EN VOGUE & BELL BIV DEVOE Tickets On Sale Fri., 5/1!

For immediate release: 24 April 2009

EN VOGUE & BELL BIV DEVOE Tickets On Sale Fri., 5/1!

PHOENIX, AZ – Sanderson Music Series presents EN VOGUE and BELL BIV DEVOE in concert at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 8th at the intimate Celebrity Theatre. Tickets ($43 and $53) go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, May 1st at Celebrity Theatre or online at www.celebritytheatre.com. To charge by phone, call 602-267-1600 ext.1. All tickets are subject to a surcharge.

The funky divas of EN VOGUE are back and badder than ever featuring Cindy Herron, Dawn Robinson, Terry Ellis and Maxine Jones. The Grammy-nominated all-female R&B, dance club, and soul vocal quartet has sold over 20 million albums and singles worldwide. They have won more MTV Video Music Awards than any other female group in MTV history (a total of 7). And the group was named the second most successful girl group of the 1990s according to Billboard magazine. Songs like “Hold On,” “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It),” “Giving Him Something He Can Feel,” “Free Your Mind,” and “Whatta Man” featuring Salt-N-Pepa, are just a sampling of the mega hits made famous by the pop/R&B super group. Later this year, they will release their 20th anniversary CD.

Rising from the remnants of New Edition, but funkier, sexier & edgier – with mega-albums & super singles, it’s BELL BIV DEVOE! The hip-hop/R&B fusion band is a splinter from original 80s group New Edition featuring three former New Edition members: Michael (“Biv”) Bivins, Ricky (“Slick”) Bell and Ronnie (“RD”) DeVoe. Bell Biv DeVoe debuted with its first single, “Poison,” off the album of the same name in 1990. Performed in the style of ‘New Jack Swing,’ a blend of hip-hop and R&B, the single was an immediate success. The album went platinum three times. Other hits included “Do Me,” “Word to the Mutha” and “She’s Dope.” The success of the New Jack Swing music style is said to have influenced hip-hop in the coming decade and was an often copied thread technique among upcoming musical talents.

Celebrity Theatre is conveniently located on 32nd St., just 4 blocks south of the Loop 202 freeway, in Phoenix.