Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Announces Grammy Award-Winning Vocalist Leann Rimes Comes to Santa Rosa to Spread Holiday Cheer with “Today Is Christmas” Tour
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact for Wells Fargo Center for the Arts: James Smith | Charles Zukow Associates 415.296.0677 or [email protected] Media Contact for LeAnn Rimes: Marcel Pariseau |323.957.0730 | [email protected] Emily Clay |323.957.0730 | [email protected] Joey Monroe |323-957-0730 | [email protected] Print quality images available: http://wellsfargocenterarts.org/media/ Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Announces Grammy Award-Winning Vocalist LeAnn Rimes Comes to Santa Rosa to Spread Holiday Cheer with “Today is Christmas” Tour Tickets on Friday, August 14 at Noon! SANTA ROSA, CA (August 11, 2015) – Wells Fargo Center for the Arts announced today world renowned GRAMMY® Award winning vocalist LeAnn Rimes will make her way to Santa Rosa for her annual holiday themed tour “Today is Christmas” on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for LeAnn Rimes are $59 and $49 and go on sale Friday, August 14 at Noon. They are available online at wellsfargocenterarts.org, by calling 707-546-3600, and in person at the box office at 50 Mark West Springs Road in Santa Rosa. This year’s “Today is Christmas” tour harmonizes with the release of LeAnn Rimes’ new Christmas album also called, “Today is Christmas,” due out this fall. The album is a special project with Kobalt Label Services partnering in the release. The tour will also feature many of LeAnn Rimes’ greatest hits as well as introduce Ellee Duke as her opening act. “I wait for Christmas all year long, it’s my absolute favorite holiday;” says Rimes, “I can’t wait to share some of my new original Christmas songs with my fans as well as my favorite classics. I am looking forward to making more holiday memories with my fans this year.” LeAnn Rimes has global sales of more than 42 million units, won two Grammy® Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards, two World Music Awards, one Country Music Association Award, one Dove Award and 12 Billboard Music Awards. Rimes is the youngest recipient of a Grammy® Award, and is also the first country recording artist to win in the "Best New Artist" category. Rimes has placed 42 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 13 of which are top-10 hits, and has scored numerous hit singles in her career, including "Can't Fight the Moonlight" which went #1 in 11 countries, and "How Do I Live," which is the second longest charting song ever on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Tickets for LeAnn Rimes are $59 and $49 and go on sale Friday, August 14 at Noon. They are available online at wellsfargocenterarts.org, by calling 707-546-3600, and in person at the box office at 50 Mark West Springs Road in Santa Rosa. PRINT QUALITY IMAGES AVAILABLE: http://wellsfargocenterarts.org/media/ About Wells Fargo Center for the Arts A 501(c)(3) non-profit arts and events center, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts is home to world-class performances, nationally recognized education programs, contemporary visual art, and many popular civic events. The Arts Center is located in the heart of the Sonoma wine country and ranked among California’s top performing arts presenters. Together with its resident companies, the Center presents more than 100 performances in music, dance, theater, renowned speakers, and comedy; provides education programs serving 30,000 children and adults; and hosts more than 1,000 community events a year. Owned and operated by the Luther Burbank Memorial Foundation, the Center relies on charitable community donations to achieve its mission – to enrich, educate, and entertain. www.wellsfargocenterarts.org ### .