Phoenix: RICK SPRINGFIELD CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF “WORKING CLASS DOG”

SIRIUSXM PRESENTS THE ‘80s TOUR OF THE YEAR
RICK SPRINGFIELD
CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF “WORKING CLASS DOG”
with CO-HEADLINERS MEN AT WORK
and SPECIAL GUEST JOHN WAITE
AUGUST 29TH at CELEBRITY THEATRE

Danny Zelisko Presents welcomes the ‘80s tour of the year featuring co-headliners Rick Springfield and Men At Work with special guestJohn Waite to the historic Celebrity Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, August 29th. Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 1st at celebritytheatre.com

Grammy winning singer/songwriter/author/actor Rick Springfield has a busy summer planned. In honor of the 40th anniversary of his biggest selling and most memorable album to date, Working Class Dog, the ’80s icon has invited fellow superstars Grammy winners Men At Work to co-headline the bill with special guest, John Waite, on an 18-date concert tour. The tour kicks off August 5th in St. Augustine, Florida and makes stops across America including dates in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Atlantic City, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Los Angeles (tour dates listed below).

Working Class Dog was released in 1981 and sent Springfield into superstardom with the smash hit songs “I’ve Done Everything For You,” “Love Is Alright Tonite” and the global chart topper “Jessie’s Girl.” He went on to sell over 40 million albums and score a breathtaking 17 top 40 hits including “Don’t Talk To Strangers,” “Affair Of The Heart,” “Celebrate Youth,” “Love Somebody” and “Human Touch” in his stellar 41+ year career.

The tour is presented by Sirius XM’s ‘80s on 8. Springfield is also a member of the SiriusXM family with his popular weekly radio show Working Class DJ on SiriusXM’s ‘80s On 8 channel. An exclusive interview with Springfield, Colin Hay (front man of Men At Work), and John Waite by original MTV-VJ and SiriusXM host Mark Goodman was aired today on SiriusXM’s Volume channel.

Springfield says, “Colin, John and I were joking before the interview about the fact that we’re all immigrants to America. We all have lived in California for many years. In fact, we’ve nicknamed this tour “Wild Colonial Boys” and I can’t wait to travel and perform with these magnificent musicians and good friends.” Hay is originally from Scotland, however, he formed Men At Work in Melbourne, Australia. Springfield was born and raised in Melbourne. Waite hails from Leicester, England.

Grammy winners Men At Work are arguably one of the biggest bands of the ‘80s selling over 30 million albums worldwide and scoring two #1 singles in the US (“Down Under” and “Who Can It Be Now”); and three others in the Top 10 (“Be Good Johnny,” “Overkill” and “It’s A Mistake.”) The tour celebrates the 40th anniversary of the band’s debut album Business As Usual and is the first extensive tour of the US in over 20 years.

John Waite, another giant MTV-era star, has enjoyed massive success not only as a solo artist with the hits “Missing You” (#1) and “Change “ (Top 10) but also as the lead singer of the highly influential power pop band The Babys, as well as the supergroup Bad English. The Babys are best known for the hit songs “Isn’t It Time” and “Every time I Think Of You,” while Bad English scored a #1 hit with “When I See You Smile.”

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Reserved tickets ($35, $57, $97 and $125) go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 1st at www.celebritytheatre.com. All tickets are subject to sales tax, facility and ticketing surcharges. Celebrity Theatre is located at 440 N. 32nd St., in Phoenix.

Tour dates:
August 5 – Saint Augustine, FL – The Saint Augustine Amphitheatre
August 6 – Stockbridge, GA (Atlanta) – Stockbridge Amphitheater
August 7 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
August 10 – Catoosa, OK – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
August 12 – Newkirk, OR – 7 Clans First Council Casino
August 13 – Irving, TX (Dallas) – The Pavilion @ Toyota Music Factory
August 14 – Sugar Land, TX (Houston) – Smart Financial Theatre
August 18 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
August 19 – Atlantic City, NJ – The Borgata Casino Resort
August 20 – Grantville, PA – Hollywood Casino
August 25 – Kettering, OH – Fraze Pavilion
August 26 – Toledo, OH – Toledo Zoo Amphitheater
August 29 – Phoenix, AZ – Celebrity Theatre
August 27 – Bay City, MI – Wenonah Park
August 30 – Inglewood, CA (Los Angeles) – YouTube Theatre
September tba – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
September 2 – Lincoln, CA – Thunder Valley Resort & Casino
September 3 – Las Vegas, NV – Fremont Street Experience (free to the public)

About Danny Zelisko Presents: Danny Zelisko has been bringing shows to the Southwest since 1974. He founded the legendary Evening Star Productions in 1976, helping make the Southwest a viable stop on most contemporary tours, producing thousands of shows over the years. Danny proudly partnered Grateful Dead shows with Bill Graham Presents in Phoenix and Las Vegas in the ’80s and ’90s.

About Celebrity Theatre: Celebrity Theatre is one of Phoenix’s most intriguing historic landmarks. The venue opened in 1964 with the musical “South Pacific” starring Betsy Palmer. In the years since, it has hosted such stars as George Carlin, Joe Cocker, Carol Channing, Billy Joel, Def Leppard, Smashing Pumpkins, Louis CK, Chris Rock, David Bowie, B.B. King, Nat King Cole, Roger Daltrey, Don Rickles and Fleetwood Mac among many other legendary performers. For more than 50 years, the facility has provided patrons with the ultimate in entertainment viewing featuring an extremely rare revolving stage and no seat is more than 70 feet away from the stage!