Dylan, Willie, Mellencamp to Play Whataburger Field

For just the second time in 24 years, music legends Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp are coming together for a nationwide tour - a tour that includes Corpus Christi.

 

Their 2009 Ballpark Tour plays Whataburger Field on Wednesday, August 5. Twenty-one other cities - including Round Rock - are on a schedule which runs from July 2-August 15.

 

The Hooks are extending a special and limited-time offer to their valued fans, giving a select crowd the chance to snag tickets for the show before they go on sale to the public.

Fans can click here to take advantage of this special offer. The Whataburger Field gates open at 5 p.m. but those who take advantage of this offer are eligible to enter at 4:30. Be sure to follow the link, note the password and click on the 'Buy Tickets' button.

 

Tickets for the Corpus Christi show go on sale to the public through TicketMaster and at the Whataburger Field box office beginning Saturday, May 16. All tickets are general admission and priced at $67.50.

 

"Bringing concerts and other special events to our ballparks was one of our key initiatives for 2009," said Corpus Christi Hooks and Round Rock Express founder and CEO Reid Ryan. "To be able to see Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp - all in one night - is pretty much a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that we know people will truly enjoy."

 

Besides performing over 100 concerts each year for the past 15 years, Dylan drops into millions of households each week with his highly popular satellite radio program Theme Time Radio Hour.  In recent years, he has also received the big-screen treatment, courtesy of film director Martin Scorcese, with the critically acclaimed release of No Direction Home, the first feature-length film biography of Dylan.  Prior to that, he spent over 20 weeks on the New York Times best seller list with the publication of Chronicles: Volume One, the first in a series of the artist's self-penned personal histories.   

 

In between these high-water marks, Dylan has earned multiple Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Kennedy Center Honor (the highest honor of artistic achievement given in the United States).  As a recording artist, he continues to hit the long ball. After debuting at No. 1 with his last record, Modern Times, Dylan is about to release a brand new studio album on April 28 through Columbia Records. 

 

Over the course of a career that has spanned more than 30 years, Mellencamp has released 23 albums with worldwide sales of over 40 million units while amassing 22 Top 40 hit songs.  In 2008, the same year he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Life Death Love and Freedom was issued. Rolling Stone called the album "one of the most compelling albums of Mellencamp's career" and placed it among the Top 5 albums of the year.  

 

Mellencamp's ties to Willie Nelson date back to 1985 - the year they joined forces to mount the first Farm Aid benefit concert that also featured a stellar set from Dylan. Besides rallying his friends each year to support Farm Aid, Nelson is quite possibly the most prolific recording artist in any genre of music. In the past five years alone he has released no less than a dozen records, and when he's not in the studio recording new albums, he fills time writing books, acting in feature films and generally keeping a pace unimaginable for someone half his age.

 

For more information about the tour and presale opportunities, visit www.bobdylan.com and check back at www.cchooks.com as the May 16 ticket sale date approaches.

 

Date -- Market -- On-Sale

7/2 -- Sauget, IL at GCS Ballpark -- 5/2

7/4 -- South Bend, IN at Coveleski Stadium -- 5/2

7/8 -- Louisville, KY at Louisville Slugger Field -- 5/9

7/10 -- Dayton, OH at Fifth Third Field -- 5/2

7/11 -- Eastlake, OH at Classic Park -- 5/2

7/13 -- Washington, PA at Consol Energy Park -- 5/2

7/14 -- Allentown, PA at Coca-Cola Park -- 5/2

7/15 -- New Britain, CT at New Britain Stadium -- 5/9

7/19 -- Syracuse, NY at Alliance Bank Stadium -- 5/9

7/21 -- Pawtucket, RI at McCoy Stadium -- 5/9

7/23 -- Lakewood, NJ at FirstEnergy Park -- 5/2

7/24 -- Aberdeen, MD at Ripken Stadium -- 5/9

7/25 -- Norfolk, VA at Harbor Park -- 5/9

7/28 -- Durham, NC at Durham Bulls Athletic Park -- 5/9

7/29 -- Sevierville, TN at Smokies Park -- 5/16

8/4 -- Round Rock, TX at The Dell Diamond -- 5/16

8/5 -- Corpus Christi, TX at Whataburger Field -- 5/16

8/7 -- Grand Prairie, TX at Ballpark of Grand Prairie -- 5/30

8/11 -- Glendale, AZ at Camelback Ranch -- 5/16

8/12 -- Las Vegas, NV at Cashman Field -- 5/30

8/14 -- Fresno, CA at Chukchansi Park -- 5/30

8/15 -- Stockton, CA at Banner Island Ballpark -- 5/30