CHRISTMAS WITH PATTI LABELLE & FRIENDS LIVE IN NYC! SATURDAY DECEMBER 22, 2007 @ UTOPIA'S PARADISE THEATER

STATIK ENT. INVITES YOU TO A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EVENT FEATURING LEGENDARY R&B/SOUL VOCALIST PATTI LABELLE. PATTI LABELLE IS THE ORIGINAL DIVA OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS. WITH A STRONG AND SOULFUL VOICE, SHE HAS BEEN A RECOGNIZABLE FIGURE IN THE MUSIC WORLD FOR OVER FORTY YEARS. THE TWO TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNER IS TAKING HER FOUR OCTAVE VOICE ON THE ROAD AGAIN AND SHE IS A TRUE TESTAMENT TO THE LEAPS AND BOUNDS THE WORLD OF RHYTHM AND BLUES HAS MADE SINCE HER START IN THE 1960'S. SHE HAS RELEASED MORE THAN TWO DOZEN ALBUMS AND SOLD MILLIONS OF RECORDS WORLDWIDE AND IS DEEMED ONE OF THE GREATEST VOCALISTS IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC.
SOUL DIVA PATTI LABELLE ENJOYED ONE OF THE LONGEST-LIVED CAREERS IN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, NOTCHING HITS IN A VARIETY OF SOUNDS RANGING FROM GIRL GROUP POP TO SPACE AGE FUNK TO LUSH BALLADS. BORN PATRICIA HOLT IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1944, SHE GREW UP SINGING IN A LOCAL BAPTIST CHOIR, AND IN 1960 FORMED A GROUP CALLED THE ORDETTES. A YEAR LATER, FOLLOWING THE ADDITIONS OF VOCALISTS NONA HENDRYX AND SARAH DASH, THE GROUP WAS RECHRISTENED THE BLUE BELLES AND SCORED A TOP 20 POP AND R&B HIT IN 1962 WITH THE SINGLE "I SOLD MY HEART TO THE JUNKMAN," SUBSEQUENTLY HITTING THE CHARTS IN 1964 WITH RENDITIONS OF "DANNY BOY" AND "YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE." BY 1973, LABELLE HAD GONE GLAM, TAKING THE STAGE IN WILDLY THEATRICAL, FUTURISTIC COSTUMES; A YEAR LATER HER GROUP BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACT EVER TO APPEAR AT NEW YORK'S METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, A LANDMARK PERFORMANCE THAT ALSO INTRODUCED THEIR LONE CHART-TOPPING SINGLE, THE FAMOUS CLASSIC "LADY MARMALADE." AFTER TWO MORE ALBUMS, LABELLE MOUNTED A SOLO CAREER, ISSUING HER EPONYMOUS DEBUT IN 1977.
PATTI WENT ON TO SCORE NUMBER ONE R&B HITS IN 1983 AND ALSO REACHED THE POP TOP 20 WITH HER BEVERLY HILLS COP SOUNDTRACK CONTRIBUTION "NEW ATTITUDE." HER 1986'S "THE WINNER IN YOU" WENT PLATINUM AND SHE FOLLOWED IT UP WITH 1989'S BE YOURSELF WORKING ALONGSIDE ROCK LEGEND, PRINCE. LABELLE'S CAREER EVOLVED IN THE NEXT MILLENIUM AS SHE RECORDED DUETS WITH MARY J. BLIGE, ELTON JOHN, AND RELEASED NUMEROUS WORKS AS WELL AS BOOKS. PATTI LABELLE IS KNOWN FOR A VOICE THAT PRACTICALLY DEFINES THE R&B GENRE. LONG RECOGNIZED FOR HER GOSPEL-FLAVORED SOUL, SHE IS NOW OUT ON THE ROAD PERFORMING THE HITS THAT MADE HER A LEGEND. PATTI LABELLE CONCERT TICKETS ARE A GREAT GET FOR ANYONE WHO LOVES R&B AND SOUL, AND MS. LABELLE IS KNOWN TO NEVER DISAPPOINT HER AUDIENCE WITH HER ENERGETIC AND ENGAGING PERFORMANCES. LABELLE HAS BEEN PLAYING TO HER LOYAL LEGION OF FANS FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND PATTI LABELLE TICKETS WILL BE A LIVING TRIBUTE TO HER MUSICAL LONGEVITY. SHE'S PERFORMED LIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, CARNEGIE HALL, AND JUST ABOUT EVERY WORLD-CLASS VENUE ONE CAN NAME. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER AND FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, EVERYONE'S FAVORITE R&B LEGEND IS COMING TO THE BIG APPLE! SO, GET READY FOR A NIGHT PACKED WITH EXCITEMENT AND SURPRISES AS THIS SOUL DIVA TAKES TO THE STAGE LIVE AT THE BRONX IN UTOPIA'S PARADISE THEATER! V.I.P. - $100 ORCHESTRA - $85 MEZZANINE - $75, $65


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