Event & Arena News

COLUMBUS, OH – "Dancing with the Stars," ABC's #1 rated unscripted show is hitting the road for a 38-city national tour featuring its most popular team of stars and professional dancers from the first three seasons. The tour comes to Nationwide Arena on Sunday, January 7 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale Saturday, November 4 at 10 a.m. at the Nationwide Arena Ticket Office and through Ticketmaster.

The all-star team on the tour includes Season One’s Joey McIntyre partnering with Season Three’s Kym Johnson; Season Two winners Drew Lachey & Cheryl Burke; Lisa Rinna & Louis Van Amstel; Season Three’s Joey Lawrence & Edyta Sliwinska; Willa Ford & Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Harry Hamlin pairing with Karina Smirnoff.

The two hour show will feature a larger-than-life recreation of the TV show’s actual stage with intimate nightclub-style table seating on the floor allowing fans unparalleled sightlines and access to all of the action. As with the network show, there will be a live orchestra to accompany the dancers with popular modern day songs that have become a much loved aspect of the program.

“Dancing with the Stars – The Tour” will be choreographed by Louis Van Amstel with Carrie Ann Inaba serving as the show’s creative director. The live show will feature celebrity group and solo dances along with sets from the professional dancers. In addition, the show will feature two huge video screens to the left and right of the stage that will feature never-before-seen rehearsal footage and exclusive behind the scenes interviews and outtakes as well as many surprise extras. “Dancing with the Stars – The Tour” is sponsored by Slim-Fast and produced by BBC Worldwide, AEG LIVE and Front Line Management Group.

Tickets are $58.50 and $48.50 (includes facility fee). Tickets may be purchased at the Nationwide Arena Ticket Office, at all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers, online at ticketmaster.com or by phone at (614) 431-3600. Tickets are also available at the Blue Jackets Zones located at Chiller Dublin, Chiller Easton and Chiller North. All tickets are subject to service charges.

For more information about upcoming events at Nationwide Arena, visit www.NationwideArena.com or call (614) 246-2000. Nationwide Arena, home of the Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL) and the Columbus Destroyers (AFL) and the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets (USHL), is an SMG-managed facility. Headquartered in Philadelphia, SMG provides facility services to more than 195 venues controlling over 1.5 million entertainment seats worldwide.

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