WILMINGTON — Three live acts will be heading to Wilmington in the new year.
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Elgin Baylor Lumpkin, known as Ginuwine, will take the stage at the Wilson Center on Feb. 7, 2025. The artist gained popularity with his first single “Pony” and has released several multi-platinum and platinum-selling albums and singles, becoming one of R&B’s top artists during the 1990s heyday of hip-hop soul.
Ginuwine has been nominated for Best R&B Album at the 2014 Grammy Awards, Best Male R&B Artist at the 2003 BET Awards, and three times for Favorite Male R&B Artist at the American Music Awards. He also won the Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Male Album in 2000.
Ahead of Ginuwine’s performance, special guest Montell Jordan will perform. Jordan yielded one of 1995’s biggest hits with his debut single, “This Is How We Do It.” The L.A. native began singing in talent shows and church choirs as a boy, eventually graduating to nightclubs while pursuing an education at Pepperdine University. He has released seven albums and fourteen singles and was nominated for a GRAMMY for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.
Additionally, local talent, WMNX-COAST 97.3 program director, and on-air personality Bigg B will perform a pre-show DJ set in the Wilson Center lobby. He will also judge a dance contest and crown the winner, who will receive free tickets to a future show of their choice. The lobby doors will open at 6 p.m.
Tickets will be available online to Wilson Center Members beginning Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 10 a.m., and will go on sale to the general public Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, at 10 a.m.
Then on May 15, progressive rock act Coheed and Cambria is coming back to the Live Oak Bank Pavilion.
Coheed and Cambria are touring in support of upcoming 12th studio album “The Father of Make Believe” releasing on March 14, 2025.
The group consists of Claudio Sanchez (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Travis Stever (guitars, vocals), Josh Eppard (drums, keyboards, backing vocals), and Zach Cooper (bass, backing vocals).
Almost all of the band’s albums are concept albums based on a science fiction storyline called “The Amory Wars,” a series written by Sanchez. Six of these albums have reached the Billboard Top 10.
Atlanta-based heavy metal band Mastodon will open. Their album Leviathan was named in Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time and the group has also won a Grammy for “Best Metal Performance.”
Tickets will be available starting with artist presale on Dec. 11. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning on Friday, Dec. 13 at 10 a.m. at LiveNation.com.
Lastly, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit will be at the Wilson Center on July 21.
The group is touring in support of its 2023 album “Weathervanes” — a collection of grown-up songs about adult love, change, the danger of nostalgia and the interrogation of myths, cruelty and regret, and redemption.
Isbell is known for his work with the 400 unit, along with his solo career and six-year span with the Drive-By Truckers. He possesses six Grammy awards.
Tickets will be available online to Wilson Center members beginning Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 10 a.m., and will go on sale to the general public Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, at 10 a.m.
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