Dec 6, 2022 | Breaking News, Entertainment
Tickets on sale Thursday, December 8th
Ahead of his already sold-out show at Carnegie Hall, Joey McIntyre will be performing live at Mohegan Sun. Joey McIntyre Live in Concert will take place at The Cabaret Theatre at 8:00pm on Wednesday, January 11, 2023.
Tickets are $149, $99, and $59 and go on sale Thursday, December 8th at 10:00am via ticketmaster.com. Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning Friday, December 9th, subject to availability.
Best known as the youngest member of New Kids on the Block, Joey McIntyre has also enjoyed success as a solo artist, starting with his debut album Stay the Same, which is certified Gold and delivered a top ten single penned by Joey himself. He has worked extensively as an actor in film and television and has a long history in the theatre, including his Broadway debut in Wicked, and most recently in Broadway’s Waitress.
Through it all, McIntyre has bore a passion to write and record music. Since their reunion in 2008, NKOTB have released three top ten albums on the Billboard 200. On those albums, McIntyre has co-written more than half a dozen songs including “Still Sounds Good” and the Blockhead anthem “Block Party.”
“This will be a special night for both Joey McIntyre and Mohegan Sun as we are happy to host yet another signature event in such a beautiful venue,” said Tom Cantone, President of Sports & Entertainment for Mohegan.
About The Cabaret Theatre
The 500 plus-seat Cabaret Theatre is a beautiful venue in Mohegan Sun’s Casino of the Sky. Throughout its history, The Cabaret Theatre has showcased many intimate evenings with iconic names and signature events. Opened in 2001, The Cabaret Theatre added a third dimension to Mohegan’s live entertainment programming joining Mohegan Sun’s award-winning Mohegan Sun Arena and the Wolf Den.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN: Owned by Mohegan, Mohegan Sun is one of the largest, most spectacular entertainment, gaming, dining and shopping destinations in the United States. Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is home to two unique casinos, 1,600 deluxe hotel rooms, two world-class spas, a golf course, over 70 shops, restaurants and bars as well as three award-winning entertainment venues including a 10,000-seat Arena. Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com. Connect with us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @mohegansun, view us on YouTube and find us on Snapchat at username MoheganSun.
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Oct 4, 2021 | Employment, General News
The MixTape Tour 2022 features legendary guests Salt-N-Pepa, Rick Astley, & En Vogue
Multiplatinum selling Pop super-group New Kids On The Block continues the party like nobody else with the announcement of The MixTape Tour 2022, which makes a stop at Mohegan Sun Arena for two shows at 7:30pm on July 1 & 2, 2022. The MixTape Tour 2022 features legendary guests Salt-N-Pepa, Rick Astley, and En Vogue.
Tickets are $199, $99, $79 & $59 and go on sale Friday, October 8th at 11:00am via ticketmaster.com. Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning Saturday, October 9th, subject to availability. For more information on VIP package and NKOTB fan club pre-sales, please visit www.nkotb.com.
The MixTape Tour 2022 is already shaping up to be a can’t miss night out where fans can hear chart-topping hits and legendary catalogues spanning generations all night long. It follows the colossal commercial and critical success of NKOTB’s 2019 tour by the same name – their biggest since reuniting in 2008 – which grossed $53.2 million, sold more than 650,000 tickets and pioneered a super-sized show each night with multiple acts hitting the stage and reimagining what a special guest on tour could look like.
“We had a blast out on the first MixTape Tour in 2019, and can’t wait to take it to another level with our fans on the MixTape Tour 2022,” Donnie Wahlberg said. “Just like a mixtape, these shows are going to take audiences through all the emotions. To be able to have Salt-N-Pepa come back and now also have the iconic and legendary Rick Astley & En Vogue join the tour… we could not be more excited. Let’s GO!”
NKOTB will hit the stage on the MixTape Tour 2022 to perform fan favorite #1 hits like “Hangin’ Tough,” “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever),” and “Step By Step” while tour mates Salt-N-Pepa (“Push It,” “Shoop,” “Whatta Man”), Rick Astley (“Never Gonna Give You Up,” “Together Forever”) and En Vogue (“Don’t Let Go [Love],” “Free Your Mind,” “Give It Up, Turn It Loose,” “Hold On”) keep the party going with music that catapulted them to stardom and solidified their places in music history.
About New Kids On The Block:
New Kids on the Block have sold more than 80 million albums worldwide — including back-to-back international No. 1 songs, 1988’s “Hangin’ Tough” and 1990’s “Step By Step” — The group which started with humble Boston beginnings grew to shatter concert box office records playing an estimated 200 concerts a year in sold out stadiums throughout the world. Since reuniting in 2007, NKOTB have toured consistently to sold out arenas, have sold nearly 4 million tickets and have doubled their crowd sizes. The Boston natives have been bestowed with their very own, “New Kids on the Block Day,” an honor not many can claim, and have played Fenway twice before. The group solidified their place in Hollywood with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame since reuniting and will continue representing Boston on their journey long into the future.
