It’s big names all the time as the nation’s best bands, singers, comedians and entertainers take the stage. Here’s who you should be booking in to see, stat!
Head to the Sands Bethlehem for some of the year’s most highly anticipated music and comedy shows, from classic rock and pop acts (like Meatloaf and Huey Lewis) to legendary joke-tellers (like former Tonight Show host Jay Leno).
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May 25 at 8pm
That’s Mister Loaf to you. The rock & roll singer still brings the onstage theatrics like a “Bat Out of Hell”—you can expect that and other hits such as "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)," “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” and the Celine Dion–popularized "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," which was originally written for Meatloaf and included on his 2006 record, Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose. Get Tickets
May 28 at 8pm
Two megawatt stars from the '80s—"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" singer Lauper and Culture Club helmer Boy George—team up for this coheadlining tour to revisit all the hits, though they haven’t rested on their laurels. You just might hear some of Lauper’s new Nashville-recorded country record, Detour. Get Tickets
June 14 at 7pm
If you remember when Frampton first “came alive” in 1976, good news! The axeman is still rocking out, squawking out those talk-box solos (though he has trimmed his signature curly locks). Get ready for that “Baby, I Love Your Way” group sing-along. Get Tickets
June 19 at 7pm
Connick is a consummate performer who, in addition to star turns in films like Independence Day and New in Town, released his first record at age 10. He hasn’t lost any of that youthful energy; here he tours behind his newest album, the lively pop-jazz collection That Would Be Me. Get Tickets
June 23 at 8pm
It seems like only yesterday the pop-punk trio was running across TV screens wearing their birthday suits in the “What's My Age Again?” video. These days, the boys are a bit older and possibly more mature (but we wouldn’t count on it). Come expecting the sophomoric high jinks and the heart-on-sleeve romanticism that the guys made famous. Get Tickets
June 25 at 8pm
As leading man Danny on NBC comedy series Undateable, D’Elia navigates the single life with a cast of lovable bro-buds. His stand-up routine takes on many of the same topics, adding caricatures and some too-hot-for-TV language to spice it up. Get Tickets
July 1 at 8pm
The supergroup of Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper and Joe Perry take their act out of its Tinseltown namesake for this tour. If you caught Vampires' Grammy Awards tribute to Motörhead frontman Lemmy, you know that the group's rock chops are no showbiz trick. In-line with the name, expect the live show to draw blood. Get Tickets
July 10 at 8pm
What is there to say about the Greek, New Age piano juggernaut whose records like 1994’s Live at the Acropolis have sold roughly a bajillion copies worldwide. Come to be sanctified by the sounds of the mononymous artist’s ivory-tickling prowess, as heard on his most recent album,Sensuous Chill. Get Tickets
July 21 at 8pm
Is it still hip to be square? As far as Huey & Co. is concerned, definitely. As one of the defining band of the '80s, the group updated doo-wop-inspired blues-rock for the Back to the Future generation, reminding us all, forever, of "The Power of Love." Get Tickets
July 24 at 7pm
Two guitar titans trade licks on this bill that will delight any blues-rock devotee. Beck, who first made his name playing with the Yardbirds before delving into prog with his own group, coheadlines with venerable bluesman Guy, whose deft musicianship consistently ranks him as one of the best guitarists of all time, dead or alive. Get Tickets
Aug 2 at 7pm
The alternative-metal band’s tool bag includes complex riffs, atmospheric interludes and emotive vocals. Recently the group released Gore, its first record in four years, so you can be sure to hear some of the new material at this gig, which also features Swedish hardcore punks the Refused, who reunited in 2012 after a decade-long hiatus. Get Tickets
Aug 18 at 6:30pm
Between the Crows’ August and Everything After and Thomas’s work on Matchbox Twenty’s Yourself or Someone Like You, you’d be hard-pressed to find a bill with more ’90s rock bonafides than this. That’s not to say either are legacy acts—come ready to hear the new tunes as well as the classics. Get Tickets
Sept 20 at 8pm
The musical mind behind such parody songs as “Fat” and “White & Nerdy” brings his accordion-driven music to the Sands Bethlehem. Expect to hear those classic take-offs as well music from 2014’s Mandatory Fun, which playfully reworks songs by Pharrell Williams, Lorde and Imagine Dragons. Get Tickets
Sept 22 at 8pm
The members of the Philly R&B trio are masters of heartstring-tugging a capella harmonies. When they launch into the soaring crescendos of "I'll Make Love to You" and “End of the Road,” bring a hanky ’cause there won’t be a dry eye in the house. Get Tickets
Oct 16 at 7pm
Since retiring fromThe Tonight Show, the stand-up has spent his time on the comedy circuit, entertaining folks at charity and USO events, and cruising in his vintage autos onJay Leno's Garage. He’ll have plenty to share here about his post-nightly-gig life. Get Tickets
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