DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND, PRINCE ADDS SECOND "WELCOME 2 CHICAGO" SHOW
BOTH SHOWS TO SUPPORT “REBUILD THE DREAM”
LOS ANGELES, CA (September 5th, 2012) Prince, one of the most prolific and groundbreaking
artists of our time, announced his return to Chicago last week with a show at the United Center on September 24th.
Due to overwhelming demand, he has quickly announced the addition of a
second show to take place the very next day, Tuesday, September
25th, also at United Center. Both shows will be in support of
Rebuild the Dream. Rebuild the
Dream, founded by Van Jones, is a mobilization of hundreds of thousands
of everyday people—from seniors to students, moms, dads, brothers and
sisters—who come together
to build strong vibrant communities and to fix our economy from the
ground up.
Tickets for both shows go on sale to the public on Thursday, September 6th at 10am Central Time at LiveNation.com.
On site at the United Center, Prince and
Rebuild the Dream will offer opportunities to learn about, support, and
take part in rebuilding vibrant and sustainable communities.
Socially-conscious
businesses, tech start-ups, entrepreneurs, and other innovators will
offer specific tools that individuals and communities can use to improve
their economic situation in the short- as well as long-term.
The collaboration is part
of ongoing efforts of Rebuild the Dream to engage artists and the
creative community in telling the stories of real people affected by our
broken economy
and lifting up new, innovative solutions to rebuild our communities and
create a better and fairer economic future.
“We couldn’t be more
excited about partnering with a legend like Prince,” said Van Jones,
Co-founder and President of Rebuild the Dream. “Our economic system is
broken. Rebuild the
Dream exists to unite arts and organize into a potent force to support
the Dreams of Our Communities. There are few artists who have Prince’s
unwavering commitment to a vision of a sustainable, fair economic
future.”
Rebuild the Dream is a
platform for bottom-up, people-powered innovations to help fix the
economy not just here in the U.S. but Globally as well. Using
21st-century digital technology,
we advance highly inventive solutions that are designed to protect and
expand our communities, while creating pathways to prosperity for those
who are locked out of it. Our goal is to put People back to work—and
pull our communities back together. For additional
information visit RebuildTheDream.com.
The upcoming Chicago dates will mark Prince first return to the area since 2004.
With Prince's Welcome 2
America New York show, Rolling Stone said, “He had the crowd panting as
soon as he hit the stage…It was unbelievably great. Do you go to a
Prince show for predictable
consistency? Ah, no. You go for moments of divinely inspired madness —
and last night, he delivered as many of those as a fan could expect.”
The New York Daily News
raved, “Prince worthy of all royal accolades…The hit-friendly show had a
kinetic confidence and racing pace that spoke of his singular place in
pop history,”
while the New York Times said “It’s easy to envision Prince as another
Chuck Berry or James Brown, barnstorming for decades to come.”
About Live Nation Entertainment:
Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment and ecommerce company, comprised of four market leaders:
Ticketmaster.com, Live Nation Concerts, Front Line Management Group and Live Nation Network. Ticketmaster.com
is the global event ticketing leader and one of the world’s top five
ecommerce sites, with almost 27 million monthly unique visitors. Live
Nation Concerts produces over 22,000 shows annually for more than 2,300
artists globally. Front Line is the world’s
top artist management company, representing over 250 artists. These
businesses power Live Nation Network, the leading provider of
entertainment marketing solutions, enabling nearly 800 advertisers to
tap into the 200 million consumers Live Nation delivers
annually through its live event and digital platforms. For additional
information, visit
www.livenation.com/investors.
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