THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, April 16, 1996 TAG: 9604160343
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B3 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY RICKEY WRIGHT, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Short : 49 lines
Tickets for the Virginia Beach Amphitheater's grand opening concert by Bruce Hornsby will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.
Prices are $10 (lawn), $15 (reserved) and $23 (gold circle).
Children 12 and under will receive a free lawn ticket when accompanying an adult holding a paid lawn ticket.
The concert will be May 15.
Tickets for a June 1 show by veteran rockers Chicago and Crosby, Stills and Nash will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. Prices are $12.75 (lawn), $24.75 (reserved) and $34.75 (gold circle). Free children's lawn tickets will also be available for those attending with adults.
Tickets for both concerts will be available at Ticketmaster locations, and may be charged at 671-8100.
Hornsby is a Williamsburg resident and multiple Grammy winner. His hits include ``The Way It Is,'' ``The Valley Road'' and ``Fields of Gray.''
He often played keyboards with the Grateful Dead between 1990 and the group's demise in 1995. His most recent albums, ``Harbor Lights'' and ``Hot House,'' find Hornsby leaning toward a more jazz-inflected sound influenced by the likes of Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans.
The singer/songwriter has long been involved in regional issues. He has been a vocal champion of the Amphitheater. His most recent Hampton Roads appearance was a May 1995 Harrison Opera House benefit for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
Hornsby was named 1992's Virginian of the Year by the Virginia Press Association.
Chicago and Crosby, Stills and Nash have sustained careers of more than 25 years each. Chicago is noted for a long string of jazz/rock albums that produced numerous hit singles in the '70s.
Their most recent release, ``Night and Day,'' is a big band-style effort. Crosby, Stills and Nash gained notoriety at the first Woodstock festival and have toured steadily since reuniting in the early '80s.
The Amphitheater is also set to host concerts by superstars such as the Eagles, Rod Stewart and Jimmy Buffett this summer. It is owned by the City of Virginia Beach and operated by the Cellar Door Companies. ILLUSTRATION: Bruce Hornsby's inaugural show at the Amphitheater will be on
May 15. by CNB