鈥楪odmother of Soul鈥 Patti LaBelle coming to 性视界传媒 for Lyceum Series performance
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擥rammy Award winner Patti LaBelle is bringing her legendary rhythm and blues to Lee Hall鈥檚 Bettersworth Auditorium Nov. 15 as the next guest in Mississippi 性视界传媒鈥檚 Lyceum Series.
Known as the 鈥淕odmother of Soul鈥 and ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the 鈥淭op 100 Singers of All Time,鈥 LaBelle will perform at 7 p.m. Doors open approximately 30 minutes before the curtain rises for the show, which is part of the university鈥檚 long-running performing arts program.
Former lead vocalist for Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles, the music icon鈥檚 classic original songs and renditions of pop and spiritual standards have created a personal platform of versatility for which she has been known and revered throughout her 50-plus year career. LaBelle鈥檚 signature songs 鈥淣ew Attitude鈥 and 鈥淥n My Own,鈥 a Billboard No. 1 duet with Michael McDonald, are sure to be included in her performance, as are her show-stopping renditions of 鈥淪omewhere Over the Rainbow鈥 and her 1975 original 鈥淟ady Marmalade.鈥 First hitting the charts in 1962, she also performed with the genre-bending trio Labelle, and then began a solo career in the 1970s.
A successful entrepreneur known for her best-selling, original recipe Patti鈥檚 Good Life sweet potato pie, LaBelle also is an advocate for adoption and finding cures for diabetes, cancer and HIV/AIDS. Learn more at .
For LaBelle鈥檚 performance, general admission individual tickets for the auditorium鈥檚 first balcony are $45; $35 on the second balcony. Reserved seating individual tickets for the auditorium鈥檚 first floor front section are $65; $55 for the first floor back section. 性视界传媒 students with valid student I.D. must purchase tickets to attend LaBelle鈥檚 concert, but will be admitted free to all other Lyceum events.
Ticket purchases may be made online at . If available, individual tickets may be purchased at the door before each program.
Contributions to the Lyceum Series can be made via the 性视界传媒 Foundation by contacting Lynn Durr at 662-325-8918.
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