Event & Arena News

COLUMBUS, OH – Grammy-nominated and platinum-selling recording artists Jonas Brothers will bring “The Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009” to Nationwide Arena on Wednesday, August 26 at 7:30 p.m. Special guests on “The Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009” are American Idol winner and Jive Records’ platinum-selling artist Jordin Sparks and rising stars, Honor Society. Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 28 at 10 a.m. at the Nationwide Arena Ticket Office and through Ticketmaster.

The tour, which will take the band to three continents, will feature new music taken from the June 15 worldwide release of their upcoming Hollywood Records album. “The Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009,” presented by Burger King®, kicks off in Dallas at New Cowboys Stadium on June 20 and will take the band throughout the United States and Canada. In addition to their 44-city North American trek, Jonas Brothers will also play three European dates including recently sold-out shows at Paris’ Zenith Arena and London’s Wembley Arena plus a just-added date at Madrid’s Palacio De Deportes. “The Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009” is produced by Live Nation.

“The Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009” will present the band’s most ambitious production yet and will include a massive 140-foot plus stage centered in the arena that aims to give a larger number of fans a closer, more interactive live concert than they have ever experienced before. The show will feature cutting-edge technology used in a one-of-a-kind circular water screen, multi-color laser effects, motion-automated video screens, a giant crane levitating over the audience plus other surprises that will bring the tour to the next level of concert entertainment.

The Jonas Brothers became a pop music phenomenon in 2008 with the release of their platinum-selling album, A Little Bit Longer, and two tours that earned the band a spot among the top-selling tours of the year. They also won an American Music Award for Breakthrough Artist and were recently nominated for a Grammy in the Best New Artist Category.

For further information and all the latest tour developments, visit www.jonasbrothers.com or www.livenation.com.

Tickets are $89.50, $69.50, $49.50 and $29.50 (prices include facility fee). Tickets may be purchased at the Nationwide Arena Ticket Office, at all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers, online at www.ticketmaster.com, www.livenation.com and by phone at (800) 745-3000. Tickets are also available at FOX Sports Ohio Blue Line location at The Mall at Tuttle Crossing and outlets at Chiller Dublin, Chiller Easton and Chiller North. All tickets are subject to service charges and facility fees.

For more information about upcoming events at Nationwide Arena, visit www.NationwideArena.com or call (614) 246-2000. Nationwide Arena, home of the NHL Columbus Blue Jackets, is an SMG-managed facility. SMG provides facility services to more than 210 venues controlling over 1.5 million entertainment seats worldwide.

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