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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: MOLLY SOMMERHALDER TEL / E-MAIL: 414-273-7121 X399 [email protected] ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMER, DARLENE LOVE, BRINGS HER LOVE FOR THE HOLIDAYS SHOW TO THE MARCUS CENTER’S UIHLEIN HALL ON DECEMBER 15! Tickets On Sale on this Friday, September 25 at Noon! MILWAUKEE, WI (Tuesday, September 22, 2015) – Marcus Center Presents series, sponsored by Envoy Restaurant and Lounge, will celebrate the Holidays with the powerful voice of Darlene Love in Love the Holidays, on Tuesday, December 15 at 7:30 pm in Uihlein Hall. Tickets go on sale this Friday, September 25 at 12:00 pm. Tickets can be purchased at the Marcus Center Box Office at 929 North Water Street, online at Ticketmaster.com or MarcusCenter.org or by phone at 4142737206. Groups 10 or more SAVE! and should call Group Sales at 4142737121 x210.

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Page 1: ROCK&ROLLHALLOF!FAMER,DARLENELOVE, BRINGSHER! … · 2019. 2. 14. · the!festivities,!Darlene!also!sang!“He’s!AFine,FineBoy”backedbyanother distinguishedfan,BruceSpringsteen.!!

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: MOLLY SOMMERHALDER TEL / E-MAIL: 414-273-7121 X399

[email protected]

 

   

ROCK  &  ROLL  HALL  OF  FAMER,  DARLENE  LOVE,  BRINGS  HER  LOVE  FOR  THE  HOLIDAYS  SHOW  TO  

THE  MARCUS  CENTER’S  UIHLEIN  HALL  ON  DECEMBER  15!  

 Tickets  On  Sale  on  this  Friday,  September  25  at  Noon!  

   MILWAUKEE,  WI  (Tuesday,  September  22,  2015)  –  Marcus  Center  Presents  series,  sponsored  by  Envoy  Restaurant  and  Lounge,  will  celebrate  the  Holidays  with  the  powerful  voice  of  Darlene  Love  in  Love  the  Holidays,  on  Tuesday,  December  15  at  7:30  pm  in  Uihlein  Hall.  Tickets  go  on  sale  this  Friday,  September  25  at  12:00  pm.  Tickets  can  be  purchased  at  the  Marcus  Center  Box  Office  at  929  North  Water  Street,  online  at  Ticketmaster.com  or  MarcusCenter.org  or  by  phone  at  414-­‐273-­‐7206.  Groups  10  or  more  SAVE!  and  should  call  Group  Sales  at  414-­‐273-­‐7121  x210.    

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Darlene  Love  is  the  voice  that  helped  launch  a  hundred  hits  from  He’s  a  Rebel,  (Today  I  Met)  the  Boy  I’m  Gonna  Marry,  and  Christmas  (Baby  Please  Come  Home),  which  she  sang  during  the  glory  days  of  the  girl-­‐group  era  to  the  countless  songs  she  sang  backup  on  for  artists  like  Sam  Cooke,  Elvis  Presley,  Dionne  Warwick,  Cher  and  Aretha  Franklin.  Darlene  Love  is  still  blazing  a  trail  of  success  in  the  music  industry  with  a  landmark  appearance  in  the  Oscar  winning  documentary  20  Feet  From  Stardom,  a  forthcoming  biopic  produced  by  Oprah  as  well  as  a  new  album  produced  by  Steve  Van  Zandt.    Rock  and  Roll  Hall  of  Fame  inductee  Darlene  Love  brings  her  Love  for  the  Holidays  tour  to  Milwaukee  for  the  very  first  time.    It’s  no  wonder  the  New  York  Times  raves:  “Darlene  Love’s  thunderbolt  voice  is  as  embedded  in  the  history  of  rock  and  roll  as  Eric  Clapton’s  guitar  or  Bob  Dylan’s  lyrics.”  Through  the  years,  Darlene  Love  continues  to  captivate  audiences  worldwide  with  her  warm,  gracious  stage  presence  and  sensational  performances.  Since  the  early  sixties,  as  part  of  Phil  Spector’s  ‘wall  of  sound’  hit  factory,  this  great  lady  has  done  it  all…from  major  motion  pictures  like  the  highly  successful  Lethal  Weapon  series  to  Broadway  hits  like  Hairspray  and  Grease.  She  even  starred  as  herself  in  Leader  Of  The  Pack,  credited  as  Broadway’s  first  ‘jukebox  musical.’  Darlene  has  appeared  on  numerous  television  programs,  running  the  gamut  from  her  weekly  appearances  on  Shindig  to  a  recent  guest  spot  on  the  PBS  special  entitled  Women  Who  Rock.    An  autobiographical  film  is  currently  on  the  drawing  board  and  another  recent  film  Twenty  Feet  from  Stardom  that  prominently  features  Darlene,  just  landed  the  Academy  Award  this  March.  When  Darlene  went  on  stage  to  be  greeted  with  the  Oscar  on  behalf  of  all  the  film  participants,  she  burst  into  song  and  won  a  standing  ovation  from  the  Academy  audience  led  by  the  wildly  applauding  Bill  Murray.  Soon  after  this,  it  was  announced  by  Oprah  Winfrey  that  a  film  on  Darlene’s  life  was  in  production  and  will  star  Toni  Braxton  as  a  young  Darlene  Love.  This  is  expected  for  early  2015.  Darlene  is  currently  working  on  a  new  CD  being  produced  by  Stevie  Van  Sandt.  Steve  wrote  a  special  song  for  her,  “All  Alone  on  Christmas,”  which  Darlene  sang  on  screen  in  Home  Alone  2  –  a  holiday  TV  favorite  every  year.    Darlene’s  background  vocals  as  a  lead  member  of  The  Blossoms  for  Tom  Jones,  The  Righteous  Brothers,  Dionne  Warwick,  Marvin  Gaye,  and  Elvis  Presley  (to  name  but  a  few)  set  the  stage  for  her  emergence  as  a  star  in  her  own  right.  Her  Billboard  hits  include:  “He’s  A  Rebel,”  “The  Boy  I’m  Gonna  Marry,”  “Wait  ‘Til  My  Bobby  Gets  Home,”  “He’s  Sure  the  Boy  I  Love”  and  the  #1  holiday  classic  “Christmas  Baby  Please  Come  Home,”  a  song  that  she  performs  annually  with  Paul  Shaffer  and  the  CBS  Symphony  Orchestra  on  The  Late  Show  With  David  Letterman  (December  marked  her  27th  appearance).    In  2011,  Darlene  Love  received  her  industry’s  highest  award  when  Better  Midler,  a  great  fan  of  her  work,  inducted  her  into  the  Rock  and  Roll  Hall  of  Fame.  During  the  celebration,  the  two  ladies  enjoyed  performing  “He’s  A  Rebel”  together.  As  part  of  

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the  festivities,  Darlene  also  sang  “He’s  A  Fine,  Fine  Boy”  backed  by  another  distinguished  fan,  Bruce  Springsteen.    Rolling  Stone  Magazine  has  proclaimed  Darlene  Love  to  be  “one  of  the  greatest  singers  of  all  time”  and  that  certainly  rings  true,  but  perhaps  Paul  Shaffer  says  it  even  more  concisely:  “Darlene  Love  is  Rock  N’  Roll!”    For  more  information  on  Darlene  Love,  visit  darleneloveworld.com/newalbum/.    

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