Rick Springfield & Richard Marx Coming to DPAC This Winter

Two incredible stars, Three decades of hits, one night only. Rick Springfield and Richard Marx join forces to bring their catalogues of hits to DPAC on Friday, January 27, performing full solo acoustic sets by both artists.

Tickets go on sale Friday, December 16 at 11:00am: Online at DPACnc.com; at the Ticket Center at DPAC: 919.680.2787, 123 Vivian Street, Durham, NC; and at Ticketmaster.com / Ticketmaster Charge by phone at 800.745.3000.

Over the past three decades, Rick Springfield has worn many hats as an entertainer and performer. The creator of some of the finest power-pop of the '80s, a Grammy winning singer, songwriter, and musician who has sold 25 million albums and scored 17 U.S. Top 40 hits, including "Jessie's Girl," "Don't Talk to Strangers," "An Affair of the Heart," "I've Done Everything for You," "Love Somebody," and "Human Touch." He's an accomplished actor who most recently starred opposite Meryl Streep in the feature film Ricki and the Flash, gave a chameleonic performance as the creepy Dr. Pitlor in HBO's prestige drama True Detective and is earning great reviews for his portrayal of Lucifer this season on the CW hit, Supernatural. In 2014, Springfield was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located around the corner from the first apartment he lived in when he first arrived in the U.S. from Australia in 1971.

As a performer, Grammy winning singer, songwriter and producer, Richard Marx's nearly three-decade-long career has had numerous highlights. The Chicago native has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, including chart-topping hits "Hold On To the Nights", "Don't Mean Nothing", "Satisfied", "Right Here Waiting", "Keep Coming Back", "Hazard" and #1 AC hit "Now And Forever". When both Rush Street and Paid Vacation albums went platinum, Marx achieved a seven-year string of triumphs that rivaled any in pop-rock music history. To this day, he is the only male artist to have his first seven singles reach the Top 5 on the Billboard charts.

Since its opening in 2008, DPAC has become the center for live entertainment in North Carolina. Recognized for its contemporary design, DPAC features 2,700 seats, intimate sightlines and state-of-the art sound and video. Listed five times in the top 10 in Pollstar magazine's annual worldwide theater attendance rankings, DPAC is currently the #4 ranked theater in the U.S.

With a mission of presenting one-of a-kind live entertainment events, DPAC truly has "something for everyone", hosting over 200 performances a year including spectacular touring Broadway productions, high-profile concert and comedy events, family shows and the heralded American Dance Festival. Owned by the City of Durham and operated under the direction of Nederlander and Professional Facilities Management (PFM), DPAC has been listed for six consecutive years as the #1 performing arts organization in the region by the Triangle Business Journal.

What's up next at DPAC? Ira David Wood III's A CHRISTMAS CAROL (December 15-18), Broadway's Tony Award-winning family classic, RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA (December 30 - January 1), and the most award-winning musical of the season AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (January 3- 8).

For more information, go to www.DPACnc.com.

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