{"id":4131,"date":"2018-07-25T10:40:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T17:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/?p=4131"},"modified":"2018-07-25T10:47:31","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T17:47:31","slug":"paula-abdul-announces-tour-stop-at-pechanga-celebrating-30-years-as-a-pop-and-dance-icon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/paula-abdul-announces-tour-stop-at-pechanga-celebrating-30-years-as-a-pop-and-dance-icon\/","title":{"rendered":"Paula Abdul Announces Tour Stop at Pechanga Celebrating 30 Years as a Pop and Dance Icon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Paula-Abdul-11-9-18_2426x1365.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4132 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Paula-Abdul-11-9-18_2426x1365-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Paula-Abdul-11-9-18_2426x1365-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Paula-Abdul-11-9-18_2426x1365-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Paula-Abdul-11-9-18_2426x1365-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Paula-Abdul-11-9-18_2426x1365-816x459.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>TEMECULA, Calif.<\/strong> \u2013 (July 25, 2018) \u2013 Grammy Award-winning pop legend and dance superstar Paula Abdul has announced a new North American tour this fall \u2013 STRAIGHT UP PAULA! &#8211; her first solo outing in over 25 years. The performing dynamo will kick off the seven-week tour on October 3<sup>rd<\/sup> 2018 stopping in 26 cities including Pechanga Resort Casino on November 9, 2018 at 8 p.m. Now on sale, tickets start at $69 and can be purchased at the Pechanga Box Office, by calling (888) 810-8871 or online at Pechanga.com.<\/p>\n<p>The singer \/ dancer \/ choreographer will be performing her most memorable hit songs including <em>Straight Up<\/em>, <em>Forever Your Girl, Opposites Attract, Rush Rush<\/em> and <em>Cold Hearted<\/em> \u2013 just to name a few.\u00a0 In her three-decade career Paula has sold over 60 million records, had six number one songs, earned seven MTV Awards, a Grammy Award and two Emmy Awards.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017 Paula toured the US on the sold-out <em>Total Package Tour <\/em>(Paula Abdul, Boyz II Men, New Kids on the Block), performing in over 45 cities including stops at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and Barclays Center in New York.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the most celebrated pop icons in the world, Paula Abdul is best recognized as an award-winning choreographer, dancer, singer, actress and television personality.\u00a0 Beginning her career as a cheerleader and choreographer for the <em>Los Angeles Lakers<\/em>, her talents were soon recognized and utilized by artists such as Janet Jacket and George Michael among many more.\u00a0 Upon launching her solo pop career in 1989, Paula exploded onto the charts with her music which ultimately totaled six number one hits and over 60 million records sold, becoming an American pop pioneer and multi-platinum recording artist with legendary music videos to the MTV generation.\u00a0 She is also recognized for her nine-season run as an original judge on the global sensation television series <em>American Idol<\/em>, which were followed by her presence on <em>The X-Factor<\/em> and <em>So You Think You Can Dance<\/em> to name a few.\u00a0 Among Paula\u2019s many accolades she has earned two Emmy Awards, two GRAMMY Awards, and three American Music Awards.\u00a0 In 2017 Paula returned to the stage for the nationwide <em>Total Package Tour<\/em> preforming in over 40 cities.\u00a0 When not lending her talents to the stage &amp; screen, Paula is an active spokesperson and advocate for the American Humane Association, Turnaround Arts, Avon Foundation, GLAAD, Lupus LA, Red Cross and more. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulaabdul.com\">www.paulaabdul.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEMECULA, Calif. \u2013 (July 25, 2018) \u2013 Grammy Award-winning pop legend and dance superstar Paula Abdul has announced a new North American tour this fall \u2013 STRAIGHT UP PAULA! &#8211; her first solo outing in over 25 years. The performing dynamo will kick off the seven-week tour on October 3rd 2018 stopping in 26 cities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3652,"featured_media":4132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[29,306,174,66,1926,316,95],"class_list":["post-4131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pechanga-resort-casino","tag-concert","tag-entertainment-2","tag-event","tag-fun","tag-paula-abdul","tag-pechanga-theater","tag-show"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Paula Abdul Announces Tour Stop at Pechanga Celebrating 30 Years as a Pop and Dance Icon - Newsroom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/paula-abdul-announces-tour-stop-at-pechanga-celebrating-30-years-as-a-pop-and-dance-icon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paula Abdul Announces Tour Stop at Pechanga Celebrating 30 Years as a Pop and Dance Icon - Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TEMECULA, Calif. \u2013 (July 25, 2018) \u2013 Grammy Award-winning pop legend and dance superstar Paula Abdul has announced a new North American tour this fall \u2013 STRAIGHT UP PAULA! &#8211; her first solo outing in over 25 years. 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