Hot Tickets

Plan ahead for the hottest acts passing through South Louisiana! NEW Broadway in Baton Rouge: The Great White Way comes to the Red Stick, starting with next week’s performance of Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles, and continuing into next year with South Pacific, Spamalot, The Color Purple and more. Grab advance tickets at brrivercenter.com. Def Leppard: Relive your ’80s hair band days at the New Orleans Arena on Sept. 22. Tickets are $37-$123 at ticketmaster.com. Taylor Swift: The princess of girl-powered country-pop comes to the New Orleans Arena on Oct. 5. Tickets are $25-$69 at ticketmaster.com. Duran Duran: The band that ruled music pop culture in the ’80s comes to the River Center on Oct. 7. Tickets are $49-$125 at ticketmaster.com. Bryan Adams: The Canadian rocker, singer-songwriter and all-around megastar hits the River Center on Thursday, Oct. 13. Tickets are available at brrivercenter.com. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy: This funky big band swing-jazz group comes to the Manship on Nov. 18. Tickets are $50 at manshiptheatre.org. Natalie Cole: The 2012 Guest Artist for the Pennington Great Performances Series is none other than Natalie Cole, daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole and a stellar performer in her own right. The concert’s not till April, but get your tickets now, as they’re expected to sell out fast! Click here to purchase.