{"id":31340,"date":"2019-05-24T02:53:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T09:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/?p=31340"},"modified":"2019-05-24T02:53:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T09:53:11","slug":"the-temptations-to-perform-at-the-apollo-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/concerts\/the-temptations-to-perform-at-the-apollo-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"The Temptations to Perform at the Apollo Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Temptations - My Girl\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C_CSjcm-z1w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The legendary Apollo Theatre \u2013 the soul of American culture and a globally recognized national treasure \u2013 will once again host the iconic Temptations at 2019 Spring Gala set for June 10<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/the-temptations-tickets\">The Temptations tickets can be found right here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was backstage at the Harlem theatre that the group came up with the lyrics to &#8220;My Girl&#8221; alongside Motown legend Smokey Robinson, that went on to reach No. 1 and achieve the platinum status in the following year.<\/p>\n<p>The Temptations and Otis Williams, their last living original member will not only perform but will also be inducted in the Apollo Walk of Fame days before the fundraiser, thus including them into a long line of inductees who have had an enormous influence on generations of musicians, fans, and culture-at-large.<\/p>\n<p>Other artists that will grace the stage at the Spring Gala are Estelle, Jose James, Liv Warfield, Morris Day and The Time, and Black Violin.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt is a real honour to take part in the prestigious Apollo Theatre Walk of Fame and 85th gala celebration,\u201d<\/em> Otis \u201cBig Daddy\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to sharing our music and reflecting on the wonderful and vivid memories that Paul, David, Eddie, Melvin and I spent at the Apollo Theatre, a beloved national treasure. The Temptations and the Apollo have created inspiring and enduring legacies for generations to come, and to look back through the lens of our experiences at the Theatre will be very special, and I\u2019m happy that throughout the years we didn\u2019t get the hook.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you are ready to succumb to The Temptations, we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/the-temptations-tickets\">have tickets<\/a> for all of their shows just a click away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Temptations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Show Date and Time: Sunday, May 26<sup>th<\/sup>, 8:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Show Location: Maryland Hall For The Creative Arts, Annapolis, Maryland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legendary Apollo Theatre \u2013 the soul of American culture and a globally recognized national treasure \u2013 will once again host the iconic Temptations at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-concerts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31341,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31340\/revisions\/31341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}