Mar 24, 2014 | Entertainment, General News
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers to perform inside the Keystone Grand Ballroom on May 3rd
WILKES-BARRE, PA (March 24, 2014) – Creedence Clearwater Revisited will take the stage in the Keystone Grand Ballroom in the Convention Center at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs for a live concert event on Saturday, May 3rd at 8:00pm.
Tickets are $40.00 each and go on sale Friday, March 28that 10:00am. Ticketmaster customers may purchase tickets by logging on to ticketmaster.com; calling Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge By Phone number 1.800.745.3000; or visiting any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets are also available at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Box Office.
Stu Cook and Doug “Cosmo” Clifford may not have intended it, but their band Creedence Clearwater Revisited has taken on a startling life of its own. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers (bass and drums respectively) launched the Creedence Clearwater Revisited project in 1995 to once again perform live the hits that made them famous. Though the pair initially only planned to play private parties, Creedence Clearwater Revisited now performs up to 100 shows a year and released the album Recollection.
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Mar 10, 2014 | Entertainment, General News, Special Events
Rock & Roll phenomenon to play the Keystone Grand Ballroom April 26th
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Quiet Riot is set to rock the house when they play the Keystone Grand Ballroom in the Convention Center at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs for a live concert event on Saturday, April 26th at 8:00pm.
Tickets for Quiet Riot are $20.00 each and go on sale Wednesday, March 12th at 10:00am. Ticketmaster customers may purchase tickets by logging on to ticketmaster.com; calling Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge By Phone number 1.800.745.3000; or visiting any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets are also available at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Box Office.
Quiet Riot continues their historic journey with Metal Health founding member Frankie Banali who is joined by Quiet Riot veteran bassist Chuck Wright and Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi from their last and most stable lineup. They are proud to announce their new vocalist Jizzy Pearl to complete the Quiet Riot lineup. Quiet Riot is a Rock & Roll phenomenon. Famously described as the first Heavy Metal band to top the Pop chart at #1 on Billboard magazine, the Los Angeles quartet became an overnight sensation thanks to their monster 1983 smash album Metal Health.
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Mar 3, 2014 | Breaking News, Entertainment, Special Events
Country superstar and Sugarland founder to perform inside the Keystone Grand Ballroom on April 19th
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Kristian Bush swings by the Keystone Grand Ballroom in the Convention Center at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs for a live concert event on Saturday, April 19th at 8:00pm.
Tickets for Kristian Bush are $25.00 each and go on sale Wednesday, March 5th at 10:00am. Ticketmaster customers may purchase tickets by logging on to ticketmaster.com; calling Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge By Phone number 1.800.745.3000; or visiting any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets are also available at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Box Office.
Kristian Bush, one half of platinum-selling Country duo Sugarland, has been leaving his mark on music for more than two decades. He is currently on the road with his 2014 Put Your Soul In It Tour, backed by a five-piece band including Rebecca and Megan Lovell of acclaimed roots duo Larkin Poe. A prolific songwriter, Bush is in the process of narrowing down the 300+ songs in his catalog for his debut solo album, due later this year.
To date, Bush has won six BMI Awards for his songwriting abilities, and in 2011 founded the music publishing company and songwriting collective Songs of the Architect. Recent producing/songwriting collaborations include Mike Elizondo, Rita Wilson, Dia Frampton, Ellis Paul, Laura Bell Bundy, Matt Nathanson, the dB’s, Martin Johnson of Boys Like Girls, Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale, and up-and-comers including Kristina Train, Larkin Poe, Natalie Stovall, Canaan Smith, Jaida Dreyer, Alana Springsteen and The Voice contestant Savannah Berry.
Bush made his solo debut in March 2013 at the inaugural C2C: Country to Country Festival, held at the O2 Arena in London. His first release as a solo act, “Love or Money,” debuted in the UK and Europe the following week, and in October of 2013, he stood by his promise to release “Love or Money” at home in the U.S. as well – the song is now available worldwide via iTunes and anywhere digital music is sold.
