Music
Michael Bolton to Play the Gaillard Center in January
From “When a Man Loves a Woman” to “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You” and more, Michael Bolton has created the soundtrack of many people’s lives. The Grammy Award winner will perform at the Charleston Gaillard Center on January 16, 2022.
Michael Bolton, the singer, songwriter, and humanitarian who has sold more than 65 million albums and singles worldwide, continues to tour the world every year, all while writing, recording and taping for a wide array of projects spanning music, film, television and branded entertainment. Bolton remains committed to humanitarian causes, especially through The Michael Bolton Charities, as well as other philanthropic organizations.
Celebrating 50 years of contributions to the entertainment industry, Bolton’s most recent release, A Symphony of Hits, a No. 1 album on the Billboard Classical Chart, is a collection of his favorite greatest hits newly arranged and recorded with a full symphony orchestra. To date, Bolton has seen nine studio albums rank in the Top 10, with nine No. 1 singles. He is currently writing, recording. and producing an album of original music with contemporary songwriters, producers. and artists.
In recognition of his artistic achievements, Bolton has won two GRAMMYS for Best Pop Male Vocal Performance (nominated four times), six American Music Awards, and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As a songwriter, he has earned over 24 BMI and ASCAP Awards, including Songwriter of the Year, nine Million-Air Awards, and the Hitmakers Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Bolton became a viral sensation in The Lonely Island’s Emmy®-nominated video “Captain Jack Sparrow,” which launched on Saturday Night Live, and has racked up nearly 220 million views on YouTube. He earned another Emmy nod for his collaborations with the Screen Junkies channel popular “Honest Trailers,” and partnered with Funny or Die to release a spoof on the cult-classic “Office Space,” which achieved immortal status.
Bolton’s comedic appearances span several episodes of CBS’s hit series Two and a Half Men, the hit Fox network show Glee, ABC’s hit comedy Fresh off the Boat, HBO’s hit series Last Week Tonight with John Olive,r and the #1 late night show with Stephen Colbert on CBS. Michael also had a featured cameo in the Showtime hit series Billions.
Bolton executive produced and starred in the Netflix show “Michael Bolton’s Big Sexy Valentine’s Special,” which has already become a seasonal cult classic. He recently teamed up with Will Ferrell’s Big Money Players and iHeart Podcast Network to launch his own original scripted comedic series, “Michael Bolton’s Big Sexy Podcast.”
Tickets for his Charleston show go on sale Friday, September 3rd at 11 am through gaillardcenter.org.
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