Apr 17, 2013 | Entertainment, General News, Special Events
Tickets on sale May 3rd; $1 from every ticket donated to the Melanoma Research Alliance
American Idol® Live! returns this summer for another hit tour to showcase the season’s talented top Finalists and stops in Uncasville, CT for a Saturday, August 17th performance in Mohegan Sun Arena at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $71.00 & $61.00 and go on sale Friday, May 3rd 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 4th subject to availability. More details are also available at mohegansun.com/entertainment.
American Idol® Live! gives fans the unique opportunity to be up close and personal with Season 12 Idol Finalists Amber Holcomb, Angie Miller, Burnell Taylor, Candice Glover, Curtis Finch Jr, Devin Velez, Janelle Arthur, Kree Harrison, Lazaro Arbos, and Paul Jolley. Plus, Aubrey Cleland joins the Tour as the 11th Idol Finalist thanks to the AT&T American Idol® Live! Tour Fan Save, voted on by the Idol fans.
Finalists will perform favorite moments from the season as well as never before seen performances. The American Idol® season Finale will air on FOX on May 16th but this season’s fan-favorites will continue on with the 2013 Live! Tour. Claire’s, one of the world’s leading specialty retailers of fashionable accessories and jewelry, joins as an associate sponsor of the tour.
This year, American Idol® Live! partnered with The Melanoma Research Alliance (www.curemelanoma.org). For every ticket purchased for the Tour, American Idol® Live! will donate $1 to The Melanoma Research Alliance to help cure melanoma. Melanoma Research Alliance helps find treatments and a cure for melanoma, a skin disease whose incidence is among the fastest growing cancers.
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked 3rd in the U.S. and 5th in the world by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 and 2010 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” Venues Today also ranked Mohegan Sun Arena #4 in 2011 and ranked in the top six of “Top Stops of The Decade” in 2012. 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.
Apr 17, 2013 | Entertainment, General News
A cappella superstars perform at Mohegan Sun Arena on December 8th
UNCASVILLE, CT (April 17, 2013) —Atlantic Records recording group Straight No Chaser has announced details of their upcoming “Under The Influence North American Tour.” The dates celebrate the upcoming release of the acclaimed a cappella group’s eagerly awaited new album, Under The Influence, set to arrive in stores and at all DSPs on May 7th. The band returns to Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, December 8th for a 7:00pm show, following a sold-out show performance in December of 2012.
Tickets are $30.00 and go on sale Friday, September 13th 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, September 14th subject to availability. Presale tickets will be available to all Chasers – members of the Straight No Chaser Fan Club, beginning Monday, April 22nd at 4:00pm. For up to the minute news and tour information, please visit sncmusic.com/tour. More details are also available at mohegansun.com/entertainment.
Under The Influence sees the acclaimed a cappella group reimagining a selection of their all time favorite songs alongside many of the superstar artists and undisputed music icons that made them famous. Produced by Mark Kibble – a founding member of the legendary a cappella group Take 6 and one of Straight No Chaser’s primary influences – the album includes unprecedented collaborations with some of popular music’s best and brightest – including Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Dolly Parton, Rob Thomas, Seal and Jason Mraz – as Straight No Chaser put their distinctive and inimitable spin on songs known and loved the world over.
Under The Influence is heralded by the new single, “I Want You Back” featuring Sara Bareilles. A companion video for the inventive take on the Jackson 5 classic – as well as audio clips for an array of additional album tracks – are streaming now at the official Straight No Chaser YouTube channel, located at youtube.com/sncmusic.
Fans can pre-order Under The Influence now in a variety of bundles featuring such exclusive extras as an SNC Tour Journal, a refrigerator magnet and a limited edition 18” x 24” screen printed poster. As if that weren’t enough, the album is also being offered as a special Fan Edition, featuring six bonus tracks, an expanded booklet and deluxe packaging not available with the standard CD. All pre-orders will receive a full album stream one week before release as well as an instant MP3 download of “I Want You Back” featuring Sara Bareilles. For more information, please visit store.sncmusic.com.
The upcoming dates mark a milestone for Straight No Chaser as they feature the return of founding member Steve Morgan, who rejoins the group after the departure late last year of Ryan Ahlwardt. Fans can meet the newest/oldest member of SNC at Straight No Chaser’s official YouTube channel, youtube.com/sncmusic.
For more information, please visit sncmusic.com, facebook.com/StraightNoChaser, twitter.com/SNCmusic, and myspace.com/sncmusic
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked 3rd in the U.S. and 5th in the world by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 and 2010 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” Venues Today also ranked Mohegan Sun Arena #4 in 2011 and ranked in the top six of “Top Stops of The Decade” in 2012. 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.
Mar 28, 2013 | Entertainment, General News
Tickets on sale now
The one and only, Barry Manilow, will perform his hits at Mohegan Sun Arena come May 10th. The show kicks off at 8:00pm.
Tickets are $175.00, $75.00 and $55.00 and are on sale now at the Mohegan Sun Box Office and 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 are also available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office subject to availability. Tickets are also available online at manilow.com.
