Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces their 2024 Tanglewood Popular Artist Series (Lenox, MA.)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Announces
2024 TANGLEWOOD POPULAR ARTIST SERIES!
Upcoming Performances at TANGLEWOOD include JOHN FOGERTY, ROGER DALTRY, KOOL & THE GANG WITH EN VOGUE, JON BATISTE AND MORE!
Tickets may be purchased through tanglewood.org or by calling # 617-266-1200 on Monday-Friday, 10:00am to 4:00pm and Saturday 12:30 to 4:30pm.
Overall capacity for POPULAR ARTIST SERIES events is 18,000; the Lawn accommodates 13,000 and The Shed 5,000.
For information about accessible seats and other accommodations, call # 617-638-9431 or email access@bso.org, or visit tanglewood.org/accessibility.
The TANGLEWOOD Box Office will be open for in-person ticket purchases on March 19, 20, & 21, 2024 between 10:00am and 3:00pm.
Tickets for POPULAR ARTIST SERIES concerts and other TANGLEWOOD concerts and events may be purchased at the Symphony Hall Box Office during regular Box Office hours.
POPULAR ARTIST tickets are available for mobile delivery or for Box Office-Will Call pickup only.
Mobile tickets will appear on the purchaser’s device five days prior to the concert.
Will Call tickets may be picked up at the TANGLEWOOD Box Office starting five days prior to the concert.
Some artists have strict limits on the number of tickets purchased per person.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra recently announced its 86th TANGLEWOOD SUMMER SEASON, including the POPULAR ARTIST SERIES which kicks off Thursday, June 20 at 7:00pm, pairing classic rockers John Fogerty with Special Guests George Thorogood and the Destroyers and Hearty Har.
The POPULAR ARTIST SERIES at the TANGLEWOOD MUSIC FESTIVAL brings a parade of classic rock, contemporary pop, and R&B stars to the Koussevitzky Music Shed between June 20 and Independence Day.
Previously announced dates include the SOLD-OUT 50th anniversary performances of JAMES TAYLOR AND HIS ALL-STAR BAND on July 3 and 4, AN EVENING WITH THE PRETENDERS on July 16, the triple bill of JUDY COLLINS, RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, and INDIGO GIRLS on August 30, and DISPATCH with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops on August 31.
The POPULAR ARTIST SERIES began in 1968 when TANGLEWOOD decided to expand its musical offerings with the creation of “Contemporary Trends” concerts – a precursor to today’s POPULAR ARTIST SERIES.
Originally conceived as an extension of the Festival of Contemporary Music by Gunther Schuller, the purpose of the series was to present performances by popular groups representing important trends in contemporary music outside the sphere of Western “classical” music.
The first few years included performances by The Association, Chet Atkins, Chicago, Miles Davis, Modern Jazz Quartet and Ravi Shankar.
Over the years the POPULAR ARTIST SERIES has welcomed Jefferson Airplane, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Jackson Browne, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Sting, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr and Earth Wind and Fire.
ABOUT JOHN FOGERTY
As lead singer and guitarist of Creedence Clearwater Revival, JOHN FOGERTY won a Grammy and was inducted into both the Rock and Roll and Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The POPULAR ARTIST SERIES kicks off Thursday, June 20 at 7:00pm, pairing classic rockers John Fogerty with Special Guests George Thorogood and the Destroyers and Hearty Har.
Thorogood’s high-energy boogie-blues sound made him a staple 1980s rock radio.
Their highly anticipated “Celebration Tour” marks a significant milestone as it's the first time FOGERTY is performing his songs since acquiring ownership of his extensive song catalog.
Hearty Har features FOGERTY'S sons Shane and Tyler.
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ABOUT ROGER DALTRY
The Who’s founding lead singer ROGER DALTRY returns to TANGLEWOOD on Saturday, June 22 at 7:00pm with Very Special Guest KT Tunstall.
