BETHLEHEM, Pa. — An alternative rock band that in the late 1990s and early 2000s had three platinum albums will return to Levitt Pavilion Steelstacks this summer, it was announced Tuesday.
Cake, known for its 1996 double-platinum hit “The Distance” and platinum hit "Short Skirt/Long Jacket," will perform a paid-ticket show at the venue at 7 p.m. Sept. 28, ArtsQuest announced.
Tickets, at $65 in advance and $69 day of show for general admission lawn standing, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, March 7, at the SteelStacks website and the box office at ArtsQuest Center, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem.ArtsQuest news release
Tickets, at $65 in advance and $69 day of show for general admission lawn standing, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, March 7, at the SteelStacks website and the box office at ArtsQuest Center, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem.
The show is the third announced for ArtsQuest's Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks Summer Season of paid-ticket concerts.
On Thursday, ArtsQuest announced a July 27 show by platinum-selling folk group The Head and the Heart, and on Feb. 19 announced a May 13 show by rap-rock band Hollywood Undead.
Tickets for both remain available.
Cake has said it is working on its ninth album, due for release in autumn. It would be the group's first disc of new music in 14 years.
The group last played Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks in 2015, when it played near-sellout crowd of almost 3,000near-sellout crowd of almost 3,000.
Different from music of the time
Cake came on the scene in a burst of productivity in the late 1990s with songs that diverged wildly from what was on radio at the time.
Lead singer John McCrea delivered intelligent lyrics in a droll and monotone voice over music infused with country and even Latin sounds. Trumpet was a prominent instrument.
It released its debut album "Motorcade of Generosity" in 1994, but didn't find broad success until its sophomore album, 1996's "Fashion Nugget," which sold double platinum and broke the Top 40 on Billboard's overall Albums chart.
That disc included both "The Distance" and the gold hit "I Will Survive."
Its third album, 1998's “Prolonging the Magic,” had the alt-chart-topping gold single “Never There,” and also sold platinum.
It's fourth album, 2001's “Comfort Eagle” was its highest-charting, peaking at No. 13, and also went platinum, with its funk-infused hit “Short Skirt/Long Jacket.”
Its most recent album was 2011's "Showroom of Compassion," which topped the album chart and had the No. 4 alternative hit "Sick of You."
