BETHLEHEM, Pa. — An indie folk band that has had four platinum singles and four albums that topped Billboard's Folk Albums chart will play a paid-ticket concert at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks.
The Head and the Heart, best known for its 2011 hit "Rivers and Roads," its 2016 hit "All We Ever Knew" and 2019 hit "Honeybee," will perform at 7 p.m. July 27, ArtsQuest announced Thursday.
Supporting the band will be Juno Award-nominated folk band Wild River and Americana band Marfa.
Tickets, at $50 in advance and $55 day of show for general admission standing (no blankets or chairs allowed), go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 28 at the SteelStacks website or the box office at ArtsQuest Center at 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem.ArtsQuest news release
Tickets, at $50 in advance and $55 day of show for general admission standing (no blankets or chairs allowed), go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 28, at the SteelStacks website or the box office at ArtsQuest Center at 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem.
The show is the second announced for ArtsQuest's Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks Summer Season of paid-ticket concerts.
The first, announced Feb. 19, will be a show by rap-rock band Hollywood Undead. Tickets, at $45 and $50 day of show, remain available.
The Head and The Heart has a new album, "Aperture," due out May 9.
Three hits from debut album
The group's 2011 self-titled debut album, sold platinum and peaked at No. 3 on Billboard's Folk Albums chart.
It contained the hits "Rivers and Roads," which sold double-platinum, "Lost in My Mind," which topped Billboard's Adult Alternative Airplay chart and sold platinum, and the platinum hit "Down in the Valley."
The group's sophomore album, "Let's Be Still," topped the folk chart and crossed over to the Top 10 on the overall Albums chart, with three Top10 AAA chart hits: the title track, "Shake" and the gold hit "Another Story."
The Heart and The Head's third album, 2016's "Signs of Light," became its highest-charting, reaching No. 5 on the overall Albums chart and included "All We Ever Knew," which broke the Top 25 on the Adult Singles chart.Billboard chart history
Its third album, 2016's "Signs of Light," became its highest-charting, reaching No. 5 on the overall Albums chart and included "All We Ever Knew," which broke the Top 25 on the Adult Singles chart.
The 2019 album "Living Mirage" gave The Head and The Heart its fourth straight No. 1 on the Folk Albums chart and another platinum hit, "Honeybee."
The group's most recent single, "Every Shade of Blue," released in 2022, included the No. 1 Folk hit "Virginia (Wind in the Night)."
The group's most recent single, "Arrow," last year also topped the Folk chart.
Wild River released its self-titled debut album in 2016, the band released their self-titled debut album.
It got a Juno nomination for Breakthrough Group of the Year in 2023 and its 2024 album "Never Better" is nominated for a Juno for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at this year's awards.
