Back in 2018, 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, including its stop at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial
Arena on July 12, 2019.
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- just a small glimpse into the
party that will be The MixTape Tour. Stream the song HERE.
With over 100 million combined records sold worldwide, NKOTB, Salt-N-Pepa,
Naughty by Nature, Tiffany and Debbie Gibson will fill arenas with hit
after hit when they take to the stage next summer. 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.
Produced by Live Nation, The MixTape Tour has embarked on its three-month
journey wrapping up in Orlando on July 13th, and July 14th in Hollywood, FL.
TICKETS: Ticketmaster
LOCATION: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
300 A Philip Randolph Blvd., Downtown
Jacksonville,
FL 32202
(904)
630-3900
“Twenty Øne Pilots - the Bandito Tour” will include
a stop at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena on June 14th. Twenty One Pilots, the GRAMMY® Award-winning
duo of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun, are gearing up for the release of their
massively anticipated new album TRENCH “My Blood” marked the first
track released from TRENCH to stand apart from the three-part narrative
first established in the official music videos for “Jumpsuit,”
the chart-topping first single, continued in the LP’s second release, “Nico And The
Niners,” and ultimately concluded with “Levitate,”
all directed by longtime collaborator Andrew Donoho and streaming now via
Twenty One Pilots’ YouTube channel. All
three films have amassed over 75 million cumulative views to date. To see a venue near you, click HERE.
“Twenty Øne Pilots” received a number of major awards and nominations over
recent years, with “Stressed Out” earning them the 2017 GRAMMY® Award
for “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance” alongside four additional nods. Other honors include seven total Billboard
Music Awards including 2016’s “Top Rock Artist” and “Top Rock Album” (for BLURRYFACE)
and 2017’s “Chart Achievement Award,” “Top Duo/Group,” “Top Radio Songs
Artist,” “Top Rock Artist,” and “Top Rock Song” (for “Heathens”); multiple
Alternative Press Music Awards including “Album of the Year Presented By
Journeys” (for BLURRYFACE), “Artist of the Year Presented By Monster Energy,”
and “Most Dedicated Fans”; 2016 American Music Awards for “Favorite Alternative
Artist” and “Favorite Pop/Rock/Band/Duo/Group”; six iHeart Radio Music Awards
(including “Alternative Rock Song of the Year” in both 2016 and 2017); 2016’s
Kerrang! Award for “Best Fanbase,” and two MTV Europe Music Awards.
“Twenty Øne Pilots -
the
“Bandito Tour”
DATE: Fri., June 14, 2019
TIME: 7 p.m.
TICKETS: prices vary.
LOCATION: Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena
300 A Philip Randolph Blvd., Downtown
Jacksonville,
FL 32202
(904)
630-3900
Disney’s Moana voyages onto the ice for
the first time as “Disney On Ice presents Dare To Dream”,
produced by Feld Entertainment Inc., brings courage and adventure to hometowns
across North America. Hosts Mickey Mouse
and Minnie Mouse bring audiences on an expedition across raging seas and
snow-covered mountains in this action-packed extravaganza when beloved
characters from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Frozen, Tangled and
Cinderella visit Jacksonville,
Florida from April 4 to 7, 2019
at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
for 8 performances.
Believe in what’s possible as five Disney heroines spark the courage inside us
all in Disney On Ice presents Dare To Dream! In her Disney On Ice debut, see how far
Moana will go in an epic adventure with demigod, Maui, to save her island and
discover her true identity. Join Belle
as she fearlessly befriends the enchanted castle staff and reveals the Beast’s
gentleness. Experience Anna’s devotion
to her sister, Elsa, on her life-changing journey to stop an eternal winter. Explore with Rapunzel, Flynn Ryder, Cinderella
and friends from around the Disney Kingdom as they find the heart and
determination to overcome obstacles and make their dreams come true. Journey with Mickey and Minnie to uncover why
no goal is too big when we find the strength to shape our own destiny at Disney
On Ice presents Dare To Dream!
