R&B Legends the O'Jays Coming Home to Canton’s Hall of Fame Village on Their “Last Stop on the Love Train” Tour With Special Guest Gladys Knight on Saturday, September 17
July 28 2022 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Special guest Gladys Knight to perform her
greatest hits as part of the celebration
Tickets go on sale 10 a.m., Monday, August 1 at
HOFVillage.com
Hall of Fame Village (“HOFV”) today announced it will bring
Canton’s own Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The O’Jays with special
guest, The Empress of Soul, Gladys Knight, to its Tom Benson Hall
of Fame Stadium as part of the Canton band’s “Last Stop on The Love
Train: The Final Tour.” The concert will take place at 7 p.m. on
Saturday, September 17. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. ET, on Monday,
August 1 at HOFVillage.com.
“We are honored to host this special concert as a homecoming for
these legendary performers. Bringing Hall of Fame-caliber
performers to the Hall of Fame Village is part of our game plan of
being a world-class entertainment venue that appeals to a wide
variety of audiences all year round,” said Mike Levy, President of
Operations for Hall of Fame Village.
The Canton, Ohio group, led by original members Eddie Levert
Sr., Walter Williams Sr., and Eric Grant (who joined the group in
1995), is a pioneer of the Philly Soul sound of the 70s and has
been together, in various forms, for more than 60 years. “This tour
is a celebration of all of our lives and the struggles and joys
that got us to today. It is time for us to say goodbye and we would
like to do it in person. Please come join us as we play the music
we have shared together over the past 60 years, one last time,”
Canton native Eddie Levert Sr. reflected.
The O’Jays’ deep catalog of hits includes "Backstabbers," “Love
Train,” “For The Love of Money,” “Livin’ For The Weekend” and “Use
Ta Be My Girl.” The O’Jays have earned 10 Gold albums, nine
Platinum albums, 10 #1 hits and were inducted into the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.
The evening will open with seven-time Grammy Award winner Gladys
Knight performing her top hits including “Midnight Train to
Georgia,” “Neither One of Us,” “I Heard it though the Grapevine”
and “Love Overboard”. Gladys Knight and The Pips were inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Knight will be among the
2022 Kennedy Center Honorees in December.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame and Hall of Fame Village together
will donate five dollars for each concert ticket sold to the O’Jays
Scholarship Fund which supports college bound Ohio students.
More details about the event:
- When: 7 p.m. ET, Saturday, Sept. 17
- Where: Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium
- Tickets: Start at $59, available at HOFVillage.com; for suites
call (330) 617-8447
- More info: HOFVillage.com
- Special guest, seven-time Grammy Award winner Gladys Knight
will perform her greatest hits
About the Hall of Fame Village Hall of Fame Village is a
multi-use sports, entertainment and media destination centered
around the Pro Football Hall of Fame's campus in Canton, Ohio.
Owned by the Hall of Fame Resort and Entertainment Company (NASDAQ:
HOFV, HOFVW), the Village currently has over $250 million worth of
assets under management and is one of the largest ongoing
construction projects in Ohio. Phase I of the project entailed the
construction of the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, a world-class
20,000 seat, sports and entertainment stadium, and the National
Youth Football and Sports Complex. Phase II, currently under
construction, will add the Constellation Center for Excellence, the
Center for Performance, a Fan Engagement Zone, a Hall of Fame
indoor waterpark and a Hilton Tapestry Hotel. Phase III is
currently in planning stages. For more information, visit
www.HOFVillage.com.
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