Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons Comes To DPAC On September 30

By: May. 15, 2018
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"Oh, What a Night" it will be when Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons return to DPAC following their two sold out shows. Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons will be at DPAC on September 30, 2018.

Tickets go on sale Friday, May 18 at 10 AM:

  • Online at DPACnc.com
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Ticket Center at DPAC: 919.680.2787, 123 Vivian Street, Durham, NC
  • Ticketmaster.com / Ticketmaster Charge by phone at 800.745.3000

"Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons have not only captured the hearts of our music fans, but also our Broadway fans. With the success of his previous performances and Jersey Boys, which chronicles their incredible career on Broadway, we are beyond thrilled to have them back on our stage ," noted Candice Terrell, Assistant Director of Marketing - Concerts & Comedy at DPAC.

Frankie Valli, who rose to fame in 1962 as the lead singer of the Four Seasons, is hotter than ever in the 21st century. Thanks to the volcanic success of the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys which chronicles the life and times of Frankie and his legendary group, classic songs as "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Walk Like a Man," "Rag Doll," and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" are popular all over again. With the musical in its seventh blockbuster year on Broadway, and five other casts performing Jersey Boys nightly from Las Vegas to London, the real Frankie Valli is also packing venues around the world.

Please don't say that Frankie is back. The truth is, he never went away. Sure, the majority of the 71 chart hits of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (including 40 in the Top 40, 19 in the Top 10 and eight Number 1s) came during the 1960s, but the music didn't just disappear. He has toured almost continuously since 1962, sharing hits like "My Eyes Adored You," which reached No. 1, "Swearin' to God", "Who Loves You" and "December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)". His songs have been in such movies as The Deer Hunter, Dirty Dancing, Mrs. Doubtfire, Conspiracy Theory, Grease and The Wanderers. As many as 200 artists have done cover versions of Frankie's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You," (written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio), from Nancy Wilson's jazz treatment to Lauryn Hill's Grammy-nominated hip-hop makeover.

Born Francis Castelluccio on May 3, 1934, he grew up in a public housing project-Stephen Crane Village-on the tough streets of Newark, New Jersey. As the character of Tommy DeVito, Frankie's friend and fellow Four Season, says in Jersey Boys: "If you're from my neighborhood, you got three ways out: You could join the army. You could get mobbed up. Or-you could become a star." At an early age, Frankie chose Door No. 3. When he was seven, his mother took him to New York City's Paramount Theater to see Frank Sinatra. "I saw Sinatra coming out on stage," Frankie recalls, "and the way he was lit up, it was like he had an aura around him. I decided then and there that's what I was going to do-be a successful singer."

For as far into the future as anyone can see, Jersey Boys will introduce the music of Frankie Valli to new generations. For as long as he wants to sing, people will want to listen.

 

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