Legendary rocker playing the Sault in September

NEWS RELEASE

ESSAR CENTRE

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John Fogerty performs live - the albums of Creedence Clearwater Revival alongside his classic jukebox hits

Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - Essar Centre - Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show at 7:30 p.m.

Wrote A Song For Everyone John Fogerty Performs Live! The Albums of Credence Clearwater Revival is coming to the Sault and tickets will go on sale Friday, May 4, 2012 at 10 a.m.

Tickets will be available at the Essar Centre box office or call 1-866-775-9422.

Order online here or here.

Tickets (incl. GST) are $20 and $65.50; reserved seating/all ages (plus FMF and service charges).

Wrote a Song for Everyone: John Fogerty Performs Live! The Albums of Creedence Clearwater Revival will see Fogerty performing classic albums Cosmo’s Factory and Bayou Country on alternate nights across the Country.

The Sault Ste. Marie performance will include Bayou Country in its entirety.

In addition, Fogerty will perform a bonus set comprising classic songs from the extraordinary Creedence Clearwater Revival days to his solo canon of hits.  
 
Fogerty and his crack band have spent much of the past year rockin’ all over the world, drawing rapturous critical acclaim at every stop. 

“Energetic, wired, and vital…Fogerty was simply a physical wonder to behold,” exclaimed the Toronto Sun in a four-starred rave. 

The San Francisco Examiner declared Fogerty’s “crowd-pleasing” set as one of the clear highlights of the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, while Rolling Stone pointed out that “Fogerty couldn't hold back his enthusiasm.”
 
John Fogerty is a true American treasure, one of popular music’s all-time greatest singers, guitar players, and songwriters. 

His remarkable career began in his hometown of El Cerrito, California, soon earning massive popular and critical success with the one and only Creedence Clearwater Revival. 

As leader of CCR, Fogerty forged a distinctive, groundbreaking sound all his own, equal parts blues, country, pop, rockabilly, R&B, swamp boogie, and Southern fried rock ‘n’ roll, all united by his uniquely evocative lyrical perspective.

From 1968 to 1971, Creedence Clearwater Revival unleashed an incredible succession of hit singles and platinum certified albums that remains unparalleled in the annals of rock ‘n’ roll history. 

Their expansive cover of “Suzie Q” was followed by a stunning series of Fogerty-penned favourites that dominated rock and pop radio, including “Proud Mary,” “Down On The Corner,” “Born On The Bayou,” “Have You Ever Seen The Rain,” and what remains the definitive anti-war anthem, “Fortunate Son.”
 
After Creedence Clearwater Revival called it quits in 1972, Fogerty embarked on what would prove to be an equally impressive solo career. 

Among its many highlights are 1975’s John Fogerty – featuring the rollicking “Rockin’ All Over The World” – and 1985’s #1 phenomenon, Centerfield. 

With its trio of timeless hit singles, including “The Old Man Down The Road,” “Rock And Roll Girls,” and the irresistible title track, the multi-platinum collection marked Fogerty’s glorious return to the forefront of modern rock ‘n’ roll.
 
1997’s Blue Moon Swamp earned Fogerty further acclamation, as well as a Grammy Award for “Best Rock Album.” 

Among his many other honors are induction in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the BMI Pop Music Awards’ prestigious “BMI Icon,” and Performance Magazine’s “Theater Tour of the Year” Award. 

In addition, Fogerty and Centerfield were honored during the 2010 National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies – the first time the National Baseball Hall of Fame has immortalized a musician or song as part of the annual ceremonies.
 
Having made infrequent live appearances in the 90s, by 2004 he had made a full-throated return to the road, including the MoveOn.org-sponsored Vote For Change tour and his first series of European dates in more than three decades. 

Other live highlights include 2009’s 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Benefit Concerts at Madison Square Garden (which saw him performing alongside Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band) and a stellar main stage set at 2010’s Bonnaro Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. 

Still going strong, Fogerty and his always electrifying backing band bring it each time they step upon a stage, performing his mind-blowing body of work to generation after generation of adoring fans.
 
Look out for John’s new album, Wrote A Song For Everyone coming this fall and featuring newly recorded classics from his timeless catalog as well as brand new songs, performed alongside today’s biggest superstars.
 
Opening for Fogerty on all the dates across Canada will be American rock n’ roll band, Lukas Nelson and The Promise of the Real - click here.
 
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