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The Milwaukee Theatre Welcomes
Country Music Hall of Fame members, The Oak Ridge Boys, are coming to Milwaukee for One Night Only!
Tickets On Sale this Friday, July 22!
MILWAUKEE, WI (July 19, 2016)- The Milwaukee Theatre is proud to welcome The Oak Ridge Boys Christmas Celebration Tour 2016 on Wednesday, November 30 at 7:30 pm at the Milwaukee Theatre. Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 22 at 12:00 pm and prices are $38.00, $48.00 or $68.00. Tickets can be purchased in person at Marcus Center Box Office at 929 North Water Street or the Milwaukee Theatre Box Office at 400 W. Kilbourn Ave, by phone at 414-273-7206 or 1-800-745-3000, or online at Ticketmaster.com or MarcusCenter.org. Groups 10+ SAVE! call 414-273-7121 x210 or 213.
The Oak Ridge Boys have a lot to celebrate! They are the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame; their recent Dove Award win brought their total to 9 Dove Awards – plus 5 GRAMMY Awards and too many ACM and CMA awards to list. The Oak Ridge Boys kick off this huge show with over 40 years of award winning music. The hits are endless, but they will be packed in! Including “Elvira” and “Bobbie Sue” along with your other favorites!
Then, after a short intermission, the stage is transformed and its Christmas! The trees are decorated, the snow is falling and Santa is there too! The Oak Ridge Boys treat you to Christmas favorites as only they can. From rollicking Santa songs to heartfelt standards, this show is a family favorite!
The Oak Ridge Boys are one of the most distinctive and recognizable sounds in the music industry. The four-part harmonies and upbeat songs of The Oak Ridge Boys have spawned dozens of Country hits and a Number One Pop smash, earned them Grammy, Dove, CMA, and ACM awards and garnered a host of other industry and fan accolades. Every time they step before an audience, the Oaks bring four decades of charted singles, and 50 years of tradition, to a stage show widely acknowledged as among the most exciting anywhere. And each remains as enthusiastic about the process as they have ever been.
“When I go on stage, I get the same feeling I had the first time I sang with The Oak Ridge Boys,” says lead singer Duane Allen. “This is the only job I've ever wanted to have.”
“Like everyone else in the group,” adds bass singer extraordinaire, Richard Sterban, “I was a fan of the Oaks before I became a member. I’m still a fan of the group today. Being in The Oak Ridge Boys is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.”
The two, along with tenor Joe Bonsall and baritone William Lee Golden, comprise one of Country's truly legendary acts. Their string of hits includes the Country-Pop chart-topper Elvira, as well as Bobbie Sue, Dream On, Thank God For Kids, American Made, I Guess It Never Hurts To Hurt Sometimes, Fancy Free, Gonna Take A Lot Of River and many others. In 2009, they covered a White Stripes song, receiving accolades from Rock reviewers. In 2011, they rerecorded a thirtieth anniversary version of Elvira for a Cracker Barrel Old Country Store project.
The group has scored 12 gold, three platinum, and one double platinum album— plus one double platinum single—and had more than a dozen national Number One singles and over 30 Top Ten hits.
For more information on The Oak Ridge Boys, visit oakridgeboys.com.
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ABOUT THE MILWAUKEE THEATRE The Milwaukee Theatre is Milwaukee and Wisconsin's largest and most elegant "destination" theater, home to an extensive calendar of concerts, Broadway musicals, family shows and assemblies of all kinds, and inheritor of a century-long legacy as a center of Milwaukee civic and cultural life. The Milwaukee Theatre, originally known as the Milwaukee Auditorium, was built in 1909 and was extensively renovated between 2001-2003, at which point it received its current name. It seats 4,086 people and can be configured into a more intimate venue for 2,500 guests. The Theatre has recently hosted Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard, Garrison Keillor, Vince Gill, Frankie Valli, and many more famous acts. For more information about the Milwaukee Theatre and events, visit www.MilwaukeeTheatre.com.