Look who's playing the Essar Centre in May

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ESSAR CENTRE

****************************** Burton Cummings - Your Backyard Tour

Saturday, May 21, 2011, at the Essar Centre - doors open at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m.

Tickets for this show will go on sale Friday, March 4, 2011, at 10 a.m.

Tickets will be available available at Essar Centre box office (fall/winter: Monday-Friday, 10-5 p.m., Saturdays, 10-2 p.m.)

Tickets are also available online or here.

You can charge by phone at 1-866-775-9422.

There is is a no service fee mobile ticketing service available exclusively to Rogers Wireless customers.

Visit here or text tickets to 4849 for full event listings and special offers.

Tickets (including HST) are $45.50 and $65.50m, reserved seating (plus FMF and service charges).

American Express brings you to the Front Of The Line.

Visit here for information on advance ticket access to this show.

Described as Canadian rock ‘n roll royalty, a national treasure, and a living legend, Burton Cummings announces his highly anticipated Your Backyard Tour, kicking off in Montreal on May 10.

This tour will be the first time in more than a decade that Burton will tour on his own, performing an array of hits from a dazzling career spanning more than 40 years.

Whether the lead singer and songwriter with the Guess Who or on his own, Burton Cummings has amassed more hit records than nearly any other Canadian performer in history.

“These Eyes,” “Laughing,” “No Time,” “American Woman,” “Share The Land,” “Hang On To Your Life,” “Stand Tall,” “I’m Scared,” “Timeless Love,” “Break It To Them Gently,” “Dream Of A Child,” “Fine State of Affairs,” “Love Dreams” and “You Saved My Soul“ all bear Burton’s distinctive stamp.

His voice has been rated among the finest in rock music.

As a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, Canadian Walk of Fame, Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame, Prairie Music Hall of Fame, six-time Juno Award winner, recipient of the Order of Canada, the Order of Manitoba, the Governor-General’s Performance Arts Award, 22 SOCAN Awards and several BMI (Broadcast Music Industry) awards for over one million air plays of his songs, Burton Cummings is one of the most celebrated rock artists in Canadian music history.

With the Guess Who he earned the first US platinum album by a Canadian artist, and solo the first quadruple platinum Canadian-produced album.

Altogether Burton has earned some 80 platinum and gold record awards.

Recently, the best-selling book The 100 Top Canadian Singles ranked "American Woman" the greatest Canadian single of all time.

His 2008 solo album, the critically-acclaimed "Above The Ground," was his first to feature all original songs by Burton.

Fans and critics glowed with superlatives citing the album as his best work in decades.

Despite his many years in the music business, Burton still possessed the muse and the uncanny ability to craft magic in the recording studio.

Never content to rest on his extraordinary accomplishments, Burton Cummings continues to write, record and perform.

“Not all artists are lucky enough to have that kind of staying power,” he admits. “It’s pretty amazing.”

A consummate artist, performer and professional, he possesses an extraordinary gift for entertaining, never failing to delight audiences from 10 to 10,000.

After all these years he has nothing to prove to anyone, except himself.

Few artists are as scrupulously dedicated to their craft as Burton Cummings.

Ticket and tour information for Burton Cumming's Your Backyard Tour is available at this website.

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