Chicago in San Jose

Chicago

Event On Sale: Fri, Jun 1 10:00 AM

Grammy-Winning Band Chicago to Play the Newly Renovated San Jose Civic on September 12Multi-platinum band Chicago will perform at the newly renovated San Jose Civic on September 12th.�� Originally scheduled to play the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, the band will now make their San Jose Civic debut.

Tickets are on sale now at all Ticketmaster outlets including online at Ticketmaster.com or charge-by-phone at (800) 745-3000.� All tickets from the Center for the Performing Arts show will be honored at the San Jose Civic.

In addition to Chicago playing a great night of music with hits such as "You're the Inspiration," "25 or 6 or 4," and "Saturday In The Park," among countless others; the band has teamed up with the American Cancer Society for the third year in a row to give fans a chance to bid to sing with the legendary "rock and roll band with horns" during their tour across the U.S. Fans across the country will be able to bid on a package that includes a meet and greet with Chicago, two premium tickets, backstage passes, and a special opportunity to sing the classic hit song "If You Leave Me Now" onstage with the band during the concert. Fans can bid in the auction at www.cancer.org/singwithchicago, all proceeds directly benefit the American Cancer Society's fight against breast cancer.

In 2010, the band joined forces with the American Cancer Society, the Official Sponsor of Birthdays®, to create Sing With Chicago, a highly successful promotion that has raised over $130,000 to fight breast cancer. "The Sing With Chicago promotion was such a great time for our fans, and contributed so much to the breast cancer cause, that we wanted to do it on our 2012 tour, too," said Peter Schivarelli, Chicago's manager. "We're doing it this year in honor of our friend Paqui Kelly, the wife of Notre Dame's head football coach Brian Kelly, who is a breast cancer survivor."

About Chicago
Chicago is the first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums in five decades. In Billboard Magazine's list of Top 100 artists of all time, Chicago came in at #13, the highest charting American band. The line-up on tour will include original band members Robert Lamm on keyboards, vocals, Lee Loughnane on trumpet, James Pankow on trombone and Walt Parazaider on woodwinds, as well as Jason Scheff on bass, vocals, Tris Imboden on drums, Keith Howland on guitar, Lou Pardini on keyboards, vocals and Wally Reyes on percussion. Lifetime achievements include a Grammy Award, multiple American Music Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a Chicago street dedicated in their honor, and keys to and proclamations from an impressive list of US cities. Record sales top the 100,000,000 mark, and include 21 Top 10 singles, 5 consecutive Number One albums, 11 Number One singles and 5 Gold singles. An incredible 25 of their 33 albums have been certified platinum, and the band has a total of 47 gold and platinum awards. Chicago has generously supported other charitable causes in the past.� For the 17th straight year, Chicago has donated a portion of ticket sales to the Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation, which seeks a cure to the fatal children's disease, Niemann-Pick Type C.� The band also donates an additional portion of ticket sales to help raise money for Hannah and Friends, which works to improve the quality of life for children and adults with special needs.� Hannah and Friends is the personal mission of Maura Weis and her husband, Charlie Weis, the current coach at the University of Kansas.

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