Teen sensation Big Time Rush Perform at the Allentown Fair

Just in time for holiday gift giving, the Allentown Fair has announced its first act for 2011 — Big Time Rush, the latest teen and tween sensation to jump from a TV show to the concert stage. The group will perform Sept. 4 — the Sunday of Labor Day weekend — and tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Dec. 11.
Tickets will be $20 and $35. To sweeten a holiday gift package, the fair is offering tickets for all day ride wristbands at an additional $15.
Since the show debuted on Nickelodeon last fall, an audience of 3 to 4 million per episode has been tuning into the escapades of Logan, Carlos, James and Kendall (Logan Henderson begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting, Carlos Pena, James Maslow and Kendall Schmidt), an aspiring boy band that attends a performing arts high school.
While the actual singer-actors are from all regions of the country, on the sitcom they portray four ice hockey- playing best friends from Minnesota that moved to Los Angeles after winning a tryout to become the “next great boy band.”

Show creator Scott Fellows acknowledges that its premise is a throwback to “The Monkees,” the 1960s hit series that featured the comedic adventures of a male pop/rock group trying to hit it big.
The same way that phenomenon transformed four actor-singer-musicians into recording and touring artists, Big Time Rush is out with a self-titled album “BTR,” a new single and music video “Til I Forget About You” and throngs of fans showing up at promotional appearances for their new releases.
Dedicated followers already know a catalog of songs that the foursome has performed on the series, and because Fellows tagged their television characters with their real-life first names and personality traits, the growing faithful are more than curious to see them in person.
In their alter egos’ home state of Minnesota, more than 9,000 screaming enthusiasts turned out to see the real thing perform a mini-concert in the Mall of America last month.
BTR’s headlining tour starts in the spring, and The Allentown Fair is the first major date to be announced for a late summer swing. Special guests will be announced at a later date.
Tickets will be available at the Fair Box Office, at Ticketmaster.com, at 800-745-3000 Ticketmaster Centers.
For more information and upcoming announcements, go to www.allentownfairpa.org.

Source: MCALL