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WILKES-BARRE — Two 80’s icons — Rick Springfield and Richard Marx — will each perform full acoustic sets one night only at the F.M. Kirby Center on Sunday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m.

Tickets go on sale Friday, July 19 at 10 a.m. and will be available at the Sundance Vacations Box Office at the F.M. Kirby Center, online at www.kirbycenter.org and charge by phone at (570) 826-1100. A Kirby Member Pre-Sale begins Wednesday, July 17 at 10:00 a.m.

Tickets prices are: $39.50, $49.50, $59.50, $79.50 and $379.50 (VIP with Meet & Greet), plus applicable fees.

Over the past four decades, Rick Springfield has worn many hats as an entertainer and performer. The creator of some of the finest power-pop of the ’80s, a Grammy winning singer, songwriter, and musician who has sold 25 million albums and scored 17 U.S. Top 40 hits, including “Jessie’s Girl,” “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” “An Affair of the Heart,” “I’ve Done Everything for You,” “Love Somebody,” and “Human Touch.”

As a performer, songwriter and producer, Richard Marx’s nearly three-decade-long career has had innumerable highlights. The Chicago native has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, starting with his self-titled debut which went to #8 and spawned four Top 5 singles, including the chart-topping “Hold on to the Nights,” with “Don’t Mean Nothing” earning him a Grammy nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.

The follow-up, 1989’s Repeat Offender, was even more successful, hitting #1 and going quadruple-platinum with two #1 singles in “Satisfied” and “Right Here Waiting.”

To this day, he is the only male artist in history to have his first seven singles reach the Top 5 on the Billboard charts.

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Times Leader Staff Report