{"id":22113,"date":"2024-09-16T19:53:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T19:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.mohegansun.com\/?p=22113"},"modified":"2024-09-16T19:53:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T19:53:18","slug":"legendary-band-earth-wind-fire-bringing-funk-and-nostalgia-to-mohegan-sun-arena-december-18th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsroom.mohegansun.com\/2024\/09\/16\/legendary-band-earth-wind-fire-bringing-funk-and-nostalgia-to-mohegan-sun-arena-december-18th\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Band Earth, Wind & Fire Bringing Funk and Nostalgia to Mohegan Sun Arena December 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Tickets On Sale Friday, September 20th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n UNCASVILLE, CT (September 16, 2024) \u2013\u2013 On Wednesday, December 18th Mohegan Sun Arena<\/a> will host nine-time GRAMMY\u00ae Award winning icons and one of the best-selling bands of all time, Earth, Wind, & Fire<\/strong>, for an unforgettable night of music as they perform hours of hits spanning more than 50 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tickets go on sale Friday, September 20th at 10:00am via Ticketmaster.com<\/a>. Subject to availability, fans of Soul can purchase tickets at the Mohegan Sun Box Office starting on Saturday, September 21st.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earth, Wind & Fire are a music institution. In 1969, music legend Maurice White birthed the music force named after the elements from his very own astrological charts. With soul as deep as the planet, Earth, Wind & Fire charted a history that will live on forever. They\u2019ve scored eight number one hits and have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide. They\u2019ve released 23 albums; eight of those albums went Double Platinum and hit the Top 10, making them one of the best-selling artists of all time. They’ve won an impressive nine GRAMMY\u00ae Award<\/a>s including one for Lifetime Achievement (2012). In 2000, Earth, Wind & Fire was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, cementing their lasting impact on popular music and, in 2019, their contributions to arts and culture was acknowledged in Washington DC with the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors. ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mohegan Sun Arena<\/a>, one of the busiest sports and entertainment venues in the world today, was awarded the 2024 Newsweek<\/em> Readers\u2019 Choice award for \u201cBest Casino with Live Entertainment in America<\/a>\u201d. Mohegan Sun Arena was also named \u201cBest Casino\/Resort Venue of the Year\u201d at the 35th Annual Pollstar Awards<\/a>. In 2021, the 10,000-seat Arena also received its first \u201c#1 Indoor Arena\u201d ranking for its size in the world from Pollstar<\/em> and VenuesNow<\/em>. Mohegan Sun Arena is consistently recognized among the top five venues in the United States, and also in 2021 was named \u201cInnovator of the Year\u201d by Celebrity Access<\/em> for its ViacomCBS residency during the pandemic. In recent years, the \u201cMost Beloved Venue in America\u201d has also been named the \u201cWorld\u2019s Best Casino Venue,\u201d by Best of Hartford Magazine, and is a seven-time national award winner for \u201cArena of the Year\u201d by the Academy of Country Music Awards and G2E Las Vegas. For more information on concerts and other great events, visit Mohegan Sun<\/a>. For information on this week\u2019s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711.<\/p>\n\n\n\n # # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tickets On Sale Friday, September 20th UNCASVILLE, CT (September 16, 2024) \u2013\u2013 On Wednesday, December 18th Mohegan Sun Arena will host nine-time GRAMMY\u00ae Award winning icons and one of the best-selling bands of all time, Earth, Wind, & Fire, for an unforgettable night of music as they perform hours of hits spanning more than 50 years. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":22112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,4],"tags":[75,60,4945,32,26,37,78,67],"class_list":["post-22113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-generalnews","tag-arena","tag-concerts","tag-earth-wind-fire-2","tag-entertainment","tag-mohegan-sun","tag-mohegan-sun-arena","tag-music","tag-rock"],"yoast_head":"\n
The music of Earth, Wind & Fire is more alive than ever as they continue to inspire new audiences and thrill those who have been with them from the beginning. Like the elements in their name, Earth, Wind & Fire\u2019s music has withstood ever-changing trends in the world and shows no sign of vanishing as they continue to create joy and uplifting music that will forever reach a sacred universal atmosphere. From the funky and infectious \u201cLet\u2019s Groove\u201d to the timeless dance classic \u201cSeptember\u201d to the heartfelt \u201cReasons,\u201d Earth, Wind & Fire\u2019s catalog of hits has become the soundtrack to many lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n