TONY ORLANDO
Tony Orlando, who will enter the New Jersey Hall of Fame in October, will headline a free concert at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, Sept. 12 at 1:30 p.m., with comedian John Pizzi opening.
The show is part of the Garden State Arts Foundation’s Senior Concert series. For information, visit gsafoundation.org.
The foundation gives the following information about requesting tickets on its web site:
Please be advised that everyone is welcome. We will be mailing out tickets this year. Please make sure to send a self-addressed stamped envelope with your request.
If not on our mailing list please call (732) 442-9200 and leave your name and address and we will add you to our mailing list.
Mailing Address: Garden State Arts Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 5013, Woodbridge, NJ 07095-5013.
Email questions can be sent to info@gsafoundation.org.
Orlando, who lived in Union City and Hasbrouck Heights as a teenager, was one of the most successful recording artists of the first half of the ’70s, with hits (recorded with the backing vocal duo Dawn) such as “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree,” “Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose,” “Knock Three Times,” “He Don’t Love You (Like I Love You)” and “Candida.” He currently has a 10 p.m. to midnight Saturday night radio show on WABC in New York (770 AM, 107.1 FM and streaming at wabcmusicradio.com).
Other shows in the Senior Concert Series include Dominic Scaglione Jr. (tribute to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, The Four Seasons and others) and comedian Gary DeLena, Sept. 6 at 1:30 p.m.; and Richie Santa (Elvis Presley tribute), Frankie Pizarro (formerly of The Platters) and Bill Haley Jr.’s Comets, Sept. 26 at 1:30 p.m.
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