Lonestar Coming To EIU's Lantz Arena
Aug-11-2004
Eastern Illinois University announces that tickets for the Friday, Sept. 10, performance by LONESTAR will go on sale to the general public Friday, Aug. 27, at a cost of $22 per ticket.
Tickets for EIU students (priced at $17, with Panther Card ID) will go on sale Thursday, Aug. 19.
All tickets may be purchased through the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Ticket Office, in-person or via phone at (217) 581-5122. Visa and MasterCard will be accepted. Regular ticket office hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, with special hours set for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21.
Lonestar, a popular country band composed of four "good ole boys from Texas," plans to perform at 7 p.m. Sept. 10, in EIU's Lantz Arena. After completing a successful run on its "Acoustic on the Front Porch Tour" last fall and winter, the band is now on the road to promote its new album, "Let's Be Us Again."
Band members promise a show packed full of fan favorites, including "I'm Already There," "No News," "What About Now," "Amazed" and "My Front Porch Looking In," plus new material and some special surprises.
Throughout the course of its career, Lonestar (http://www.lonestar.mu/) has earned nine number one hits, "Vocal Group of the Year" honors from the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music, and six Grammy nominations. In addition, the band has accumulated more than 8 million units in album sales.
Lonestar also has received an array of honors recognizing its members' humanitarian efforts for their work to benefit several charities, including St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis .
Opening for Lonestar will be Jimmy Wayne ( http://www.jimmywayne.com/).
This concert is being sponsored by University Board, a student-programming board responsible for major entertainment events at EIU.
