LAS VEGAS, Jan. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Venetian®
Las Vegas, SPI Entertainment and
Las Vegas headliners HUMAN NATURE
are delighted to announce a forthcoming three-year residency with
the brand new show "JUKEBOX," specially crafted for its home at the
Sands Showroom in The Venetian.
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Australia's HUMAN NATURE, one
of the world's greatest vocal groups and a true Las Vegas success story, has set the Strip on
fire and kept sold-out audiences dazzled and dancing during their
internationally celebrated "MOTOWN Show," which premiered at The
Venetian in 2013.
"JUKEBOX" will see HUMAN NATURE'S foursome, Toby Allen, Phil
Burton and brothers Andrew and Mike
Tierney, backed by a dynamic six-piece band and world-class
dancers, as they celebrate a mix of pop classics with doo-wop, boy
band with Bandstand, soul standards with Motown ... and even
some "Uptown Funk." "JUKEBOX" is not only a playlist of the group's
influences, but some of the most-loved hit songs from the best
vocal artists and groups of all time, including "Will You
Love Me Tomorrow," "Stand By Me," "Unchained Melody," "Dance To The
Music" and "Under The Boardwalk."
"We're incredibly excited to be doing this brand new show," said
Andrew Tierney. "We were looking for
a new creative challenge and, when we presented our ideas to The
Venetian they embraced it."
"Over the past three years, Andrew, Mike, Toby and Phil have
become wonderful additions to The Venetian family. We
couldn't be more thrilled about HUMAN NATURE 'JUKEBOX'. Their
talents extend further than simply Motown and we can't wait for
guests to experience this new show," said George Markantonis, president and chief
operating officer of The Venetian, The Palazzo and Sands Expo
Convention Center.
HUMAN NATURE'S "JUKEBOX" will explode with not only the Motown
hits they have famously reinterpreted such as "Dancing In The
Street," but also soul standards like "Gimme Some Lovin'" and
"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher," plus old and new
pop hits in "Twist And Shout" to today's chart toppers such as "All
About That Bass" and "Shake It Off." They show that this
"JUKEBOX" plays everything from The Temptations to Taylor Swift, from The Beatles to Bruno Mars.
The "JUKEBOX" concept was inspired by HUMAN NATURE'S Australian
platinum selling album of the same name, which will be released in
North America in 2016. The album
was executive produced by the legendary Bob
Rock (Michael Bublé/Metallica) and was co-produced by
David Pierce (Michael Bublé
/Robbie Williams). Pierce joins
HUMAN NATURE at The Venetian as a musical collaborator for the
"JUKEBOX" experience.
One of the world's seminal "Boy Bands," HUMAN NATURE will
include hits from their own music catalog, as well as a host of fan
favorites, while still paying homage to past pop masters. Audience
members can expect to hear the songs from Backstreet Boys and the
Bee Gees alongside The Beach Boys and Boyz II Men, among
others.
"We've always been incredibly focused on HUMAN NATURE and on our
live shows and how we are represented as artists," explains
Phil Burton. "We pinch ourselves as
four Australians to be so heartily embraced by American music fans.
To have such incredible support from The Venetian and the US music
industry is humbling and it motivates us to bring our best five
nights a week. We'll be playing music from all eras, and we'll
throw in some Motown and some music from our pop career and the
'boy band' days. We'll be highlighting what 'boy bands' have been
like through the ages - not only a guilty pleasure of great songs,
but a jukebox unto themselves."
SPI Entertainment will produce the new show with HUMAN NATURE.
"We have been proud to be partners with HUMAN NATURE since we first
brought them to the USA over six
years ago," said SPI Founder & CEO Adam
Steck. "They are the embodiment of what it means to be
entertainers and we cannot wait for Las
Vegas audiences to experience our new show with them. HUMAN
NATURE never disappoints."
The "JUKEBOX" residency is another high for a group that has
been together since school days and are now celebrating their 26th
year together. HUMAN NATURE has previously hit the top of the
charts in Australia and the UK and
have a staggering 25 platinum awards to their credit. Career
highlights include playing to a global audience at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. HUMAN NATURE was
handpicked to travel the world opening for Michael Jackson and Celine Dion and have collaborated frequently
with the likes of American icon Smokey
Robinson. "The members of Human Nature are extraordinary
vocalists who truly know how to entertain," said Smokey Robinson. "If you haven't seen them
perform you need to, it's a real treat."
