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2023-2024 SPOTLIGHT SERIES
from June 2023
by VIP Magazine
The FMU Performing Arts Center is pleased to announce its 2023-2024 Spotlight Series featuring diverse offerings including county, rock, Motown, Broadway, and more.
The season kicks off with country music icon Crystal Gayle, whose successes include Number 1 hits, decorated albums and awards from the Grammys, Country Music Association and American Music Awards. Her many hits include “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue,” “Talking in Your Sleep,” “Half the Way” and “When I Dream.”
Next up is Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone, of “I’m Into Something Good” fame. Noone’s performances are the stuff of legend, deftly delivering a broad palette of music, all gems that defined a generation. His other legendary hits include “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter,” and “I’m Henry VIII, I Am.”
Taking the stage next is one of rock’s most dynamic and purposeful bands, The Wallflowers. The group’s signature style has been present through the decades, baked into the grooves of smash hits like 1996’s “Bringing Down the Horse” with the hit single “One Headlight,” as well as more recent and exploratory fare like 2012’s “Glad All Over.”
Next, “American Pie” singer Don McLean will bring rock music that has held up for generations. Other hits include “Crying,” “And I Love You So,” “Vincent (Starry, Starry Night),” and “Castles in the Air.”
RUMORS: A Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band has taken the US by storm with their stage scorching renditions of Fleetwood Mac songs. They will make you dance, sing along at the top of your lungs, and you’ll even learn something new about Fleetwood Mac at each performance.
Forever Motown, featuring former members of The Four Tops, The Temptations, and the Marvelettes, will come together to deliver a genuine, soulful performance. The group features Theo Peoples, Glenn Carl Leonard, and Traci Robinson-Greene.
Direct from the UK, The Barricade Boys bring their West End party musical mashup, an electrifying show that takes the audience on a journey through the greatest musical eras of all time. The show combines music from famous Broadway musicals, as well as top hits throughout history from all genres.
Lastly, the PAC presents an Evening with Roger McGuinn, founding member of The Byrds. Mr. Tambourine Man not only lived history, he made history with his fearless sense of experimentation into the fusion of country and rock.
