Tickets for Gordon Lightfoot's June 21 Eisenhower Concert on Sale March 28
March 26, 2008
Tickets go on sale at 8 a.m. Friday, March 28, for singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot's 7 p.m. Saturday, June 21, performance in Penn State's Eisenhower Auditorium. The legendary balladeer weaves tales of love and longing in eloquent songs that have become enduring standards.
Tickets for the promoter-presented concert are $49 for the general public and $39 for students. Buy tickets online at www.cpa.psu.edu or by phone at (814) 863-0255. Outside the local calling area, dial 1-800-ARTS-TIX. Tickets are also on sale at four State College locations: Eisenhower Auditorium (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays), Penn State Tickets Downtown (10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday), HUB-Robeson Center (11 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays) and Bryce Jordan Center (10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays).
Lightfoot's poetic journeys have been told with such timeless, thought-provoking songs as "If You Could Read My Mind," "Sundown," "Early Morning Ran," "Carefree Highway," "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "Canadian Railroad Trilogy."
Combined with his rich baritone voice and nimble guitar technique, Lightfoot's songwriting talent has led him from the 1960s coffeehouse scene in his native Canada to American pop hits with his groundbreaking multi-platinum albums. He has earned accolades ranging from five Grammy Award nominations to 17 Canadian Juno Awards. Canada's Walk of Fame honored him as a charter member, and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame recently inducted him.
Singers who have recorded his music include Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul & Mary, Barbara Streisand, Jane's Addiction, Glen Campbell, Olivia Newton-John, Sarah McLachlan and Nanci Griffith.
"Every time I hear a song of his, it's like I wish it would last forever," Bob Dylan said.
Lightfoot almost died in 2002 from an acute abdominal aneurysm that left him in a coma for six weeks, but he has fully recovered and continues to tour occasionally with his core band of talented acoustic musicians.
Contact: Laura Sullivan, 814-863-6379