About Salt-N-Pepa
“Push It” — Salt-N-Pepa’s signature party-pumping anthem about getting your grind on — started out meaning one thing and turned out to mean something else. Something bigger. Because in a 35-year-career that took them from Queens to rap royalty, the duo of Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton have pushed it real good as a trailblazing duo that changed the game for women in hip-hop. In the golden age of the genre that they helped put on the music map, they became, quite simply, the First Ladies of Hip-Hop. Now the pioneering pair are living legends who get to see their legacy playing out while they’re very much still making moves.
“I love my Salt-N-Pepa,” says Pepa. “I work hard for it. To this day, I do. It’s a beautiful thing. And we’re still here with timeless music. I’m proud of that.” Reflecting on their legacy, Salt sums it up: “We have the anointing of being the first to do things for women in hip-hop. And I think that it’s important that we have represented women in an inspirational way — as bosses, as women who have persevered through adversity and misogyny in this business, as mothers, as real women who’ve gone through real-life situations and kept it pushing.”
About Rick Astley
Rick Astley is enjoying a major career resurgence, having already sold more than 40 million albums fueled by hits like the chart-topping “Never Gonna Give You Up”, “Whenever You Need Somebody”, “Together Forever”, “When I Fall in Love”, “She Wants To Dance With Me” and “Cry For Help”. In 2016, he returned with new music and released a wholly self-penned platinum album 50 that has to date sold more than 400,000 copies. In 2018, he followed it up with another top 10 album, Beautiful Life. In 2019, Rick released a career spanning top five album, The Best of Me, a best of compilation with eleven additional reimagined tracks and new single “Every One Of Us”. During the pandemic, Rick has amassed 2 Million YouTube followers with a series of lockdown covers from his studio and became a major force on TikTok with 1.7 Million followers. He was selected as one of Louder’s top 10 must follow artists on the platform. He has also used this time to publicly support the National Health Service and organize two free concerts for NHS staff at Wembley and Manchester Arena during his UK Arena tour this October.
About En Vogue
Celebrating 30 years in music and recognized as one of the top five highest selling American female music groups in history, En Vogue currently consists of Cindy Heron-Braggs, Terry Ellis and Rhona Bennett. En Vogue’s accolades included seven MTV Music Video Awards, three Soul Train Music Awards, two American Music Awards, a Billboard and Lady of Soul Award and countless Grammy nominations. To date, En Vogue has garnered 221 million U.S. streams and 325 worldwide streams, with 60 million YouTube views. In 2004, their sixth album Soul Flower hit the Billboard Top 20 for indie albums. In 2019, they collaborated with Chance the Rapper alongside Kierra Sheard and Ari Lennox on “I Got You (Always and Forever)” for his album The Big Day. Actress and producer Taraji P. Henson tapped them to appear in an episode of the final season of the groundbreaking TV series Empire for her directorial debut. Dresses from their iconic “Giving Him Something He Can Feel,” video housed in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) illustrate En Vogue’s profound impact, historically and culturally, in both music and fashion. Not to be slowed down, during the pandemic they appeared in Eddie Murphy’s record breaking Coming 2 America movie, launched their very own “Funky Divas” podcast, closed the 2020 Billboard Music Awards with their timeless anthem “Free Your Mind”, performed on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin Eve, and received the 2020 Urban Music Icon Award from the Black Music Honors for their longevity and musical legacy
Mohegan Sun Arena is now ranked consistently among the top venues in the world according to Billboard Magazine, Pollstar and Venues Now and is also consistently ranked top 15 in the world for “All Size Venues.” The award–winning venue was named “#1 Social Media Venue in the World” in 2016 and is a seven–time Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) national award–winner for “Arena of the Year,” with the most recent recognition coming in 2019. In 2020, Mohegan Sun Arena remained one of the top venues in the world according to year-end reports by both Pollstar and Venues Now. For more information and updates on Mohegan Sun Arena, call 1.888.226.7711 or visit Mohegan Sun.
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Oct 8, 2018 | Entertainment, General News
With very special guests Salt – N – Pepa, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson and Naughty By Nature
UNCASVILLE, CT (October 8, 2018) – Today New Kids On The Block, the multiplatinum selling Pop super – group, unveiled an epic lineup for their highly anticipated 2019 tour. NKOTB took to the Today Show plaza to reveal The MixTape Tour with very special guests Salt-N-Pepa, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson and Naughty by Nature. The five iconic Pop and Hip – Hop acts will hit the road together for the first time ever on a 53 – city tour across North America next summer, stopping at Mohegan Sun Arena on Wednesday, July 3rd at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $99.00, $79.00 and $59.00 and go on sale Friday, October 12th 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, October 13th, subject to availability.
To celebrate the event, NKOTB surprised fans by dropping an epic, throwback track, “80s Baby” featuring their new touring partners, Salt-N-Pepa, Naughty By Nature, Debbie Gibson and Tiffany. The track takes listeners on a nostalgic yet refreshingly modern and fun ride through 80s song references and fresh verses.