Fans are encouraged to arrive early to celebrate family and tradition with
Miguel from Disney●Pixar’s Coco in a special sing-a-long guest appearance.
Discover your inner hero when Disney
On Ice presents Dare To Dream comes to your hometown! Check HERE for the
show in a location near you.
To sign up to be a Feld Preferred member and to receive presale alerts please
visit HERE. Stay current
on the latest developments through social media: Facebook, Twitter:
@DisneyOnIce #DisneyOnIce #100YearsofMagic, YouTube, or Instagram:
@DisneyOnIce.
Disney On
Ice
“Dare to Dream”
DATES: TIMES:
Thurs., Apr. 4, 2019 7:30 p.m.
Fri. Apr. 5 10:30 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sat. Apr. 6 11 a.m., 3 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Sun. Apr. 7 1 p.m. & 5 p.m.
TICKETS: start at $15.
All seats are reserved, and tickets are available online, by calling (800) 745-3000, or by visiting the Tom
Bush Family of Dealerships Box Office at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.
LOCATION: JAX Veterans Memorial Arena
300 A Philip Randolph Blvd., Downtown
Jacksonville,
FL 32202
(904)
630-3900
Set to be some of his most explosive performances yet, the second leg of the
tour follows an initial leg that included dates at historic venues like New
York City's Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles' The Forum, with a special
homecoming “Astroworld
Festival” in Houston that took place on November 17th. This week the extravaganza will be in JAX, at
the Veterans Memorial Arena, for one evening only! There are still choice seats available.
Produced by Live Nation, the second leg of the tour kicked on January 25 in
Vancouver as Travis played 29 shows before concluding on March 24 in Charlotte.
All 3 postponed shows from the previous
leg, (Milwaukee, Hartford and Tampa), have been rescheduled and tickets for the
original date will be honored at the new date. Check out the full itinerary HERE and get your
tickets today!
The Houston rapper's live shows have become the stuff of a legend with Billboard writing, "Travis
Scott's penchant for raging, off-the-wall live shows have become an essential
part of his career." Speaking about
the early shows of the first leg of the "Astroworld:
Wish You Were Here" tour, Complex says, "this show is worth whatever effort you have to put forth to
catch it." Get ready for the
ride of a lifetime!
About Live
Nation Entertainment: (NYSE:
LYV) is the world's leading live entertainment company comprised of global
market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation
Sponsorship. For additional information, visit.
About SMG Jacksonville: They manage
seven sports, entertainment, and convention venues on behalf of the City of
Jacksonville. Their beautiful venues
include: TIAA Bank Field, Daily’s Place, The Jacksonville Veterans Memorial
Arena, The Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville, The Times-Union Center for the
Performing Arts, The Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center & The Ritz
Theatre and Museum.
TRAVIS SCOTT
“Astroworld: Wish You Were Here”
DATE: Thursday, March 14, 2019
TIME: 8 p.m.
TICKETS: range from $37 — $99. All
seats are reserved, and tickets are available online, by calling (800) 745-3000, or by visiting the Tom
Bush Family of Dealerships Box Office at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.
LOCATION: JAX Veterans Memorial Arena
300 A Philip Randolph Blvd., Downtown
Jacksonville,
FL 32202
(904)
630-3900
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.
“Friends & Heroes 2019” will kick off on February 14 in Oklahoma City, OK
and will span 18 dates across the country.
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. “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. “Turnin’ Me On” hails from Shelton’s
chart-topping Warner Bros. / Warner Music Nashville album Texoma Shore. In the week following album launch, he became
the first artist in Country Aircheck / Mediabase history to have six songs
chart simultaneously. It became his
sixth record to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and
marked his 11th all-genre Top 10.
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.
About 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 ‘70’s, took a winding turn into country music in the ‘80’s, paving the
way for duos to come, such as Brooks & Dunn, Montgomery Gentry, Big &
Rich and The Judds.
