Musical
pioneer and “the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul,” Mary J. Blige will headline
for the first time the Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert. Blige has
made music history with a record eight multi-platinum albums, nine
Grammy Awards (plus a staggering 32 nominations), a 2012 Golden Globe
nomination, and five American Music Awards. Blige is a global superstar
who sells out arenas around the world. She has sold more than 50 million
albums worldwide.
Also performing will be the Philly POPS® BIG Band. The POPS were the first performers at the very first free concert on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in 1993. The Philly POPS BIG Band will be joined by Mandy Gonzalez from the Tony Award-winning hit musicals Hamilton, In the Heights and Wicked, and Billboard top 10 jazz singer, pianist and songwriter Tony DeSare. The BIG Band will set the tone with several patriotic standards and then perform a set of recent popular hits.
The Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert will honor Philadelphia hometown icons Boyz II Men, the best-selling R&B group of all time with an astounding 64 million albums sold. Boyz II Men will also appear at the “Celebration of Freedom Ceremony” at 10 a.m. on July 4th at Independence Hall where the City of Philadelphia will officially recognize their historic achievements in music and philanthropy. Last year Wawa Welcome America and the City of Philadelphia honored the legendary music of the Sound of Philadelphia and Gamble and Huff.
NBC10 will broadcast the Concert and Fireworks live during primetime in its entirety from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Tuesday, July 4th and in Spanish on Telemundo62 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. NBC10’s coverage of the concert will be simulcast on Cozi TV and TCN, as well as in Spanish on TeleXitos from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The free concert will also be live streamed on www.nbcphiladelphia.com and www.telemundo62.com and can be viewed on any screen – TV, iPad or tablet, smartphone, etc.
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Also performing will be the Philly POPS® BIG Band. The POPS were the first performers at the very first free concert on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in 1993. The Philly POPS BIG Band will be joined by Mandy Gonzalez from the Tony Award-winning hit musicals Hamilton, In the Heights and Wicked, and Billboard top 10 jazz singer, pianist and songwriter Tony DeSare. The BIG Band will set the tone with several patriotic standards and then perform a set of recent popular hits.
The Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert will honor Philadelphia hometown icons Boyz II Men, the best-selling R&B group of all time with an astounding 64 million albums sold. Boyz II Men will also appear at the “Celebration of Freedom Ceremony” at 10 a.m. on July 4th at Independence Hall where the City of Philadelphia will officially recognize their historic achievements in music and philanthropy. Last year Wawa Welcome America and the City of Philadelphia honored the legendary music of the Sound of Philadelphia and Gamble and Huff.
NBC10 will broadcast the Concert and Fireworks live during primetime in its entirety from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Tuesday, July 4th and in Spanish on Telemundo62 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. NBC10’s coverage of the concert will be simulcast on Cozi TV and TCN, as well as in Spanish on TeleXitos from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The free concert will also be live streamed on www.nbcphiladelphia.com and www.telemundo62.com and can be viewed on any screen – TV, iPad or tablet, smartphone, etc.
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