Earthquake's Father's Day Celebration and More Coming Up This Year at NJPAC

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) located at 1 Center Street in Newark, New Jersey, announces some new shows -- see Classic Rock Legend Todd Rundgren performing with The Tubes Ft. Free Waybill on Friday May 27, 2016 8PM and back by popular demand its Comedian & WBLS Radio Host EARTHQUAKE and the annual Father's Day Celebration Sunday, June 21, 2016 6PM.

Get your salsa dance on with Columbia's Finest Music Artists JORGE CELEDON & GRUPO NICHE Friday, July 22, 2016 8PM, and don't miss SIMPLY THREE Known for Creating Inventive Instrumental Music to Music Videos.

Tickets go on sale Friday, March 18, 2016 at 10am at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722).

Todd Rundgren is a diverse musician who not only writes, sings and produces music, but he can also play a variety of musical instruments. Since the 1972 release of his debut album Something/Anything?, Rundgren has achieved success not only as a solo artist and member of the bands Nazz and Utopia, but also as a producer of albums for Badfinger, The Band, Grand Funk Railroad, and XTC. When he first embarked on a solo career in the early 1970s, Rundgren was known as a musician who created an eclectic mixture of progressive rock sounds and his influence on pop music is still a relevant force on the music of today. Todd Rundgren has led a five-decade career that reads like a chronicle of pop music's evolution from the 1960s to present day. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Rundgren catapulted into the limelight with 1972's seminal Something/Anything? and followed with landmark albums The Hermit of Mink Hollow, A Wizard, A True Star, as well as hit singles I Saw The Light, Hello It's Me, Can We Still Be Friends, and Bang The Drum All Day. His most recent studio album, GLOBAL, was released in April 2015.

Rundgren is a multi-faceted artist, songwriter, record producer and became a pioneer not only in progressive rock but electronic music, music video production and computer software development. He's also achieved widespread acclaim for his production work on albums by The Tubes, Patti Smith, Cheap Trick, Psychedelic Furs, Meatloaf, XTC, Grand Funk Railroad, and Hall And Oates. For more, visit www.tr-i.com.

The Tubes are a San Francisco-based rock band whose 1975 debut album included the hit single "White Punks on Dope". They are also remembered for their 1983 single "She's a Beauty", a top 10 U.S. hit with a frequently-played music video in the early days of MTV; and in the 1980 film Xanadu singing the rock portion of the cross-genre song "Dancin'" opposite a big band. The Tubes will go down in the rock history books as pioneers whose performances broke down barriers and defied definition. Rocking and shocking audiences for decades, The Tubes have the uncanny ability to highlight the absurdity of everyday American life while stimulating the senses through their dynamic, controversial and politically incorrect audio visual live spectacles. The Tubes have always managed to expose, enlighten and entertain audiences worldwide by combining art with trash, comedy with tragedy, and innovative rock theatre with consummate musicianship. For more, visit www.thetubes.com.

House on WBLS-FM and star of the comedy special These Ain't Jokes, Earthquake is hugely popular with audiences, thanks to his many appearances on HBO, BET, Comedy Central and late-night talk shows.
Since his breakout performance in About Got Damn Time, Earthquake has been featured in the films Getting Played with Vivica Fox, Barnyard and Clerks II. TV viewers know him from his recurring role as the unforgettable Uncle Mike ("Big man!") in Chris Rock's Everybody Hates Chris

Jorge Celedón from Columbia and know as one of the best singers of vallenato music. Celedón was one of the backup singers for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America, the group recorded 20 albums not counting special contributions to other artist on different compilations, interrupted with the death of lead singer Rafael Orozco. In 1998, Jorge Celedón decided to create his own vallenato group and teamed with accordionist Jimmy Zambrano. Celedon and his vallenato group won a Latin Grammy Award for the category of Cumbia/Vallenato for their album Son... Para El Mundo (Sony BMG Music/North) Jorge Celedón performed at several high profile events including for President George W. Bush at the White House in celebration of Colombian Independence day.

Grupo Niche are known for their fast tempos, aggressive trumpets and well crafted lyrics that navigated from feel-good partying to romance and social consciousness. To this day, tracks like Grupo Niche's hit "Cali Pachanguero" and "Una Aventura" are forever associated with Colombian salsa and play in virtually every tropical radio station and club in the world. Grupo Niche, a large salsa band with a big, aggressive sound founded on African rhythms, together with trombonist Alexis Lozano (who would later leave to launch his own band, Guayacán). Grupo Niche broke out with its second album, Querer Es Poder on indie label Codiscos, which included the single "Buenaventura y Caney," an homage to the coastal city of Buenaventura. Niche's popularity was consolidated with 1984's No Hay Quinto Malo, which included the hit "Cali Pachanguero," an homage to Cali, the city best known in Colombia for its salsa music.

Acclaimed for "having what it takes" (Boston Philharmonic), the trio of Glen McDaniel, Nick Villalobos and Zack Clark has captivated audiences worldwide with high-octane concerts. Simply Three is continually praised for the ability to impress listeners with a multitude of genres that span Puccini and Gershwin to Adele, Coldplay and Michael Jackson. With an ever-growing online popularity, Simply Three is renewing excitement for instrumental music through inventive music videos that have captured the hearts of millions of YouTube viewers around the globe.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located in downtown Newark, New Jersey, is among the largest performing arts centers in the United States and is the artistic, cultural, educational and civic center of New Jersey - where great performances and events enhance and transform lives every day. NJPAC brings diverse communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the state's and the world's best artists while acting as a leading catalyst in the revitalization of its home city. Through its extensive Arts Education programs, NJPAC is shaping the next generation of artists and arts enthusiasts. NJPAC has attracted more than 9 million visitors (including over 1.5 million children) since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents. Visit njpac.org or call 1-888-GO-NJPAC for more information.

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