About John Anderson: His memorable hits from that musical era include: “Wild and Blue,” “I'm Just An Old Chunk Of
Coal,” “1959,” “I Just Came Home To Count The Memories,” “Black Sheep,” Swingin',”
“Straight Tequila Night,” “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.”
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.
Other Blake Shelton “Friends & Heroes 2019”
Dates: HERE
“Blake Shelton”
Friends & Heroes 2019
DATE: Thursday, March 7, 2019
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS: range from $27 —
$140. All seats are reserved, and
tickets are available online, by calling
(800) 745-3000, or by visiting the Tom Bush Family of Dealerships Box
Office at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.
VIP experiences will be available throughout the 2019 tour with premium
perks ranging from a great seat on the floor to exclusive merchandise. The BS'ers VIP Lounge will also return,
including the opportunity to pose in Shelton’s chair from The Voice,
plus he will play a private acoustic set in select cities. Blake Shelton VIP Experience details are
available HERE.
LOCATION: JAX Veterans Memorial Arena
300 A Philip Randolph Blvd., Downtown
Jacksonville, FL 32202
(904) 630-3900
P!NK makes Jacksonville, Florida her 3rd stop on her 2019 tour. After incredible success and demand, esteemed
performer and international pop icon "P!NK" announces that her Beautiful
Trauma World Tour will extend in 2019 with an additional 37 spring dates
across North America. Produced by Live
Nation, the new outing will kick off March 1, 2019 in Fort Lauderdale, FL and will
come to Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena March 5, 2019. The highly praised show will also make stops
in Nashville, New Orleans, San Antonio, Los Angeles, and more before wrapping
May 21, 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
U.S. and Canadian residents who purchase tickets online will be able to redeem
(1) physical copy of P!NK’s new album “Beautiful
Trauma”. All albums must be redeemed
by the end of the tour in May 2019. Tickets
will go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, May 11 at
LiveNation.com and are also available at the Tom Bush Family of Dealerships Box
Office located at Veterans Memorial Arena.
P!Nk Beautiful Trauma World Tour 2019 Dates: Click HERE
Since her debut in 2000, P!NK has released 7 studio albums, 1 greatest hits
album, sold over 50 million albums equivalents, over 75 million singles, over
2.4 million DVDs worldwide and has had 15 singles in the top 10 on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart (four at #1).
In addition, she is the recipient of three Grammy Awards (19
nominations), one Daytime Emmy Award, three Billboard Music Awards, seven MTV
Video Music Awards (including the 2017 Michael Jackson Vanguard Award
recipient), two MTV Europe Awards, two People’s Choice Awards, was named
Billboard’s Woman of the Year in 2013 and has sold out arenas all over the
world. Her seventh studio album, Beautiful
Trauma is certified platinum, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s 200 chart and
marked a career high for first week sales. Additionally, the album debuted at #1 in 10
other countries, on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart and Digital Albums Chart.
The first single, “What About US” is also certified platinum, received a Grammy
nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance and reached #1 on the Adult Pop Songs
chart earning her ninth leader on the chart, the most number-ones at the format
for a female (second overall).
P!NK is a huge supporter of various charities, including: Make a Wish
Foundation, Autism Speaks, Human Rights Campaign and No Kid Hungry. She remains on the UNICEF team as an
Ambassador. She recently graced the
cover of People Magazine’s The Beautiful Issue.
“P!NK”
Beautiful
Trauma World Tour
DATE: Tuesday, March 5, 2019
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS: range from $70 — $399. All
seats are reserved, and tickets are available online, by calling (800) 745-3000, or by visiting the Tom
Bush Family of Dealerships Box Office at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.
LOCATION: JAX Veterans Memorial Arena
300 A Philip Randolph Blvd., Downtown
Jacksonville, FL 32202
(904) 630-3900
About Live Nation
Entertainment: (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live
entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live
Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Sponsorship.
