{"id":84722,"date":"2019-09-25T11:59:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T16:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=84722"},"modified":"2019-09-25T11:59:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T16:59:50","slug":"kool-the-gang-comes-to-the-bologna-performing-arts-center-on-oct-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2019\/09\/kool-the-gang-comes-to-the-bologna-performing-arts-center-on-oct-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Kool &#038; the Gang Comes to the Bologna Performing Arts Center on Oct. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy Award winners Kool &amp; the Gang will perform live in concert on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, at 7:30 PM at the Bologna Performing Arts Center (BPAC) at Delta State University. <!--more-->The concert is locally sponsored by DSU\u2019s International Conference on the Blues. Tickets start at $60 and are on sale at the BPAC Ticket Office, by phone 662-846-4626, or online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bolognapac.com\">www.bolognapac.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kool &amp; the Gang officially launched in 1969 after performing for five years under various band titles. The group has recorded a number of hits over the years, including \u201cJungle Boogie,\u201d \u201cHollywood Swinging,\u201d Ladies\u2019 Night,\u201d \u201cCelebration,\u201d \u201cGet Down on It,\u201d \u201cJoanna\u201d and \u201cCherish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to two Grammys, Kool &amp; the Gang have won seven American Music Awards and a Music Business Association Chairman\u2019s Award for artistic achievement. They have compiled 25 top-10 R&amp;B hits and nine top-10 pop hits, as well as 31 gold and platinum albums.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the group enjoys global fame and recognition and a following that spans generations, due in part to the group\u2019s widely sampled catalogue. Kool &amp; the Gang\u2019s drumbeats, bass, guitar, and signature horn lines lace the tracks of numerous artists, including the Beastie Boys, Jay-Z, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Cypress Hill, and P. Diddy. Kool &amp; the Gang is the most sampled band in hip-hop by far. Kool &amp; the Gang\u2019s music is also featured on the soundtracks for <em>Rocky,<\/em> <em>Saturday Night Fever<\/em>, <em>Pulp Fiction<\/em>, <em>Wreck-It Ralph<\/em>, and countless others.<\/p>\n<p>Approaching their 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary, Kool &amp; the Gang recently had artifacts from the band\u2019s archive go on display at the newly opened GRAMMY Museum Experience\u2122 in Newark, N.J. Also, a street in their hometown of Jersey City, N.J., was renamed in their honor: Kool &amp; The Gang Way.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to see Kool &amp; the Gang are now on sale at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bolognapac.com\">www.bolognapac.com<\/a> or at the BPAC Ticket Office at 662.846.4626.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy Award winners Kool &amp; the Gang will perform live in concert on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, at 7:30 PM at the Bologna Performing Arts Center (BPAC) at Delta State&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":84723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,1652,1912],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bologna-performing-arts-center","category-international-delta-blues-project","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84724,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84722\/revisions\/84724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}