FORD CENTER | JUNE 12, 2018 – 7:00 PM
Evansville, IN – Coming off an extraordinary 2017, Steve Miller and his band are heading out for the summer 2018 tour and will once again be joined by Peter Frampton.
Steve Miller has confirmed the dates for the Steve Miller Band’s 2018 North American summer tour. Last summer’s sold-out tour with Peter Frampton has been extended for another 40 dates into 2018.. A much loved summer tradition, the iconic Steve Miller Band has been performing inspired versions of Miller’s incomparable songbook to legions of fans across the globe for 50 years. This year, Miller aficionados will be regaled not only with powerful sets from both the SMB and Frampton’s band, but also by the highlight of Miller bringing Frampton onstage midset to create some of the most compelling jamming of the season.
June 12th will bring a Rock N’ Roll Hall of Famer, Steve Miller to Ford Center as part of his 2018 Summer Tour. Pepper Entertainment and Mammoth Live welcomes Steve Miller Band with Peter Frampton and tickets will go on sale Friday, February 16 at 10 AM at the Ford Center Ticket Office, all Ticketmaster locations or by calling 800-745-3000. Reserved seats are $29.00- $109.00.
About Steve Miller
Last September, Miller produced and personally directed the curation and creative process for two new, career-spanning Steve Miller Band Ultimate Hits collections. The Ultimate Hits collection is available in a 1CD and digital edition featuring 22 essential Steve Miller Band tracks, including three previously unreleased rarities, and in an expanded 2CD and digital deluxe edition with 40 tracks, including the acclaimed band’s top hits, live traces and eight previously unreleased recordings from the studio and the stage. -MORE-
The Steve Miller Band has played to more than 20 million people in the last 20 years. In addition to touring with his band, Miller is also contributing his time to serving on the visiting committee of the Department of Musical Instruments of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and as a board member of Jazz at Lincoln Center, where he curates and hosts shows at both institutions celebrating blues, jazz and early American music.
About Peter Frampton
Grammy Award-winning guitarist Peter Frampton remains one of the most celebrated artists in rock history. At age 16, he was lead singer and guitarist for British band the Herd. At 18, he co-founded one of the first supergroups, seminal rock act Humble Pie. His session work includes collaborations with such legendary artists as George Harrison, Harry Nilsson, David Bowie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ringo Starr, John Entwistle among many others. Frampton has appeared as himself in television shows “The Simpsons†and “Family Guy.†He also served as technical advisor on Cameron Crowe’s film Almost Famous as well as appearing in it and writing songs for the soundtrack. In 2014, Frampton was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame. He recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of his fifth solo album, Frampton Comes Alive!, which remains one of the top-selling live records of all time.
Tickets can be purchased at Ford Center Ticket Office, Ticketmaster.com or by phone 800.745.3000 Ford Center is managed by VenuWorks of Evansville, LLC. For more information on Ford Center visit:
About Pepper Entertainment
Established in July of 2006, Pepper (PE) is based in Sioux Falls, SD. As one of the fastest scaling, independent promotions company in the Midwest, PE, collectively, exceeds 25 years of experience spanning a broad scope of industry specialties, such as; Live Promotions, Corporate & Private Event Talent Buying, Club & Performing Art Center Programming & Media & Marketing Services. PE recently launched a Digital Media Firm that will specialize its craft around Web Platform Development & Hosting, Digital and Social Media Marketing, Brand Design & Management.
About Mammoth Live
Mammoth is an event production company based out of Lawrence, KS that produces concerts in the Midwest. With involvement in concert booking, promotions and production, Mammoth’s events range from full- scale festival, amphitheater and arena shows to small club venues
