Multi-talented musician and actor Rick Springfield, whose music continues to define the ‘80s and the years beyond, is bringing the “I Want My 80s Tour” to Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City. With support from performers Paul Young, Wang Chung and John Waite, Springfield’s Hard Rock Atlantic City tour stop is slated for Friday, July 11 at 8 p.m.
Tickets go on sale Friday, February 14 and can be purchased at HardRockHotelAtlanticCity.com or Ticketmaster.com. All shows are subject to change.
ABOUT RICK SPRINGFIELD
Over the past four decades, Rick Springfield has worn many hats as an entertainer and performer. He is the creator of some of the finest power-pop of the ’80s, a Grammy winning singer, songwriter, and musician who has sold 25 million albums and scored 17 U.S. Top 40 hits, including “Jessie’s Girl,” “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” “An Affair of the Heart,” “I’ve Done Everything for You,” “Love Somebody,” and “Human Touch.” He is an accomplished actor who starred opposite Meryl Streep in the feature film, “Ricki and the Flash,” gave a chameleonic performance as the creepy Dr. Irving Pitlor in HBO’s prestige drama, “True Detective,” earned great reviews for his portrayal of Lucifer on the CW hit, “Supernatural” and most recently played the insane Pastor Charles on FX’s worldwide hit series, “American Horror Story.” An author as well, both his candid 2010 memoir, Late, Late at Night, which Rolling Stone named one of the 25 greatest rock memoirs of all time, and his 2014 comedic novel, Magnificent Vibration, earned rave reviews and spots on the New York Times Best Seller list. In 2014, Springfield was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located around the corner from the first apartment he lived in when he first arrived in the U.S. from Australia in 1971. Springfield’s SiriusXM radio show, Working Class DJ, is a huge hit and airs weekly on 80s on 8. His new album, “Automatic” is out now. Automatic is his first album of all new original material in five years.
HEADLINER ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP
Friday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m. – UpDating – Sound Waves
Friday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m. – Widespread Panic – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Saturday, Feb. 15, 8 p.m. – Widespread Panic – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Sunday, Feb. 16, 8 p.m. – Widespread Panic – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Saturday, Feb. 22, 8 p.m. – Rod Stewart – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Saturday, Mar. 8, 8 p.m. – Smokey Robinson – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Frturday, Mar. 8, 7 p.m. – R&B Promotions Presents Fight Night – Sound Waves
Saturday, Mar. 22, 8 p.m. – Il Volo – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Friday, Mar. 28, 9 p.m. – Yacht Rock Revue – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Saturday, Mar. 29, 8 p.m. – Sal Da Vinci and Arisa – Sound Waves
Saturday, April 5, 7 p.m. – Peter Frampton – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Saturday, April 5, 8 p.m. – The Wallflowers – Sound Waves
Friday, April 11, 8 p.m. – My Big Gay Italian Casino Adventure – Sound Waves
Saturday, April 12, 8 p.m. – My Big Gay Italian Casino Adventure – Sound Waves
Saturday, April 12, 8 p.m. – Aaron Lewis and the Stateliners – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Friday, April 18, 8 p.m. – Melissa Etheridge and Joss Stone – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Saturday, April 19, 7 p.m. – Bongwalk Empire with Cypress Hill – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Friday, April 25, 8 p.m. – Zac Brown Band – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Saturday, April 26, 8 p.m. – Zac Brown Band – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Saturday, May 3, 8 p.m. – Brit Floyd – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Friday, May 17, 8 p.m. – Sunidhi Chauhan – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Friday, June 13, 8 p.m. – Queens of the Stone Age – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Friday, June 27, 8 p.m. – Incubus – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Friday, July 11, 8 p.m. – Rick Springfield – I Want My 80s Tour – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Friday, July 11, 8 p.m. – Chippendales – Sound Waves
Saturday, July 12, 8 p.m. – Chippendales – Sound Waves
Saturday, July 26, 8 p.m. – Chicago – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Sunday, July 27, 7 p.m. – Chicago – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Friday, Aug. 1, 8 p.m. – Toto + Men at Work + Christopher Cross – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Friday, Aug. 15, 8 p.m. – Train – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Saturday, Sept. 13, 8 p.m. – I Love the 90s Tour with Vanilla Ice, Montell Jordan, Rob Base, Young MC – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Friday, Oct. 10, 8 p.m. – Foreigner – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Saturday, Oct. 11, 8 p.m. – Foreigner – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
