On Saturday, October 13th, Cage The Elephant will roll through Washington, D.C., helping to christen the newly opened St. Elizabeths East Entertainment And Sports Arena in the city’s southeast neighborhood, Congress Heights. The venue only opened on September 22nd, though it will hold its first concert and grand-opening celebration with Mary J. Blige this weekend before Cage The Elephant offers up the venue’s second-ever performance the following weekend on October 13th with support from hip-hop band, Judah & The Lion.
Fans in the D.C. metro area have been eagerly awaiting the opening of the 18,000-square-foot sports center and venue. With 4,200 seats, the new, $69M arena will serve as a home to the WNBA’s Washington Mystics in addition to housing practice facilities for the NBA’s Washington Wizards. However, outside of sports games, the space will be a welcome addition to D.C.’s ever-growing roster of music venues, offering a large venue for performers who can’t necessarily fill out full arenas though overly pack out smaller theaters around town.
The choice for Cage The Elephant at the Entertainment And Sports Arena is an appropriate one, given the Grammy-winning band’s commercial and critical success since their self-titled debut album in 2008. While the band first rose to popularity with their smash hit, “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked”, which ruled the airwaves and embedded itself into popular consciousness in the late 2000s, earning the group a rabid following in the United States and abroad. However, the pop-friendly sensibilities of these first radio singles don’t necessarily portray the group’s far-reaching influences, with the group frequently drawing on punk rock and grunge like Pixies and Nirvana in addition to classic rock, funk, electronic, indie, and blues.
Cage The Elephant – Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival 2018
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In late 2015, Cage The Elephant released their fourth studio album, Tell Me I’m Pretty, which was produced by The Black Keys‘ Dan Auerbach. With this work, the band departed from past albums, focusing on experimenting with sounds and diving farther into a psychedelic space. This adventurousness paid off, as the group’s most recent album snagged them a Grammy for Best Rock Album, triumphantly following up the group’s Grammy nomination for Melophobia in 2015 for Best Alternative Music Album.
Don’t miss out the chance to check out the newly opened St. Elizabeths East Entertainment And Sports Arena on Saturday, October 13th, and catch the fan-favorite, Grammy-winning band, Cage The Elephant, performing with Judah & The Lion. For more information and ticketing, head here.
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