The Moody Blues Return To Downtown Reno
- Classic Rock Group Heads To Silver Legacy April 4 -
RENO, Nev. (January 26, 2009) – For over thirty years, The Moody Blues have been musical mainstays on concert stages, recordings and the airwave. Now they are bringing their classic sounds back to Reno on April 4 at 8 p.m. in the Grande Exposition Hall at Silver Legacy Resort Casino.
Their remarkable consistency has generated the sale of over 55 million albums and created a standard for classic rock music, which has earned them numerous awards, including the NARM Number One World Group Award (1972), 18 platinum records, The Playboy Vocal Group of the Year Award, The Golden Ticket Award for the sale of 100,000 tickets at Madison Square Gardens, as well as ASCAP and Performance Awards, the Ivor Novello Statue (1984 Outstanding Contribution to British Music) and a priceless place in rock history.
The Moody Blues’ first full studio album Days Of Future Passed was released in November 1967 and stayed on the Billboard charts for over two years. Featuring the soon-to-be-classic “Tuesday Afternoon” and one of the biggest selling singles of all time “Nights In White Satin,” the album became a milestone in rock recording. It was one of the very first concept albums and set the style for many others to follow.
The band toured consistently in Great Britain and Europe and followed Days Of Future Passed with the 1968 release of In Search Of The Lost Chord. Riding the success of the album’s hit singles “Ride My See-Saw” and “Voices In The Sky,” The Moody Blues began their first concert tour of the USA in October of that year and quickly developed a devoted and fanatical following, which endures to this day.
In August 1970, the band released A Question of Balance, which featured the international number one single “Question” and firmly established the “Moodies” as one of the emerging mega-groups of the time.
Seventh Sojourn was launched in 1972 and with the momentum of the smash singles “I’m Just A Singer (in a Rock Band)” and “Isn’t Life Strange,” the album held the number one spot on the U.S. charts for five consecutive weeks, giving the band two albums in the U.S. top ten simultaneously.
After the resounding international success of Seventh Sojourn, the “Moodies” once again took to the road, launching the world tour, which would traverse three continents. It was the last time The Moody Blues were to appear together on stage for the next four years. The break allowed band members Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Graeme Edge, Adrian Gurvitz, Ray Thomas and Jeff Wayne to focus on projects outside the group.
In 1978 the “Moodies” returned to their group format and released Octave, which shot to the top of the charts. This proved that their fans had remained loyal despite a four-year absence. The Moody Blues are one of the few groups in the world to have toured extensively with every album release.
Many more number one hits followed in the 80’s and early 90’s and in 1996 the band released The Very Best Of The Moody Blues. After entering Music Week’s Top 75 Albums chart at number 13 in the week following its release, the album achieved Silver status in the second week and after only five weeks had earned the Gold award. Heading for the millennium The Moody Blues released their aptly named studio album Strange Times. Self-produced and recorded in Italy, this is only the second time that a Moodies’ album has emerged from a studio outside the UK.
During the band’s 2000 tour of the UK they were presented with a Platinum Sales Award by Universal Music to recognize the sale of more than 300,000 copies of The Very Best Of The Moody Blues.
In the spring of 2001 the Imax film Journey Into Amazing Caves, narrated by Liam Neeson and featuring a soundtrack with songs and performances by The Moody Blues, was released. Apart from the new arrangements of better known Moody Blues songs, Justin Hayward and John Lodge co-wrote two new songs, “Water” and “We Can Fly” for the soundtrack, which is available on CD, video and DVD.
Tickets to see The Moody Blues perform are $80, $70 and $60 and go on sale January 30 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased online at silverlegacy.com and ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-687-8733 and 775-325-7401 and at the Box Office located on the main casino floor.
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