{"id":112521,"date":"2022-06-07T21:02:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T01:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112521"},"modified":"2022-06-07T21:02:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T01:02:42","slug":"billy-ocean-to-perform-at-musikfest-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112521","title":{"rendered":"BILLY OCEAN TO PERFORM AT MUSIKFEST CAF\u00c9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grammy winning Singer-Songwriter Billy Ocean will perform Sun., Oct. 2<\/em><\/p>\n

BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2013 ArtsQuest is excited to announce chart-topping, platinum recording artist Billy Ocean will perform in the\u00a0Musikfest Caf\u00e9<\/a>, presented by Yuengling on\u00a0Sun., Oct. 2<\/strong>. Tickets for this show will go on sale for\u00a0ArtsQuest members<\/a>\u00a0at 10 a.m.\u00a0Thurs., June 9<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Fri., June 10<\/strong>\u00a0for the general public at\u00a0steelstacks.org<\/a>. For more exclusive ticket opportunities, become an\u00a0ArtsQuest Circle donor<\/a>\u00a0today.<\/p>\n

Trinidad born, Britain raised Rhythm and Blues singer\/songwriter Billy Ocean first found his place on the UK and US music charts with his second single \u201cLove Really Hurts Without You,\u201d followed by \u201cLove on Delivery,\u201d \u201cStop Me,\u201d \u201cLover Boy,\u201d and the Grammy winning song \u201cCaribbean Queen.\u201d Ocean developed his musical style through mixing his love for calypso with early influences like Otis Redding, Sam Cooke and of course The Beatles. Over the course of three decades Ocean continued to write chart-toppers like \u201cWhen the Going gets Tough,\u201d the title song for\u00a0Jewel of the Nile\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack. After a much-need break resting and regrouping with his family, Ocean returned to the stage in 2007 with his daughter Cherie on backing vocals for his world-wide tour. He released \u201cThere\u2019ll be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)\u201d and \u201cGet Outta My Dreams; Get into My Car,\u201d returning him to the US music charts. In 2020 he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to music, has won a Grammy award for best vocals, two Billboard Music awards, seven ASCAP Pop Music awards and has released 11 full-length albums including 2019\u2019s\u00a0One World.<\/em><\/p>\n

For a schedule of upcoming Musikfest Caf\u00e9 shows or to purchase tickets visit\u00a0steelstacks.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Information provided to TVL by:
\nKelley Andrade, ArtsQuest
\nPublic Relations Coordinator
\nhttp:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Grammy winning Singer-Songwriter Billy Ocean will perform Sun., Oct. 2 BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2013 ArtsQuest is excited to announce chart-topping, platinum recording artist Billy Ocean will perform in the\u00a0Musikfest Caf\u00e9, presented … Continue reading BILLY OCEAN TO PERFORM AT MUSIKFEST CAF\u00c9<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5717,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bethlehem","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Billy-Ocean.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/112522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}