Video of the Year” with her No. 1 smash “Road Less Traveled,” This year she received her second CMT Music Award for “Collaborative Video of the Year,” with Kane Brown. In 2018, Lauren was nominated for CMA “New Artist of the Year,” and is the reigning “Breakout Artist of the Year” for the Nashville Business Journal. Her current single, “Ladies of the ‘90s” is at Country radio now.
ABOUT THE BELLAMY BROTHERS
Howard and David continue to prove that the trail they’ve ridden to fame has been as unique as their music itself – music that is now celebrating more than 40 years of success. The road that started on the Pop music charts in the ‘70s, took a winding turn into Country music in the ‘80s, paving the way for duos to come, such as Brooks & Dunn, Montgomery Gentry, Big & Rich and The Judds. “If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body (Would You Hold It Against Me),” originally scrawled on a dinner napkin by David, rocketed them to the top of the Country charts the way “Let Your Love Flow,” had done in the Pop market just a few years earlier. It proved to be the first of a string of 14 No. 1 singles in the U.S. alone. The Bellamy Brothers hold the record in both the ACM and the CMA for the most duo nominations. Numerous Grammy nods have also been directed toward the brothers. The Bellamys are also opening up their lives to television audiences with their new reality show, “Honky Tonk Ranch.” Each episode captivates viewers by the unpredictable misadventures the Bellamys face while balancing their globe – trotting touring schedule, and while running their sprawling family ranch in south Florida.
ABOUT JOHN ANDERSON
The story of John Anderson is the true – to – life, yet larger – than – life, saga of one of the most dramatic career turn – arounds of the ‘90s. It’s the story of just reward for a singer who originally took Country music by storm and helped keep it true to its roots back in the early ’80s. His memorable hits from that musical era included “Wild and Blue,” “I’m Just An Old Chunk Of Coal,” “1959,” “I Just Came Home To Count The Memories,” “Black Sheep” and “Swingin’.” “Straight Tequila Night,” the lead – off single from 1992’s Seminole Wind went to number one across the board on every Country chart, and spawned another run of hits in the decade to follow such as “Money In The Bank,” “I’ve Got It Made,” “I Wish I Could Have Been There,” “Let Go Of The Stone,” “Bend It ‘Til It Breaks,” “Mississippi Moon” and “Somebody Slap Me.” John Anderson…an influence to many of today’s Country artists, a colorful character and truly a Country music treasure!
ABOUT TRACE ADKINS
Towering baritone Trace Adkins has sold more than 11 million albums and charted more than 20 singles in his 25 years in Nashville, a remarkable run for one of Country music’s most easily identifiable stars. The Louisiana native recently released his 12th studio album, Something’s Going On, on BBR Music Group / Wheelhouse Records. A three – time Grammy Award nominee, Adkins has won three Academy of Country Music Awards, including the 2009 “Single of the Year Award” for “You’re Gonna Miss This” and “Vocal Event of the Year” with Blake Shelton for “Hillbilly Bone” in 2010. The Grand Ole Opry member is also an author and spokesman for the Wounded Warrior Project and The American Red Cross, for whom he raised more than $1.5 million dollars as winner of NBC’s All – Star Celebrity Apprentice. In recent years, Adkins has performed for our service members across 12 USO Tours.
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.
Oct 30, 2018 | Entertainment, General News
Coming to Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, March 30th; with special guests Normani & Social House
UNCASVILLE, CT (October 30, 2018) – This week multiplatinum, record – breaking superstar, Ariana Grande, announced the first leg of The Sweetener World Tour. Bringing her powerful vocals and astonishing range, Pop superstar, Ariana Grande will be performing live at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, March 30th at 8:00pm.
Tickets are $229.00, $129.00, $99.00 and $59.00 and go on sale Monday, November 5th 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 Tuesday, November 6th, subject to availability.
At age 25, Ariana Grande has delivered three platinum – selling albums and surpassed 18 billion streams, in addition to nabbing four Grammy Award nominations and landing eight hits in the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. With 2016’s critically acclaimed Dangerous Woman, Grande both boldly defies expectation and reveals the full force of her voice.
Since making her full – length debut with 2013’s Yours Truly (featuring the game – changing, triple – platinum smash “The Way”), Grande has brought her striking vocal presence to a genre – blurring breed of Pop, taking on R&B, Soul, and Electronic music with equal nuance and assurance. Arriving in 2014, her sophomore effort, My Everything, garnered a Grammy Award nomination for “Best Pop Vocal Album” and spawned the 6x – platinum hits “Problem” and “Bang Bang” (a Grammy nominee for “Best Pop Duo” and “Group Performance”). Grande embraced a more uncompromising vision than ever before in the making of Dangerous Woman. With People noting that the album “celebrates feminine might,” Entertainment Weekly praised Grande for “having something meaningful to say with that jaw – dropping voice – one of the most exquisite in Pop today.” Grande wrapped up her widely lauded Dangerous Woman Tour in support of the album last year, performing 85 arena shows worldwide.
Ariana’s recent single “No Tears Left To Cry” debuted at #1 on iTunes in 88 countries worldwide and began the next era for her upcoming fourth full length studio album Sweetener. With the release of “Not Tears Left To Cry” she became the first artist in music history to see the lead single from her first four albums debut on the Top 10 on Billboard Hot 100. This year she has graced the prestigious magazine covers of TIME’s Next Generation Leaders, FADER, and British Vogue. The highly anticipated album, Sweetener, was released in August 2018 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 Album chart.