Always upping the ante, NKOTB have packaged the ultimate lineup for a once in a lifetime live show experience. The group will return to the stage after 2018’s touring hiatus to perform fan favorite number one hits like “Hangin’ Tough,” “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever),” and “Step By Step.” When tour mates Salt-N-Pepa, Debbie Gibson, Tiffany and Naughty by Nature hit the stage, they bring with them top chart hits and legendary catalogues to keep fans out of their seats all night. The tour is sure to be one of the can’t miss events of the summer featuring an unforgettable night full of smashes spanning across generations.
NKOTB made the announcement on the heels of their SOLD OUT Apollo Theater show celebrating the 30th anniversary of their hit packed, breakout album Hangin’ Tough. The special one night only engagement sold out within minutes of onsale and saw NKOTB gracing Harlem’s famed Apollo stage for the first time since they debuted “Please Don’t Go Girl” at the Apollo’s notoriously tough amateur night. The career defining album, Hangin’ Tough produced hits like “Please Don’t Go Girl,” “You Got It (The Right Stuff),” “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever),” and “Cover Girl.” The crowd erupted when the band confirmed on stage that Hangin’ Tough will get a special anniversary re – issue in early 2019 with new, never been released 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. 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.
Jun 12, 2015 | Entertainment, General News, Special Events
One of the most beloved and long-time performers at Mohegan Sun Arena, New Kids On The Block, were inducted today into the Walk of Fame
UNCASVILLE, CT (June 12, 2015) – Earlier today, Donnie, Joey, Danny, Jordan and Jonathan of New Kids on the Block entered the Box Office forecourt outside of Mohegan Sun Arena to accept their honor as the 30th Walk of Fame inductees. Senior Vice President of Sports & Entertainment for Mohegan Sun, Tom Cantone and Mohegan Tribal Chairman, Kevin “Red Eagle” Brown, spoke briefly through roars and screams as they introduced one of Mohegan Sun’s most beloved and all-time selling acts. “We love you all and we love Mohegan Sun Arena every time we play here. It’s also great because it’s halfway between our hometown and New York. We get the best of our fans here!” said Donnie Wahlberg as the cheers grew even louder.
The event took place today just after 4:00pm in front of many of NKOTB’s faithful and shortly from now, the band will take the stage at Mohegan Sun Arena with Nelly and TLC to open, as part of the Main Event Tour.
“Tonight will mark the 9th consecutive sellout for NKOTB and with one more, they will tie Billy Joel’s record. It’s a tribute to the great team here that runs one of the top Arena’s now in the world,” said Senior VP of Sports & Entertainment, Tom Cantone.
Kevin Brown also mentioned how honored he was to take part in presenting one of Mohegan Sun Arena’s best ever, their Walk of Fame star. He also gave praise to the hard work and high level of performers that Tom and the whole entertainment staff provide for fans on such a consistent basis.
The band joins the likes of recently inducted Mohegan Sun Walk of Famers Kevin Hart, Bob Seger, Mötley Crüe, Frankie Valli and so many more.
New Kids On The Block 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),” “Hangin’ Tough,” “I’ll Be Loving You,” and “Tonight.”
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. Mohegan Sun Arena was also ranked among the top 10 Arena venues in the nation for 2014, regardless of size. 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.
Jun 1, 2015 | Entertainment, Special Events
Public event to honor NKOTB in recognition of multiple big-time performances at Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, June 12th
What: Mohegan Sun is proud to announce that the next Arena Walk of Fame 
inductee will be New Kids On The Block, a band that has played and packed Mohegan Sun Arena as many times as any act, where after their upcoming concert, will have played 9 performances in the last 8 years alone. That concert, set for June 12th, brings the Pop legends back with the The Main Event tour with special guests Nelly & TLC. And a few hours prior to the concert, Mohegan Sun Arena is long overdue and very excited to present one of the most influential bands of our time, their Walk of Fame star outside of the Mohegan Sun Box Office.
WHEN/WHERE: Friday, June 12th at 4:00pm
Mohegan Sun Arena Box Office Forecourt
WHO: Mohegan Sun and Tribal Executives
New Kids on the Block
IN DETAIL: Some of Mohegan Sun Arena’s most memorable performers including Bon Jovi, KISS, Rod Stewart, Toby Keith, Taylor Swift, Frankie Valli, Mötley Crüe and so many more have been honored as Walk of Famers and have stars placed outside of the Box Office. NKOTB’s Main Event tour, scheduled for 7:00pm, will mark another sellout, one of many at Mohegan Sun Arena and will make the band the 30th act inducted into the Walk of Fame. For more info on this performance on the evening of June 12th, visit mohegansun.com/entertainment.
The award seeks to recognize those individuals who have made significant contributions to the success of Mohegan Sun as the Northeast’s premier entertainment destination. All of the individuals inducted into the Mohegan Sun Walk of Fame will have their name engraved on a plaque that will be permanently placed at the entrance to Mohegan Sun Arena.
*The public is invited to attend the event.
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