DALTRY, who starred in 1973 and 1975 films by Ken Russell ("TOMMY" and "LISZTOMANIA"), last performed in the Shed in 2018 with the Boston Pops and Tommy in Concert.
Inducted to the Rock and Hall of Fame with The Who, DALTRY has released 10 solo studio albums and was awarded a CBE by Queen Elizabeth for his service to music and charity.
In crafting a completely new show, DALTRY presents not only Who hits but also Who rarities, solo hits, and other songs from his incredible near 60-year career, performed with a new semi-acoustic rock-based band.
DALTRY will also share some anecdotes from his life in and out of music by way of a Q and A.
The Grammy nominated Tunstall burst onto the music scene with her 2004 multi-platinum debut, "Eye to the Telescope," which spawned the global hits “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” and “Suddenly I See.”
Tunstall last performed at TANGLEWOOD in 2019 with Squeeze.
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ABOUT KOOL & THE GANG AND EN VOGUE
Two-time Grammy winners KOOL & THE GANG will bring their R&B, funk, soul, and disco hits to TANGLEWOOD audiences for the first time on Sunday, June 23 at 2:00pm.
Releasing 26 studio albums since forming in 1969, the group has earned seven American Music Awards and 31 gold and platinum records.
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Joining them are the R&B/soul trio EN VOGUE, who headlined last summer’s July Fourth Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular with original members Cindy Herron and Terry Ellis alongside Rhona Bennett.
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ABOUT JON BATISTE
Five-time Grammy Award-winning and Academy Award-winning singer, songwriter and composer, JON BATISTE will perform solo on Friday, June 28 at 7:00pm.
Nominated this year for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, “It Never Went Away,” recorded for his 2023 Netflix documentary "American Symphony," JON BATISTE made his TANGLEWOOD debut in 2021 with the Boston Pops.
He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award in 2021 for Best Original Score for the Disney-Pixar film "Soul."
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ABOUT BRANDI CARLILE
Eleven-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter BRANDI CARLILE returns to TANGLEWOOD on Sunday, June 30 at 6:00pm.
Known for spanning musical genres from country to folk to rock and admired for her activism, CARLILE has released seven studio albums since her self-titled breakout in 2005 and has won two Children’s and Family Emmy awards.
Her 2021 memoir "Broken Horses" debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list.
CARLILE made her TANGLEWOOD debut in 2022 with Indigo Girls who will be back this August with July Collins and Rufus Wainwright.
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ABOUT JASON MRAZ WITH THE BOSTON POPS
Two-time Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter and Songwriters Hall of Fame Honoree JASON MRAZ will make his TANGLEWOOD debut with THE BOSTON POPS on July 2 at 7:0PM.
JASON MRAZ released his eighth studio album, "Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride" (featuring the single “I Feel Like Dancing”) in 2023 and placed second on Season 32 of “Dancing With The Stars,” which aired live on ABC and remains streaming on Disney+.
MRAZ previously performed the role of "Dr. Pomatter" in the hit Broadway musical "Waitress."
THE BOSTON POPS will be conducted by Sean O’Loughlin, Principal Pops Conductor of the Victoria Symphony and of Symphoria in Syracuse, NY.
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ABOUT TANGLEWOOD
TANGLEWOOD, one of the country’s premier summer music festivals and summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1937, is located in the Berkshire Hills of Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. TANGLEWOOD is also the home of the TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER, the acclaimed summer music academy founded by Serge Koussevitzky in 1940. The TANGLEWOOD LEARNING INSTITUTE, housed in the new Linde Center for Music and Learning (2019), is the Festival’s newest programming, offering dynamic and leading-edge performances and events connecting patrons with musicians, artists, students, academics, and cultural leaders through wide-ranging activities. TANGLEWOOD also presents an annual Popular Artist Series in the Koussevitzky Music Shed (1938) and recital and chamber music concerts in Ozawa Hall (1997). TANGLEWOOD is a driver of more than $103 million in economic impact in the Berkshires each year, based on a 2018 third-party study by Stephen Sheppard, Professor of Economics at Williams College.
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