About SMG Jacksonville manages seven sports, entertainment, and
convention venues on behalf of the City of Jacksonville. Their beautiful venues include: TIAA Bank Field,
home of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Georgia-Florida, the TaxSlayer Bowl and
Monster Jam; Daily’s
Place, a 5,500 seat amphitheater with concert programming
year-round and an indoor practice facility for the Jacksonville Jaguars; The Jacksonville
Veterans Memorial Arena, showplace of such entertainment
greats as Kenny Chesney and Jimmy Buffett and home to the Arena Bowl XXIV
Champions Jacksonville Sharks, the ABA Jacksonville Giants and the Jacksonville
IceMen; The Baseball Grounds of JAX, home of the
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp and Florida vs FSU Baseball; The Times-Union Center
for the Performing Arts, stage to Broadway and music elite
like Wicked, James Taylor and Diana Ross; and home of the FSCJ Artist Series
and the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra; The Prime F. Osborn III
Convention Center, a
historic renovated train station providing a unique venue for meetings, social
events and conventions & The Ritz Theatre and
Museum, located in Jacksonville’s historic African American
community of LaVilla, celebrating the artistic culture of African American life
in Northeast Florida and the African Diaspora with museum exhibits, concerts,
films, lectures, dance and dramatic arts.
Mayor Lenny Curry and Brian E. Wolfburg, President/CEO of VyStar Credit Union,
announced that a naming rights agreement has been reached between VyStar and
the City of Jacksonville for the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena – a first
for the arena. Legislation to enact the agreement has been filed and sent to
the Jacksonville City Council. Pending
City Council approval, the arena will be known as VyStar Veterans Memorial
Arena.
“In coordination with veteran leaders, my
staff and VyStar, we have an agreement that is good for taxpayers and at the
same time creates new program funding for veterans in our City,” said Mayor
Curry. “This is a win for everyone involved, and I
will work with the City Council to earn their approval.”
Brian Wolfburg says, “VyStar will be
honored to have its name alongside our brave veterans’ on the arena. Both of
our missions, to serve and recognize our great military, could not be more
aligned. Based on VyStar’s deep roots in
the military community, past and present, we can’t imagine a more suitable
naming partnership.”
In addition, the naming rights agreement provides for several Veteran support
initiatives – including a concessions donation program, which will allow arena
patrons to make donations to an approved veteran program when making a purchase
at the arena’s concessions stands. Other
initiatives include a veteran memorial, as well as discounts for veterans and
VyStar members on concessions, tickets, and parking. Veterans will also be included in ticket
presale opportunities making it possible for them to purchase tickets before
public on-sales.
Formerly known as Jax Navy Federal Credit Union, VyStar was chartered in 1952
at Naval Air Station Jacksonville (NAS Jax) to provide civil service and
military employees and their families a safe place to save and borrow money. It
wasn’t until 2002 that VyStar (then Jax Navy Federal) opened membership to the
five-county area – including Duval, Clay, Nassau, St. Johns, and Baker counties
– and changed its name to VyStar Credit Union.
The PBR (Professional Bull Riders) announced
that Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena will host the Velocity Tour’s (VT)
event in Jacksonville, FL for the first time since 2015 on Saturday, February
16, 2019.
For one night, some of the best bull riders in the world will battle the
sport’s fiercest bovine athletes. The
thrilling 8-second rides and heart-stopping wrecks make the PBR’s VT Tour one
of the most exciting live sporting events to witness.
Each rider will face one bull in Round 1 before the 10 riders with the highest
score advance to the championship round. At the end of the competition, the rider with
the highest combined score in the two rounds will be crowned the champion.
Jacksonville will be the 10th stop on the 2019 VT Tour, which spans the country
in cities including Salinas, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Rapid
City, South Dakota; Rochester, New York, and Ontario, California.
