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COUNTRY SUPERSTAR DWIGHT YOAKAM ANNOUNCES
CHICAGO-AREA CONCERT, ONE-NIGHT-ONLY, APRIL 10 AT
AURORA’S PARAMOUNT THEATRE
Click here to download these photos of Dwight Yoakam.
AURORA, IL, February 20, 2013 – The Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora,
announced today country mega superstar Dwight Yoakam will perform one-night-only, Wednesday,
April 10, 2013 at 8 p.m.
Yoakam, who earlier this month sold out the very same concert at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium in
less than 30 minutes, is currently touring in support of country’s most critically-acclaimed album of 2012, 3
Pears. The Lone Bellow, one of the most talked about new bands this year, is Yoakam’s opening act.
Tickets are $50, $65 and $79. Tickets go on sale exclusively to Paramount’s 21,000+ Broadway and General
Season Subscribers at 10 a.m., Thursday, February 21. Paramount’s subscribers can purchase tickets by
calling 630-896-6666 or visiting the Paramount Box Office in person 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through
Saturday.
Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Saturday, February 23. Starting at 10 a.m. February 23,
tickets may be purchased online at ParamountAurora.com, by calling 630-896-6666, or in person during
regular Box Office hours.
More about Dwight Yoakam
Praised by the Associated Press as “one of the most consistently interesting country music visionaries of his
time” and honored at the 2012 6th Annual ACM Honors with the prestigious Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award,
Yoakam has sold more than 25 million albums, has 12 gold albums and nine platinum or multi-platinum
albums, including the triple platinum This Time. Five of his albums have topped Billboard’s Country Albums
chart with another fourteen landing in the Top 10. More than 30 singles have charted, with 22 Top 20 hits.
Yoakam has won two GRAMMY Awards and earned an impressive 21 nominations.
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With his latest album, 3 Pears, Yoakam has dominated best-of-2012 lists including Rolling Stone,
Entertainment Weekly, Village Voice, NPR, American Songwriter, Rhapsody and AOL’s The Boot. Meanwhile,
the album was just named the #2 album of the year in Nashville Scene’s 13th Annual Country Music Critics’
Poll, as well being named the third best male vocalist, #5 songwriter and #8 artist of the year. See the full
poll results here: http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/the-results/Content?oid=3230419
Dwight has been included in more critics’ year-end lists in 2012 than any other country artist. In addition, 3
Pears holds the record for the most weeks at #1 (eight) at Americana radio.
Here’s a sample of other praise for 3 Pears, which marks Yoakam’s 26th studio album and is his highestcharting debut on the Billboard 200 and Billboard Country Albums charts:
“For his first album of originals in seven years, trad-country torchbearer Yoakam had the inspired idea to call
on Beck to produce a couple of tracks. The result, in ‘A Heart Like Mine,’ hits you like a linebacker--a ringing,
clattering blend of Buck Owens-style California country and Sixties garage psychedelia.”
--Rolling Stone (December 2012)
“I'll name my favorite country album of the year: Dwight Yoakam’s 3 Pears, which is not just a return to form
for the honky-tonk singer, but also one of the most consistently pleasurable albums by anyone this year.”
--Ken Tucker, NPR (12/11/12)
“…Yoakam's wide ranging influences are fully integrated into the singular perspective of an artist. In other
words, it all comes out sounding like Dwight Yoakam--at his best. Sharp, conceptual, and full of adult
longing, this leap forward still honors the ol' Guitars Cadillacs."
-- Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice (12/21/12)
“[3 Pears]…has got hard shuffles, trebly guitars, steel-guitar solos, strong chorus hooks. It locates some
measure of cool within old obsessions…but doesn’t want to be contained…The voices are loud, the guitars
are louder.”
--Ben Ratliff, New York Times (9/17/12)
For more information, visit DwightYoakam.com.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=01SAn8ocxNE
Watch Dwight Yoakam perform his newest hit 3 Pears last October on The Jimmy Kimmel Show on NBC
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More music at the Paramount this spring, including Scotty McCreery, Stayin’ Alive, Herman’s Hermits...
In addition to Dwight Yoakam, Paramount presents one of the most diverse music entertainment line-ups in
Chicagoland including still this spring American Idol winner Scotty McCreery with opener Sarah Darling
(Mar. 28), Stayin’ Alive: One Night of the Bee Gees (Mar. 30); Stomp (Apr. 13 and 14); and Herman’s
Hermits with Peter Noone and The Ides of March (May 18). For tickets and information, visit
ParamountAurora.com, call 630-896-6666, or visit the Paramount Theatre Box Office, 23 E. Galena Blvd.,
Aurora, in person during regular Box Office hours.
About The Paramount Theatre
The Paramount Theatre is the center for performing arts, entertainment and arts education in Aurora, the
second largest city in Illinois. Named “One of Chicago’s Top 10 Attended Theaters” by the League of Chicago
Theaters, the 1,888-seat Paramount Theatre, located in the heart of downtown Aurora at 23 E. Galena
Boulevard, is nationally renowned for the quality and caliber of its presentations, superb acoustics and
historic beauty.
The Paramount Theatre continues to expand its artistic and institutional boundaries under the guidance of
President and CEO Tim Rater, Artistic Director Jim Corti, a dedicated Board of Trustees and a devoted staff
of live theater professionals.
The 2012-13 Paramount Theatre season is sponsored by The Beacon News and Naperville Sun. The 2012-13
Paramount Broadway Season is sponsored by BMO Harris. This season is partially supported by a grant from
the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
For more information, visit the Paramount Theatre online at ParamountAurora.com.
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