Neil Young Helps Celebrate Final Year of Wachovia Spectrum Dec 12

Live Nation presents a “Remember the Spectrum Concert Event” featuring legendary performer Neil Young at the Wachovia Spectrum on Friday, December 12 at 7 p.m. The memorable event will also feature Grammy Award winning Wilco in addition to special guest Everest.

Young adds to the extensive music history at the legendary arena, which includes seven previous Spectrum shows: June 10, 1970 (with Crosby, Still, and Nash); January 26-27, 1973; June 29, 1976 (with Stills); September 23, 1978; August 29, 1983; and September 17, 1986.

Comcast-Spectacor is closing the 42-year-old Wachovia Spectrum at the conclusion of the 2008-09 Philadelphia Phantoms and Philadelphia Kixx hockey and soccer seasons. The company is encouraging residents throughout the Greater Philadelphia Region to celebrate the many wonderful memories of the Spectrum.

Live Nation and its predecessor, Electric Factory Concerts, has a long and storied history in the Spectrum, including producing the arena's very first event, the two-day Quaker City Jazz Festival (September 30-October 1, 1967).

“We are committed to making this a year-long musical celebration of the many great concerts that have graced the Spectrum stage and made Philadelphia the wonderful music town it is,” said Live Nation’s Larry Magid. “Neil Young is our first in a long series of shows we will bring to the Spectrum this year.”

Tickets at $48, $78, $97, and $250 will go on sale on Friday, September 19 at 10 a.m. exclusively ComcastTIX.com, 1-800-298-4200, the Wachovia Complex Box Office, and select ACME locations. A small number of GA floor tix priced at $19.67 to commemorate the opening year of Spectrum will be made available at the box office only on Friday (Limit two per person). There will be a limit of four tickets per person for all other price levels. Fans can visit RememberTheSpectrum.com to pay tribute and showcase the history of the famed arena with artifacts, video, photographs and memorabilia.

The concert will feature Young with the same band that so ably backed him on his 2008 European tour in 14 countries - Ben Keith, Rick Rosas, Chad Cromwell, Anthony Crawford and Pegi Young. Song sets are expected to be eclectic, featuring both newer material and classic Neil Young hits.

Supporting act Wilco is the winner of two Grammy Awards for their fifth studio album, 2004’s A Ghost Is Born (Best Alternative Music Album and Best Recoding Package). They were also nominated for their work on two other albums in the band’s history including a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album for their 2008 release of Sky Blue Sky.

Tickets for all Wachovia Center and Wachovia Spectrum events are available exclusively through ComcastTIX at ComcastTIX.com, 1-800-298-4200, the Wachovia Complex Box Office, select ACME locations, the Virtua Health Flyers Skate Zone at Voorhees, and the Polonia Bank Flyers Skate Zone at N.E. Philly. Join the free Wachovia Complex CyberClub and receive advance notice and special offers to future events at Comcast-Spectacor.com.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008