The 2019 RVT Tour will culminate with the RVT Finals at South Point Arena in
Las Vegas in November, leading into the PBR Unleash The Beast World Finals. The winner of the VT Finals, the second- and
third-place finishers, and the top international performer, along with the 2019
VT Tour Champion, will each qualify to compete at the PBR World Finals.
“PBR Tour”
(Professional Bull Riders)
DATE: Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019
TIME: 7 p.m.
TICKETS: start at $15. All seats are reserved, and tickets are
available online, by calling (800) 745-3000,
or by visiting the Tom Bush Family of Dealerships Box Office at Jacksonville
Veterans Memorial Arena.
LOCATION: JAX Veterans Memorial Arena
300 A Philip Randolph Blvd., Downtown
Jacksonville,
FL 32202
(904)
630-3900
About the PBR Velocity Tour: The PBR’s Velocity Tour (VT) began in 2014
as the premier expansion tour for the PBR. The Velocity Tour, the sport’s fastest-growing
tour, brings the excitement and top-levels of cowboy and bovine talent that
fans have come to expect from the sport’s leader to cities across the U.S. The tour, which is fully produced and operated
by PBR, will visit 31 cities in the 2019 season. The VT is proudly supported by Pendleton
Whisky, Lucas Oil, Tickets for Less, the United States Border Patrol, Double H
Boots and the South Point Hotel and Casino. Beginning in 2019, the Velocity Tour will be
broadcast on prime-time television via RIDE TV, a sports and lifestyle network
with an equestrian focus.
The one and only CHER is set to
hit the road with the Here We Go Again Tour beginning January 17, 2019 in Ft.
Meyers, FL, making a stop at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena on
January 23, 2019. A full list of dates
and locations can be found HERE. The
upcoming tour was officially announced during Cher’s appearance on the Ellen
Degenerate Show. The highly anticipated new ‘Dancing Queen’ Album was
released this past September.
Following the recent global success and rave reviews for Cher’s role in the Mamma
Mia 2 – Here We Go Again film, the multi-award-winning singer, actress and
show-stopping performer will be crossing the U.S. for the first time in five years.
Cher is expected to perform many of her
hits along with some new songs from the Dancing Queen album – Cher’s
tribute to the music of ABBA – came out on September 28th.
The Oscar, Emmy, Cannes Film Festival and Grammy Award winning icon was
honored at the Kennedy Center on December 2, 2018. She is also co-producer of The
Cher Show, the Broadway musical that opened December 3, 2018 and was
touring Australia and New Zealand since.
CHER had also been doing a series of residencies in Las Vegas back
before her tour. Get your tickets today
for upcoming shows in your area.
“CHER”
Here We Go Again Tour
DATE: Wednesday, January 23, 2019
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS:
start at $39.95. All seats are reserved,
and tickets are available online, by calling (800) 745-3000, or by visiting the Tom Bush Family of Dealerships
Box Office at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.
LOCATION: JAX Veterans
Memorial Arena
300 A Philip Randolph Blvd., Downtown
Jacksonville, FL 32202
(904) 630-3900
About Live
Nation Entertainment: (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live
entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live
Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Sponsorship.
About SMG Jacksonville manages seven sports, entertainment, and
convention venues on behalf of the City of Jacksonville. Their beautiful venues include: TIAA Bank Field, home of the Jacksonville Jaguars,
Georgia-Florida, the TaxSlayer Bowl and Monster Jam; Daily’s Place,
a 5,500 seat amphitheater with concert programming year-round and an indoor
practice facility for the Jacksonville Jaguars; The Jacksonville
Veterans Memorial Arena, showplace of such entertainment greats as Kenny
Chesney and Jimmy Buffett and home to the Arena Bowl XXIV Champions
Jacksonville Sharks, the ABA Jacksonville Giants and the Jacksonville IceMen; The Baseball Grounds of JAX, home of the Jacksonville
Jumbo Shrimp and Florida vs FSU Baseball; The Times-Union Center
for the Performing Arts, stage to Broadway and music elite like Wicked,
James Taylor and Diana Ross; and home of the FSCJ Artist Series and the
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra; The Prime F. Osborn III
Convention Center, a historic
renovated train station providing a unique venue for meetings, social events
and conventions & The Ritz Theatre and
Museum, located in Jacksonville’s historic African American community
of LaVilla, celebrating the artistic culture of African American life in
Northeast Florida and the African Diaspora with museum exhibits, concerts,
films, lectures, dance and dramatic arts.
