Stevie Wonder has announced he's set to play a huge gig in Ireland this summer.
The Stevie Wonder Song Party: A Celebration of Life, Love & Music is taking place at 3Arena on July 9.
Stevie Wonder is one of the most celebrated and prominent figures in popular music who, at the age of 12, was the youngest recording artist to have achieved a #1 single with “Fingertips, Part 2”.
Announcing the Dublin gig he tweeted: "Ireland, I am very excited to personally invite you to my party, The Stevie Wonder Song Party: Celebrating Life, Love and Music, on Tuesday 9th of July at 3ArenaDublin . Tickets on sale 9am Friday."
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To date he has amassed 49 Top Forty singles, 32 #1 singles and worldwide sales of over 100 million units. Stevie has won 25 Grammy Awards, the prestigious Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award.
As an activist, Stevie also spearheaded the realization of “Martin Luther King Day” as a national holiday in the USA. His participation in the “We Are The World” fundraiser for hunger in Africa was a music industry milestone while his involvement to put an end to apartheid in South Africa is legendary. He is the youngest recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors, and is a Commander of France's National Order of Arts and Letters.
Tickets are priced from €99.50 including booking and facility fees and will go on sale Friday 12 April at 9am.
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