Tickets now on sale for BJ Thomas show

Niswonger PAC information

Season sponsors StateWide Ford Lincoln and Van Wert Federal Savings Bank are pleased to present an evening with pop icon BJ Thomas at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center on Saturday, February 27, 2016, at 7:30 p.m.

Thomas is a true American institution whose iconic pop, country and gospel hits define their respective generations and now transcend them. He has found a unique way to celebrate an incredible half century in music, and some 47 years since his first gold selling hit on Scepter Records.

The singer, a five-time Grammy and two-time Dove Award winner, has sold more than 70 million records and is ranked in Billboard’s Top 50 most played artists over the past 50 years.

Many of Thomas’ signature hits, from “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” to “Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song” and “Lonesome”, find him seeking some level of positivity to overcome the proverbial universal battle with loneliness.

He extended this theme into his successful late ‘70s-early ‘80s foray into gospel music, which earned him the first four platinum albums in the genre’s history: Home Where I Belong, Happy Man, You Gave Me Love and Amazing Grace.

Four of the singer’s Grammy Awards were earned from his work in gospel, in the category of “Best Gospel Other: Including Sacred, Religious or Inspirational Recording, Musical or Non-Musical.”

Thomas’ concert on February 27 at the Niswonger will be made musically complete with the Lima Symphony providing background orchestral music. Tickets are available starting at noon today online at NPACVW.ORG or through the Box Office, noon-4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Media sponsors for the event are WERT 1220 AM and Classic Hits WKSD 99.7.