{"id":2081,"date":"2014-10-12T11:45:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T16:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/?p=2081"},"modified":"2015-06-02T14:14:32","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T19:14:32","slug":"carnival-announces-spring-2015-carnival-live-artists-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/?p=2081","title":{"rendered":"Carnival Announces Spring 2015 &#8220;Carnival Live&#8221; Artists &#038; Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There were some awesome acts in the first group of dates for Carnival&#8217;s live music series &#8212; and the new list is even more impressive.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/CarnivalNews.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2003\" src=\"http:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/CarnivalNews-300x138.jpg\" alt=\"CarnivalNews\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/CarnivalNews-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/CarnivalNews.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES ANNOUNCES SPRING 2015<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u2018CARNIVAL LIVE CONCERT SERIES\u2019 ARTIST LINEUP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Best of Live Music at Sea Program to Feature Journey, Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Smokey Robinson and Styx With Additional Artists to be Announced Next Year<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cruising has never sounded so good! Today Carnival Cruise Lines unveiled its new Carnival LIVE Concert Series roster for spring 2015, bringing more of the best live music to sea from some of most popular and highly requested music acts. Coming on board in the first part of next year will be Journey, Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town, Smokey Robinson, and Styx, back by popular demand for the second season.<\/p>\n<p>The exciting 2015 Carnival LIVE concert lineup continues this one-of-a-kind entertainment option, while building on the success of an inaugural year of high-energy, sold-out on-board performances. In addition to this incredible mix of GRAMMY\u00ae Award- and CMA Award-winning artists and nominees, next year the company will announce even more acts scheduled for the latter half of 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Carnival LIVE was created to give guests the opportunity to experience exclusive live entertainment from major music artists, all at a tremendous value and with great convenience. Guests attend shows in the ship\u2019s main theaters \u2013 which range in seating capacity from 900 to 1,300 \u2013 for an intimate on-board performance where there is never a bad seat in the house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur 2014 Carnival LIVE shows have been tour standouts, so we are thrilled to get on board again to rock the boat next year,\u201d said Tommy Shaw, singer and guitarist for Styx. \u201cThe audience of cruisers in a vacation state-of-mind combined with the ship\u2019s theater design creates an incredible energy that\u2019s fun for everyone, including the band.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guests will have even more Carnival vessels, homeports and itineraries to choose from with a total of 10 \u201cFun Ships\u201d departing from six convenient U.S. homeports hosting concerts in spring 2015. Carnival LIVE voyages will originate in Miami, Port Canaveral, Tampa, and Jacksonville, Fla; Charleston, S.C.; and, for the first time, Galveston, Texas, the line\u2019s second largest homeport.<\/p>\n<p>The 2015 Carnival LIVE Concert Series kicks off next March and features one or more major artist each month, performing multiple shows on Carnival vessels docked in one of three ports of call: Cozumel, Nassau and a new port for the program, St. Thomas. Artists board the ship in port, perform in the main show lounge, and then debark following the concert.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Journey kicks off the 2015 roster with two rock anthem-filled performances on March 18 and 19 in St. Thomas.<\/li>\n<li>The award-winning Little Big Town brings their unmistakable sound to \u201cFun Ships\u201d in Nassau for three appearances on (March 30 and 31 and April 1).<\/li>\n<li>Guests \u201cCruisin\u2019\u201d to see Smokey Robinson sing timeless classics from his 50-year music career can catch the icon April 21, 22 and 23 in Cozumel.<\/li>\n<li>In May, country trio Rascal Flatts, one of the top-selling live artists in any genre, will perform a series of three shows for guests in Cozumel (May 5, 6 and 7).<\/li>\n<li>Rock fans are invited to \u201cCome Sail Away\u201d to see one of four Styx concerts to be performed in Nassau (June 16, 17, 18 and 20).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to continue our Carnival LIVE Concert Series in 2015 and welcome aboard more fantastic rock, country and R&amp;B artists for our guests to enjoy,\u201d said Mark Tamis, senior vice president of guest operations for Carnival Cruise Lines. \u201cThis program has struck a chord with consistently sold-out shows and a tremendous response from past guests and travel agent partners, as well as those who sailed with us for the first time to catch their favorite performers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carnival LIVE tickets for 2015 range from $35 to $60 for general admission, significantly less than land-based concerts. VIP tickets are available for $125 to $250, offering fans seating in the first four rows, an artist meet and greet, a souvenir photo with the artist and a commemorative concert pass.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to book your cruise, please call Premier Custom Travel at (281) 301-5818 or toll-free at (800) 304-6789.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were some awesome acts in the first group of dates for Carnival&#8217;s live music series &#8212; and the new list is even more impressive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[496],"tags":[107,413,133,414,415,130,416,319],"class_list":["post-2081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruises","tag-carnival-cruise-line","tag-carnival-live","tag-cruises","tag-journey","tag-little-big-town","tag-rascal-flatts","tag-smokey-robinson","tag-styx"],"fifu_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2082,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions\/2082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}