The “Winter Jam Tour Spectacular”,
Christian music’s largest annual tour and one of the top first quarter tours in
the world, made a series of major announcements during festivities held earlier
this evening. Streamed around the world via Facebook LIVE, the event—at
Nashville's Hard Rock Café—was attended by artists, industry personnel and
national media. Revealing a
history-making tour first, Winter Jam will be presented on a 360º “in the
round” center stage, showcasing a diverse lineup helmed by supergroup Newsboys
United.
Kicking off January
11 at Jacksonville, Florida’s Veterans Memorial Arena, Winter Jam is
scheduled to hit a total of 44 cities, making stops at Atlanta’s State Farm
Arena; Kansas City’s Sprint Center; PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh;
Cincinnati’s U.S.Bank Arena; Bridgestone Arena in Nashville; and Norfolk,
Virginia’s Scope Arena, among numerous other top venues, before concluding
March 31 at Cleveland’s Wolstein Center.
Comprised of current members Michael Tait, Duncan Phillips, Jeff Frankenstein
and Jody Davis, along with former members Peter Furler and Phil Joel, Newsboys
United are set to take the WinterJam stage to deliver a string of the biggest hits
from the iconic band’s three-decade career. One of the most popular groups in
Christian music history, Newsboys have sold more than 8 million units and
amassed eight Gold® certifications, 33 #1 radio hits,four GRAMMY® nominations,
two American Music Award nominations and multiple Dove Awards.
Winter Jam’s 2019 blockbuster lineup
continues with GRAMMY®-nominated former “American Idol” finalist Danny Gokey;
GRAMMY®-winning recording artist and "Overcomer" hitmaker
Mandisa; Northern Ireland's "Count Every Blessing" worshippers Rend
Collective; Skillet drummer and female solo rocker LEDGER;GRAMMY®-nominated
tour creators and hosts NewSong; and Dove Award-nominated Gotee recording
artist Hollyn. In addition, the Pre-Jam Party is slated to feature hip-hop recording
artist Ty Brasel; rockers Manic Drive; singer/songwriter DanBremnes; and
special guest former Stellar Kart and Audio Adrenaline frontman Adam Agee. The tour will also include a Gospel
presentation from Dare2Share speakers Greg Stieror Zane Black.
Created and hosted by one of Christian music’s most influential bands, NewSong,
Winter Jam exploded from a single show in 1995 to become the genre's benchmark
tour. Throughouttwo decades, Winter Jam has helped provide a powerful platform
for the Gospel in major arenas nationwide, consistently showcasing Christian
music's biggest artists.
Earlier this year Winter Jam was crowned the top first quarter music tour in
the world. Landing at #2 on Pollstar’s
“20181Q YTD Worldwide Ticket Sales Top 100 Tours” chart, the Winter Jam 2018
Tour Spectacular took the top spot of all music tours, following #1 outing
“Disney On Ice.” This year Winter Jam hit a total of 46 cities across the
country from January through March, boasting 17 sold-out shows.
“Winter Jam 2019”
DATE: Friday Jan. 11, 2019
TIME: 7 p.m.
Doors Open: 6 p.m.
TICKETS: $15 at the door
LOCATION: JAX Veterans Memorial Arena
300 A Philip Randolph Blvd., Downtown
Jacksonville,
FL 32202
(904)
630-3900
