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WAR
WAR The World Is A Ghetto 50th Anniversary Tour
Robins Theatre
160 E Market St
Warren, OH 44481
May 16, 2024
8:00 PM EDT
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About this concert
See all of their iconic hits live such as “Spill the Wine,” “The World Is a Ghetto,” ‘The Cisco Kid,” “Why Can't We Be Friends?” “Low Rider,” “Summer,” and many more!
WAR was founded in Long Beach, California, in 1962. In 1970, producer Jerry Goldstein united the seven-piece band with former Animals lead singer Eric Burdon; the alliance produced the No. 1 worldwide hit “Spill the Wine.” Stepping out on their own in 1971, they launched a fruitful career with a dynamic sound that fused R&B, rock, Latin music, jazz, and blues.
In 1973, their smash album The World is a Ghetto vaulted to No. 1 on Billboard’s pop and R&B charts behind the crossover success of two top-10 singles, the album’s socially conscious title song and its rollicking follow-up “The Cisco Kid.” Over a long and glittering career, WAR has rung up more than 20 multi-platinum, platinum and gold albums and singles.
This year, fronted by co-founding member Lonnie Jordan, the group will celebrate 50 years of 1973’s #1 Billboard top-selling album, The World is a Ghetto, with a 50-date summer tour, remixes, new releases and more.
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Frank
September 30th 2023
Awesome Lonny was in great form tonight. Marco Reyes’s Conga drum solo was pretty amazing! Thank you for a great time!!
Waukegan, IL@Genesee Theatre
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The Robins Theatre was commissioned by Daniel Robins, who was an early partner of Abraham Warner of the famed Warner Brothers. It was designed by C. Howard Crane and I. J...
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WAR Biography
The year was 1969, and these 'kids' had the nerve to carry the name WAR at a time when peace was the slogan in an anti-Vietnam America. "Our mission was to spread a message of brotherhood and harmony," states one of WAR's founding members, singer/keyboardist Lonnie Jordan. "Our instruments and voices became our weapons of choice and the songs our ammunition. We spoke out against racism, hunger, gangs, crimes, and turf wars, as we embraced all people with hope and the spirit of brotherhood. It's just as apropos today"
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