Eighties icons Rick Springfield and Richard Marx will bring their respective hits to Wilkes-Barre’s F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts for a night of acoustic music.
Tickets go on sale Friday, July 19, at 10 a.m. for the Sunday, Dec. 15, concert, which will feature two full-length sets from each artist. Tickets are $39.50/$49.50/$59.50/$79.50/$379.50 (VIP meet and greet), and will be available through the box office, kirbycenter.org or by calling 570-826-1100.
Springfield rocketed to fame with pop radio favorites like “Jessie’s Girl,” “Don’t Talk to Strangers” and “Love Somebody” and maintained Hollywood status through notable acting (roles in the film “Ricki and the Flash” and TV’s True Detective,” “Supernatural” and “American Horror Story”). His most recent album, “Orchestrating My Life,” was released in April.
Marx celebrates years of success as a songwriter, singer and producer thanks to Top 5 singles like “Hold on to the Nights,” “Right Here Waiting,” “Satisfied” and “Don’t Mean Nothing,” the latter of which earned him a Grammy Award. With more than 30 million albums sold worldwide, Marx’s record-breaking career offers numerous highlights for his set.
Patrice Wilding is a 13-year employee of the Lifestyles Dept. at The Times-Tribune, where she worked her way up from a clerk to a web video producer to a full-time reporter, writer and copy editor. An Olyphant native, she graduated from Mid Valley Secondary Center and earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies with concentration in media arts, political science and communications from Wesley College, Dover, Delaware. She lives in Clarks Summit with her husband, Justin, and their son, Johnny. Contact: pwilding@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9100 x5369; @pwildingTT