Barry Manilow’s unparalleled career encompasses virtually every arena of music, including performing, composing, arranging and producing. A Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, Manilow has triumphed in every medium of entertainment. With worldwide record sales exceeding 80 million, Barry Manilow is ranked as the top Adult Contemporary chart artist of all time with 50 top 40 hits. Manilow has produced, arranged and released over 40 albums over the course of his career. This pop icon has written hundreds of songs and performed around the globe thrilling millions of fans, winning a Grammy, two Emmys, a Tony Award and an Oscar nomination along the way.
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked 3rd in the U.S. and 5th in the world by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 and 2010 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” Venues Today also ranked Mohegan Sun Arena #4 in 2011 and ranked in the top six of “Top Stops of The Decade” in 2012. 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.
Jan 29, 2013 | Breaking News, Entertainment, General News
Summer Tour Includes A Two Night Stand At Mohegan Sun Arena On May 29th & 31st; Tickets On-Sale February 2nd / Amex Pre-Sale January 30th
UNCASVILLE, CT (January 29, 2013) – A second New Kids On The Block, 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men Arena show has been added and is slated for Wednesday, May 29th at 7:30pm. The three super groups will electrify Mohegan Sun Arena for two great shows with May 29th now becoming the very first concert of “The Package Tour!”
Tickets are $79.00 and $59.00 and can be purchased starting February 2nd at 10:00am through Ticketmaster. American Express card members can get advance tickets to the May 29th show beginning Wednesday, January 30th at 10:00am. Ticketmaster customers may log on to www.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, February 3rd, subject to availability.
After legions of fans crashed RyanSeacrest.com for a first listen, New Kids On The Block today released “Remix (I Like The)” exclusively on iTunes worldwide. NKOTB add to their arsenal with this thumping, guitar infused, sure to be smash single that’s already rising on the iTunes Top 20. http://smarturl.it/nkotbremix
New Kids On The Block have sold more than 80 million albums worldwide — including back-to-back international #1 songs, 1988’s “Hangin’ Tough” and 1990’s “Step By Step” — and a series of crossover smash R&B, Pop hits like “You Got It (The Right Stuff),” “Cover Girl,” “Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time),” “I’ll Be Loving You,” and “Tonight.” The group shattered concert box office records playing an estimated 200 concerts a year, in sold out stadiums throughout the world. They still hold many of these records to date. They were Forbes highest paid entertainers of 1990, beating out Michael Jackson and Madonna. The band boasted an extensive and highly profitable merchandise line which included everything from lunch boxes and sleeping bags to comic books, marbles and dolls. More Information is available at mohegansun.com/entertainment or www.nkotb.com
In 1998, 98 Degrees released their breakthrough album 98° and Rising through Universal Records. The album went 4X platinum and yielded the hit singles “Because of You,” “I Do” and “The Hardest Thing.” The group’s success continued to flourish through the late 90’s and in 2000, Mariah Carey released “Thank God I Found You” featuring 98 Degrees and Joe. The single shot to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the group received a Grammy nomination for “Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.”
Working once again with Motown producer Randy Jackson, Boyz II Men (Wayne Morris, Nathan Morris, Shawn Stockman) released the album Love in 2009 and prior to that released the critically acclaimed Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA (Decca/Universal). The collection of Detroit Soul classics took the international music scene by storm to a degree that surprised even the group members. Motown rose to # 27 on the Billboard Top 200 and to # 6 on the trade’s R&B chart; proportionately, sales in Europe and other territories were even stronger than the U.S. The album earned two Grammy Award nominations for “Best R&B Album” and “Best R&B Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocals” (for the Stevie Wonder cover “Ribbons In The Sky”) and sparked the release of Boyz II Men’s first full-length live concert DVD, Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA – Live.
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked 3rd in the U.S. and 5th in the world by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 and 2010 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” Venues Today also ranked Mohegan Sun Arena #4 in 2011 and ranked in the top six of “Top Stops of The Decade” in 2012. 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.
Dec 10, 2012 | Entertainment, General News
Country megastar headlines the Arena for back-to-back shows s March 22nd & 23rd
Kenny Chesney returns to Mohegan Sun Arena with special guests Eli Young Band and Kacey Musgraves as a part of Chesney’s recently announced ‘No Shoes Nation’ U.S. tour. Two shows are set to take place at Mohegan Sun Arena starting on Friday, March 22nd followed by a second performance on Saturday, March 23rd.
Tickets are $125.00 and $95.00 and go on sale Friday, December 14th 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, December 15th, subject to availability.
“One of country music’s most triumphant…superstars” (The NY Times), Kenny Chesney has had 24 #1 singles, ten platinum albums and over 27 million albums sold. The release of his thirteenth album ‘Welcome To The Fishbowl’ last summer coincided with the blockbuster, 22-stadium ‘Brothers of the Sun ‘ Tour with Chesney and Tim McGraw. The tour blew away more than 1.1 million fans across the country – his 10th consecutive tour to hit that ticket sale milestone. Chesney is a CMT and AMA “Artist of the Year,” a four-time CMA “Entertainer of the Year” and a four-time ACM “Entertainer of the Year.” ‘No Shoes Nation’ marks 20 years of touring for Chesney, who Billboard declares is “The biggest ticket seller in Country music and among the elite touring artists in the world.”
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked 3rd in the U.S. and 4th in the world by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 and 2010 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” Venues Today also ranked Mohegan Sun Arena #4 in 2011 and ranked in the top six of “Top Stops of The Decade” in 2012. 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.
