Loretta Lynn, REO Speedwagon Coming To Honeywell Center
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WABASH - Two of America's leading touring and recording artists have scheduled concerts for this October at the Honeywell Center in downtown Wabash.
Country music legend and "The Coal Miner's Daughter" Loretta Lynn will perform in the Honeywell Center's Ford Theater Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. Tickets for the show go on sale July 22 at 8 a.m. and are $100, $69.50, $59.50 and $49.50 with a limit of 10 tickets per person.
Born in poverty in Butcher Hollow, Ky., married at the age of 14 and raising four children by the time she turned 20, Loretta Lynn went on to become the leading lady of country music and an American icon. She was immortalized in the 1980 movie of her life story "The Coal Miner's Daughter," portrayed by Cissy Spacek.
Lynn's hits included "Honky Tonk Girl," "Dear Uncle Sam," "One's On the Way," "This Squaw Is on the Warpath," "The Pill" and "Don't Come Home a Drinkin', With Lovin' on Your Mind."REO Speedwagon - providing another October event at the Honeywell Center - started by playing fraternity parties at the University of Illinois in Champaign and went on to become one of the most popular classic rock bands in America. The band will be in Wabash Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets for the show will also go on sale July 22 at 8 a.m. The prices are $100, $69.50, $59.50 and $49.50 with a limit of 10 tickets per person.
After getting the band rolling in Champaign relentless touring and a hit single "Ridin' the Storm Out" paved the way for REO Speedwagon's national recognition. Then in 1978 the group released "You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish," followed by 1980's "Hi Infidelity," which was the top selling album in the USA that year and one of the top 10 albums in sales in rock music history.
"Roll With The Changes," "Keep On Loving You," "Time For Me To Fly," "Golden Country" and "Take It On The Run" are a few of the many fan favorites REO performs.
Lead singer, guitarist and songwriter Kevin Cronin is joined by original band member Neal Doughty on keyboards and longtime members Dave Amato on guitar, Bruce Hall on bass and Bryan Hitt on drums.
All Honeywell Center tickets can be purchased by calling the box office at 260-563-1102, online at www.honeywellcenter.org or by dialing *tix from your Centennial Wireless phone.
