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Find more than a feeling with Boston this summer
from: theet.com
By Kirsten Reneau STAFF WRITER
BURGETTSTOWN -- For rock fans of all ages, Boston and JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS will be performing a high-energy, true rock-and-roll show that will take audience members out of this world.
Boston may be best known for the hits "More Than a Feeling," "Peace of Mind," and "Smokin.'"
Boston's beginnings are unique. Unlike many bands at the time, Boston's work was done in a basement, written, produced and recorded by the still touring Tom Scholz. Scholz was an MIT graduate who designed special equipment to create songs, but nonetheless started off in the world of music with the plan to be able to play live shows without using prerecorded music.
It's been over 40 years since the band's first album, but "with over 31 million albums sold to date, Boston has stood the test of time," officials say.
Their newest tour, titled the Hyper Space Tour, continues to offer a high-energy show along with exceptional musicianship.
Audiences can expect to enjoy classic hits, as well as Boston's "unique visual stage presentation -- from mind-blowing lightning bolts and spectacular lights to an interstellar 'journey' from the cockpit of the Boston spaceship," officials say. "Along with plenty of extra-terrestrial sounds heard nowhere else on earth."
The concert will start at 7:30 p.m. at the KeyBank Pavillon, formerly known as the First Niagara Pavilion.
Tickets range from $30 to $300.
Scholz and Gary Pihl, another longtime member of the band, are vegetarians and dedicated to promoting humane treatment of animals. A dollar from each ticket purchased during the tour will be donated to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Mercy for Animals.
Boston will be touring with JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS, which Scholz is looking forward to.
"I am thrilled to have Joan and her band on tour with us this summer," Scholz said. "Not only is she an amazing rock-and-roll performing artist, but even more exciting to me is that she is a fellow vegetarian and shares compassion for animal welfare."
JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS may be best known for their hits "Bad Reputation," "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" and "Crimson and Clover," but altogether Jett has eight platinum and gold albums and nine Top 40 hit singles.
"Jett has acted in movies and television, including 1987's 'Light Of Day' and in a Tony-nominated Broadway musical, 'The Rocky Horror Show,'" officials say.
She continues to work on her music, and the band's last album was released in 2013, entitled "Unvarnished." The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.
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