BLUES TRAVELER TO PLAY AT SOVEREIGN BANK STADIUM TONIGHT!!!
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Popular Jam Band Will Rock The Revolution's Home On June 14
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Blues Traveler Presented By Apple Automotive- June 14, 2008 At Sovereign Bank Stadium |
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Blues Traveler Presented by Apple Automotive, will take place live at the home of the York Revolution, on Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. The event will be the first major featured concert at Sovereign Bank Stadium.
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Fans can purchase tickets by visiting the Apple Chevrolet Ticket office at Sovereign Bank Stadium during regular business hours, or by calling the York Revolution at 717-801-HITS. Online ticket sales are also available at www.YorkRevolution.com. All general admission tickets are priced at $30.00 (plus tax and fees).
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Best known for hit singles “Run Around,” and “Hook”, Blues Traveler formed in 1987, and has experienced sustained success as a national recording act since. Led by vocalist and harmonica player John Popper, the group’s fourth studio album “Four” went quintuple platinum, with “Run Around” winning a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo of a Group with Vocal. The song became Billboard’s longest charting single, spending 49 weeks on the Hot 100 chart.
In all, Blues Traveler has released six albums that have been certified gold or platinum. In addition to appearing on The Late Show with David Letterman more often than any other musical act, the band also appeared in the film Blues Brothers 2000 and is featured on its soundtrack. In all, Blues Traveler has sustained mainstream success for nearly two decades, with nine studio albums and three live albums. Their latest, “Cover Yourself,” a “best of” album featuring alternate versions of their most loved songs, debuted in October of 2007.
Blues Traveler Update: Summer 2008
•Blues Traveler is celebrating its 20th year together as a band. The current lineup of John Popper (vocals/harmonica), Chandler Kinchla (guitar), Ben Wilson (keyboards), Tad Kinchla (bass) and Brendan Hill (drums) have been playing together since 2000.
•In the spring of 2008 Blues Traveler completed recording their 9th studio album with Grammy winner David Bianco whose past credits include Mick Jagger, Tom Petty and Santana. The album is slated to be released domestically in the fall of 2008.
•July 4, 2008 will mark Blues Traveler’s 16th appearance at Red Rocks Amphitheater just outside of Denver, widely considered the best venue in North America. Blues Traveler has performed at Red Rocks every year since opening for the Allman Brothers Band in 1992, with the exception of 1999 which was cancelled last-minute due to illness.
•In the fall of 2007 Blues Traveler release an acoustic “best of” album, Cover Yourself, recorded in Austin, TX with producer Jim Eno of indie-rock band Spoon, featuring alternate versions of their most loved songs.
•In 2006, the sales of Blues Traveler’s catalogue reached 10,000,000 albums worldwide. To date, Blues Traveler has released eight studio albums, three live albums and a studio compilation of their classics.
•In support of Cover Yourself the band record an exclusive first-time ever acoustic set for A&E’s series “Private Sessions,” a one-hour weekly music show whose guests have also included Maroon 5, James Blunt, Duran Duran and Toby Keith. The Blues Traveler episode first aired in September of 2007 and has been rebroadcast several times since.
Quick Facts about Blues Traveler
•Blues Traveler’s album Four, which featured the singles “Run-Around” and “Hook,” was certified platinum six times over.
•Their single, “Run-Around,” became Billboard’s longest charting single, with 49 weeks spent on the Hot 100 Chart
•“Run-Around” won a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
•Over the years, Blues Traveler has release six albums that have been certified gold or platinum.
•Blues Traveler founded the H.O.R.D.E. Festival (Horizons of Rock Developing Everywhere) which featured artists such as Sheryl Crow, Dave M
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