HUMAN NATURE "JUKEBOX" will be performed Tuesday through
Saturday nights at 7:00 p.m.
beginning, Tuesday, March 29.
Tickets, on sale Friday, Jan. 29,
start at $49.50 + taxes and fees and
VIP options are available. Tickets can be purchased at any Venetian
or Palazzo box office or by calling 702-414-9000 or 866-641-7469.
Tickets are also available at HumanNatureLive.com or
Venetian.com.
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About The Venetian Las
Vegas
Located in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, The Venetian Las
Vegas features all-suite accommodations, exquisite restaurants by
celebrity chefs and world-class entertainment and shopping. The
luxury resort offers 4,028 elegant suites, including standard
suites that are nearly double the size of the average Las Vegas hotel room. The Venetian is home to
restaurants from celebrated chefs including Wolfgang Puck,
Mario Batali, Thomas Keller, Daniel Boulud, Emeril Lagasse and
Buddy "Cake Boss" Valastro. The resort also features Canyon Ranch
SpaClub; a five-acre pool and garden deck; TAO nightclub; the Grand
Canal Shoppes retail and dining mecca; a 120,000-square-foot
casino; The Strip's largest poker room; and more than 2.25 million
square feet of meeting and convention space. For more
information, visit venetian.com, @venetianvegas and
facebook.com/venetianlasvegas. The Venetian Las Vegas is a
property of global integrated resorts developer Las Vegas Sands
Corp (NYSE: LVS).
ABOUT SPI ENTERTAINMENT:
SPI Entertainment is a leading Production Company & Talent
Agency with six successful resident award-winning shows in the
entertainment capital of the world, Las
Vegas, and more than 10 shows touring internationally. With
a successful track record of building entertainment brands and
partnering with world-class entertainers, SPI has become the
preeminent Theatrical Producer & Talent Agency in Las Vegas and beyond. Current Productions
include Human Nature - "Jukebox," Boyz II Men,
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth,
Australia's Thunder From Down
Under, Divas - Starring Frank Marino, RockTellz and
Cocktails, and The Australian Bee Gees
Show. www.SPIentertainment.com
ABOUT HUMAN NATURE:
HUMAN NATURE are one of Australia's greatest musical success stories
and exports. The foursome which features brothers Andrew and Michael Tierney together with high
school friends Toby Allen and
Phil Burton have sold more than 2.5
million albums, earned 25 platinum awards, 17 top 40 hits and
five top 10 hits worldwide. They have performed sell out shows
around the globe since they signed with Sony Music Australia over
two decades ago, a partnership that continues today. Since
arriving in Las Vegas in 2009 to
commence an unprecedented residency for an Australian act, the
pop-vocal group has garnered international critical acclaim.
The group are a resident act at the prestigious The Venetian
Las Vegas, where they are launching their new show JUKEBOX. JUKEBOX
follows the highly successful "Smokey
Robinson presents HUMAN NATURE: The Motown Show" which
clocked up over 1200 performances over a six year period. JUKEBOX,
the album, is a collection of '50s and '60s pop standards (together
with an original song) produced by Dave
Pierce & Executive Produced by Bob Rock. It will be released in North America during 2016. The band's twelfth
album, JUKEBOX closed 2014 as the No. 3 best–selling Australian
album of the year with double platinum sales and a #2 ARIA chart
position. Highlights in Human Nature's career to date include
performing to a global audience at Sydney 2000, opening for Michael Jackson and Celine Dion at concerts around the world and,
appearing on television in the USA
on shows including The Talk, The Chew, Oprah and Dancing
With The Stars, as well as their own PBS Special: Human
Nature Sings Motown. For further information,
visit: http://www.humannaturelive.com
Photos & B-roll Available at:
http://bit.ly/1Ud0qNU
PRESS CONTACTS:
For HUMAN NATURE:
Michael Caprio
mc@capriomediadesign.com
(702) 658-6691
For The Venetian|The Palazzo Las Vegas:
Abigail Miller
Abigail.Miller@sands.com
(702) 607-4615
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