Richie Havens To Perform At Phillips Center's Squitieri Studio Theatre

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Folk legend Richie Havens will bring inspiration and grace in three intimate performances to the Gainesville community beginning Friday, February 12 in the Phillips Center's Squitieri Studio Theatre.

Gifted with one of the most recognizable voices in popular music, Richie Havens has a soulful singing style that remains as unique and ageless as when he first emerged from the Greenwich Village folk scene in the early 1960s. It's a voice that has inspired and electrified audiences from the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair in 1969, to the Clinton Presidential Inauguration in 1993 - coming full circle with the 40th Woodstock Anniversary celebration at Bethel Woods, New York in 2009.

Nobody Left to Crown - Richie's most recent recording, released to the U.S. in 2008 on Verve Records - attests that Richie Havens has never been more relevant, necessary even, than he is today. A sense of timelessness rings throughout Nobody Left to Crown, as though the passing years have only strengthened the meaning of his soul-filled folk rock.

For 2010, Richie Havens' musical journey continues with the recording of his next studio album, tour dates throughout the world - including a performance at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival - and more. His performance in the Civil Rights Movement documentary Soundtrack for a Revolution, released last month in Brooklyn the day after his 69th birthday, earned him widespread acclaim.

Also in 2010, look for Havens' highly anticipated studio collaboration on the upcoming Preservation Hall benefit album, Preservation, where Havens records the song Trouble in Mind with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Preservation hits streets on Mardi Gras Day, February 16.

Richie Havens
Friday, February 12, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 13, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 14, 2 p.m.
Squitieri Studio Theatre

Ticket Prices: $34 for Reserved Seating

Web sites:
University of Florida Performing Arts: www.performingarts.ufl.edu
Richie Havens: www.richiehavens.com

To Purchase tickets, call the Phillips Center Box Office at 352-392-ARTS (2787) or 800-905-ARTS (toll-free within Florida) or call Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 (toll-free). Tickets may also be purchased in person at the Phillips Center Box Office, the University Box Office at the University of Florida Reitz Union or from any Ticketmaster outlet, or online at www.ticketmaster.com. Cash, checks, MasterCard and Visa are accepted.

UF students may purchase $10 tickets (with a valid student ID) at the Phillips Center Box Office and the University Box Office at the Reitz Union. Other students may purchase $10 student tickets (in the balcony) at the Phillips Center Box Office.

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