Diana Ross will headline May PACER benefit in Minneapolis

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Diana Ross will headline May PACER benefit in Minneapolis

Pioneer Press

Posted: 01/28/2014 12:01:00 AM CST | Updated: 54 min. ago


Motown legend Diana Ross will headline the annual PACER Center benefit May 3 at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

Tickets are $600 to $70 and are on sale via Pacer.org or 952-838-9000. Proceeds benefit children with disabilities.

Ross, who turns 70 in March, rose to fame in the '60s as the lead singer of Motown Records' most commercially successful act, the Supremes. She left the group in 1970 to pursue a solo career. She also dabbled in acting, appearing in "Lady Sings the Blues," "Mahogany" and "The Wiz." Billboard magazine once named her the "Female Entertainer of the Century."

In recent years, Ross has slowed down some, and has released just one album in the new century, 2006's "I Love You." She continues to tour, however, and played Minneapolis' Orpheum Theatre last August.

-- Ross Raihala

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NEW BUFFALO, MI -- Motown legend Diana Ross will perform at the Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo in May, the casino announced today.

The Detroit native with a dozen No. 1 hits to her credit will perform at 9 p.m. on May 2 at the casino's Silver Creek Event Center. Tickets start at $60 and they will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 7.

Tickets are available only through Ticketmaster, either online at www.Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-745-3000 .

Ross was a member of The Supremes, along with Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson. The group debuted in the 1960s and was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

Her biggest hits include "Stop! In the Name of Love," "Someday We'll Be Together" and "Where Did Our Love Go?," among others.

She was nominated in 1972 for her portrayal of Billie Holliday for "Lady Sings the Blues," she won a Tony Award in 1977 for her one-woman show, "An Evening with Diana Ross," and received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in 2012, among other awards.

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Diana Ross to Play Albany


posted Feb 10, 2014


Yet another concert announcement: Diana Ross is set to play The Palace June 24. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday [[February 14) -- the price range is $45-$175. [[The upper end is for the "Gold Circle," which we can only guess is actually made of gold.)

Ross is, of course, one of the most famous and popular singers of American pop music ever, and an influence on a huge range of artists. It sounds like the Palace show will be her singing the hits -- of which there were many, both with The Supremes and solo.