BETHLEHEM, Pa. — A veteran alternative rock band that had five straight gold and platinum albums in the 1990s will play Wind Creek Event Center, it was announced.
Also set for a show at the venue is an indie rock band that topped the Albums chart in 2011 and had three Top 10 albums in the 2010s.
Tickets are $59.50 ($36.50 for buy three get one free) for general admission standing and $99.50 for seated wings for 311 and at $50.50-$100.50 for The Decemberists. They go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, March 21, at the event center website or at the box office at 77 Wind Creek Blvd., Bethlehem.Wind Creek Event Center
311, which blended rock, reggae, hip hop and funk for its triple-platinum self-titled 1995 album and since has released nine consecutive Top 10 discs, will perform at 7 p.m. June 28.
Supporting acts will be Badflower and Sitting on Saturn.
And The Decemberists, whose 2011 No. 1 gold album "The King is Dead" produced four Top 10 charting hits, will perform at 8 p.m. July 22.
Tickets are $59.50 ($36.50 for buy three get one free) for general admission standing and $99.50 for seated wings for 311 and at $50.50-$100.50 for The Decemberists.
They go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, March 21, at the event center website or at the box office at 77 Wind Creek Blvd., Bethlehem.
High-charting singles, albums
311, best known for its chart-topping 1995 alternative hit “Down” and Top 5 hit “All Mixed Up,” has sold more than 10 million albums and video albums in the United States.
The group released its debut album “Music” in 1993, and the disc eventually went gold, as did its sophomore disc “Grassroots” in 1994.
311's self-titled disc gave the band its greatest success. The disc peaked at No. 12 on Billboard and sold triple-platinum.Billboard chart records
But it was the self-titled disc that gave 311 its greatest success. The disc peaked at No. 12 on Billboard and sold triple-platinum.
Its next three albums — “Transistor” in 1997, “Soundsystem” in 1999 and “From Chaos” in 2001 — all hit at least gold (“Transistor” went platinum) and the group’s 2004 compilation album “Greatest Hits ’93–’03” also was certified gold.
The band has released eight albums since, with four in a row reaching No. 1 or No. 2 on the Alternative chart. Its most recent disc, "Full Bloom," was released in October.
Its first single, "You're Gonna Get It," and the title track both reached No. 17 on the Alternative chart as the group's highest-charting songs in 14 years.
Since “All Mixed Up,” the band has had 18 Top 10 Alternative chart hits, with 2004’s “Love Song” hitting No. 1; 2005’s “Don’t Tread on Me” peaking at No. 2 and 2003’s “Creatures (For a While)” and 2009’s “Hey You” both hitting No. 3.
311 also played the event center, then called Sands Bethlehem Event Center, in 2017, and headlined Allentown Fair in 2018.
The Decemberists
The Decemberists released its debut album, "Castaways and Cutouts," in 2002, and had its first charting single, "Billy Liar," which peaked at No. 24, in 2004.
"The King is Dead" produced the hits "Down by the Water," "January Hymn," "This is Why We Fight" and "Calamity Song."
The group had its first No. 1 hit on the Adult Alternative Chart with 2014's "Make You Better," then achieved the feat again in 2018 with "Severed."Billboard chart records
The group had its first No. 1 hit on the Adult Alternative Chart with 2014's "Make You Better," then achieved the feat again in 2018 with "Severed."
In all, it has had 13 Top 20 hits on the AAA and overall Singles charts, with its most recent being last year's "Oh No!," which peaked at No. 10.
Its most recent album, "As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again," was released in July and peaked at No. 89 on Billboard's Albums chart.