He is a frequent panelist and speaker at events for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and regularly appears as part of the CMA Songwriters Series in cities across the U.S. and Europe. Bush is a graduate of Emory University in Atlanta, where he still resides.
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Feb 25, 2014 | Entertainment, General News, Special Events
One of America’s best loved personalities to perform inside the Keystone Grand Ballroom on April 11th
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Superstar Tony Orlando brings his classic hits to the Keystone Grand Ballroom in the Convention Center at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs for a live concert event on Friday, April 11th at 8:00pm.
Tickets for Tony Orlando are $30.00 each and go on sale Wednesday, February 26th at 10:00am. Ticketmaster customers may purchase tickets by logging on to ticketmaster.com; calling Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge By Phone number 1.800.745.3000; or visiting any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets are also available at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Box Office.
Orlando became a superstar when he formed the Pop group Dawn with Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson. They scored a long list of hits like “Tie A Yellow Ribbon (Round The Ole Oak Tree),” “Knock Three Times” and “Candida.” Throughout his career, Orlando’s had a top-rated TV variety series which can be found in stores as a DVD collection. Orlando has had five #1 hits, sold millions of records, received three American Music Awards and a People’s Choice Award and has even starred in a Broadway show. Orlando remains one of America’s best loved personalities.
More details about the show are available at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs website.
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Feb 4, 2014 | Entertainment, Special Events
Follow the alternative rockers down to the Keystone Grand Ballroom on Friday, March 14th
Alternative Rock group, Gin Blossoms will bring their chart-topping hits to the Keystone Grand Ballroom in the Convention Center at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs for a live concert event on Friday, March 14th at 8:00pm.
Tickets for Gin Blossoms are $25.00 each and go on sale Wednesday, February 5th at 10:00am. Ticketmaster customers may purchase tickets by logging on to ticketmaster.com; calling Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge By Phone number 1.800.745.3000; or visiting any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets are also available at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Box Office.
The Gin Blossoms have undoubtedly left their mark on the Rock music map. The Grammy nominated band’s fusion of Melodic Rock, Folk and Country elements has paved the way for the modern Rock of today.
Fans around the world are very familiar with Gin Blossoms’ five-time Platinum breakthrough album New Miserable Experience, containing gems like “Until I Fall Away,” “Found Out About You,” “Hey Jealousy” and “Allison Road.” Those hit tracks were followed up by Empire Records Platinum Soundtrack hit, “Til I Hear It From You,” and in 1996, by the singles “Follow you Down” and “As Long As It Matters,” which hit the radio in a big way, making their Congratulations I’m Sorry record another platinum success. Gin Blossoms hits have crossed over in five different formats, taking the airwaves by siege, and holding MTV hostage for a good portion of the 90s. The band continues to burn up the road performing over 120 tour dates per year.
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Jan 6, 2014 | Entertainment, Special Events
The band behind Eddie and the Cruisers live on February 21st
Rock and Roll legends John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band, regarded as one of the best live acts on the East Coast, will bring their chart-topping hits to the Keystone Grand Ballroom in the Convention Center at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs for a live concert event on Friday, February 21st at 8:00pm.
Tickets for John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band are $20.00 each and go on sale Tuesday, January 7th at 10:00am. Ticketmaster customers may purchase tickets by logging on to Ticketmaster.com; calling Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge By Phone number 1.800.745.3000; or visiting any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets are also available at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Box Office, subject to availability.
John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band are best known as the band behind Eddie and the Cruisers, the fictional Rock group from the 1983 hit film of the same name. As an award-winning songwriter and recording artist with multi-platinum albums to his name, Cafferty brings a passion and excitement to his music that has transcended over three decades of East Coast Rock dominance. In concert, John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band deliver Billboard rock-chart toppers including “Tough All Over,” the Eddie and the Cruisers track “On The Dark Side” and more.
Cafferty was inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame in 2012 and was among the first bands inducted into the Wolf Den Hall of Fame at Mohegan Sun’s flagship location in Connecticut in 2011.
More details about the show are available at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs website.
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