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Wednesday, May 29
Lionel Richie And Earth, Wind & Fire - Sing A Song All Night Long
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Tuesday, June 4
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Thursday, June 6
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Wednesday, June 12
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Thursday, June 13
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Saturday, June 15
Lionel Richie And Earth, Wind & Fire - Sing A Song All Night Long
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Sunday, June 16
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Wednesday, June 26
Lionel Richie - King of Hearts
Encore Theater at Wynn
Wednesday, June 26 at 8 pm
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Friday, June 28
Lionel Richie - King of Hearts
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Saturday, June 29
Lionel Richie - King of Hearts
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Saturday, August 31
Fool in Love
Fool In Love Festival
Saturday, August 31 at 11 am
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Wednesday, September 18
Lionel Richie - King of Hearts
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Wednesday, September 18 at 8 pm
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Friday, September 20
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Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor, and television judge. His recordings with the funk and soul band Commodores and during his solo career made him one of the most successful balladeers of the 1980s.
Beginning in 1968, Richie was a member of the Commodores. The Commodores became established as a popular soul group; their first several albums had a danceable, funky sound, as in such tracks as "Machine Gun" and "Brick House". Over time, Richie wrote and sang more romantic, easy-listening ballads such as "Easy", "Three Times a Lady", "Still", and the breakup ballad "Sail On". Richie launched a solo career in 1982 and his 1982 debut solo album, Lionel Richie, contained three hit singles: the U.S. number-one song "Truly", and the top five hits "You Are" and "My Love". The album hit No. 3 on the music charts and sold over four million copies. His 1983 follow-up album, Can't Slow Down, sold over twice as many copies, propelling him into the first rank of international superstars. He also co-wrote the 1985 charity single "We Are the World" with Michael Jackson, which sold over 20 million copies.
Over the course of his career, Richie has sold over 90 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. He won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Can't Slow Down, and his other Grammy Awards include Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) in 1985 and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Truly" in 1983. Richie has also been nominated for two Golden Globe awards and won one. In 1982 he was nominated for Best Original Song for the film Endless Love. In 1986 he won the Golden Globe award for Best Original Song for "Say You, Say Me", featured in the film White Nights. The song also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2016, Richie received the Songwriters Hall of Fame's highest honor, the Johnny Mercer Award. He has served with Luke Bryan and Katy Perry as a judge for the singing competition American Idol since its move to ABC from the Fox network.
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