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.
Oct 29, 2018 | Entertainment, General News
Tickets on sale Friday, November 2nd
UNCASVILLE, CT (October 29, 2018) – A$AP Rocky will be hitting the road this winter with his Injured Generation Tour. Harlem born MC A$AP Rocky, born Rakim Mayers, has taken the music and fashion worlds by storm. The 18 – city North American tour will stop at Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, January 18th at 8:00pm.
Tickets are $59.00, $49.00 and $39.00 and go on sale Friday, November 2nd at Noon through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on to Ticketmaster.com or call Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge By Phone number 1.800.745.3000. Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning on Saturday, November 3rd, subject to availability.
The tour comes on the heels of the release of A$AP Rocky’s highly – anticipated third studio album, TESTING, which has garnered over 1 billion streams worldwide, landing at #1 on the iTunes charts in 16 countries upon release. TESTING launches a new era for Rocky, exploring new sounds and ideas in an unparalleled musical landscape where he continues to break the mainstream mindset with sonics rarely heard in Hip – Hop. This album picks up where Rocky last left off, weaving mind – melting aural psychedelics into Hip – Hop that is, at times dark and confessional, and in other moments uplifting and celebratory. Rocky is joined on TESTING with features from Juicy J, T.I., Moby, Frank Ocean, French Montana, FKA twigs, Skepta, Kid Cudi and Kodak Black.
Rocky has collaborated with many high – profile artists, including G – Eazy’s 3x RIAA Platinum “No Limit” with Cardi B, Mura Masa’s “Love$ick,” Tyler, The Creator’s “Who Dat Boy,” and songs with Lana del Rey, The Weeknd, Young Thug, Skepta, Juicy J, Quavo, 30 Seconds to Mars, Alicia Keys and more.
The past two years have also seen Rocky’s creative agency AWGE in the spotlight, launching partnerships with Calvin Klein, MTV, GUESS, Under Armour, Courvoisier, Dior, Mercedes Benz and JW Anderson and also launching the careers of new artists such as Playboi Carti, Smooky MarGielaa and more.
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.
Oct 29, 2018 | Entertainment, General News
Tickets on sale Friday, November 2nd
UNCASVILLE, CT (October 29, 2018) – Kesha will be performing a very special New Year’s Eve concert live at Mohegan Sun Arena on Monday, December 31st at 8:00pm.
Tickets are $69.00, $59.00 and $49.00 and go on sale Friday, November 2nd at Noon 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, November 3rd, subject to availability.
Kesha’s latest album Rainbow, called “an artistic feat” by Entertainment Weekly and “the best music of her career” by Rolling Stone, marks a new beginning for Kesha. Based around inner strength and musical exploration, her latest No. 1 album finds Kesha at “her defiant, unbridled best” – USA Today. The album has garnered praise from the New York Times, Billboard, NPR Music and more, and earned Kesha her first – ever Grammy nominations for “Best Pop Vocal Album” and “Best Pop Solo Performance” for “Praying.” Billboard describes lead single “Praying” as a “ballad that tears at your soul” while Consequence of Sound says, “no other song in recent memory so perfectly embodies the way in which hope itself is a kind of triumph.”
When Kesha released her debut album, Animal in 2010, Billboard declared her its Hot 100 Artist and her debut single, “TiK ToK,” the #1 Hot 100 Song. It was also the most played song and the world’s top – selling track that year. Animal has sold more than 8 million album equivalents worldwide, and Kesha has sold more than 13 million total album equivalents worldwide.
Kesha has had 9 Top 10 hits on The Billboard Hot 100, including four #1 singles at Top 40 Radio – “TiK ToK,” “Your Love Is My Drug,” “Die Young,” and “Timber.” Kesha took home the MTV EMA for “Best New Act” and was nominated for 2 American Music Awards, 3 MTV VMA Awards, and 6 Billboard Awards. She has performed on dozens of television programs all over the world, including X Factor (Australia), American Music Awards, Billboard Awards, American Idol, Saturday Night Live, and The Today Show Summer Concert Series.
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.
Oct 29, 2018 | Entertainment, General News
Performing live at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, March 23rd
UNCASVILLE, CT (October 29, 2018) – After an epic and storied 45 year career that launched an era of Rock n Roll legends, KISS, announced that they will launch their final tour ever in 2019, appropriately named END OF THE ROAD. The initial announcement was made a month ago on NBC’s America’s Got Talent which sent the internet into overdrive with fans hoping their city would get one final KISS show. The band announced today the first set of dates and cities in North America, stopping at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, March 23rd at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $169.00, $139.00, $99.00 and $79.00 and go on sale Friday, November 2nd 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, November 3rd, subject to availability.
Known for their trademark larger – than – life blistering performances, KISS has proven for decades why they are hands down the most iconic live show in Rock n Roll. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers who have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide have said this tour is devoted to the millions of KISS Army fans.
“All that we have built and all that we have conquered over the past four decades could never have happened without the millions of people worldwide who’ve filled clubs, arenas and stadiums over those years. This will be the ultimate celebration for those who’ve seen us and a last chance for those who haven’t. KISS Army, we’re saying goodbye on our final tour with our biggest show yet and we’ll go out the same way we came in… Unapologetic and Unstoppable,” said KISS.
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.
