HAPPY TOGETHER 30th ANNIVERSARY TOUR Comes to TPAC's James K. Polk Theater, 8/1

This summer, classic music fans will rejoice as the renowned Happy Together 30th Anniversary Tour 2014 comes to Tennessee Performing Arts Center's James K. Polk Theater on Friday, August 1, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. Listeners will hear their favorite songs from The Turtles, featuring Flo & Eddie, Chuck Negron, formerly of Three Dog Night, Mark Farner, formerly of Grand Funk Railroad, Gary Lewis & The Playboys, and Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels.

Tickets are now on sale at tpac.org, by phone at (615) 782-4040, and at the TPAC Box Office, 505 Deaderick Street, in downtown Nashville.

The performers will play numerous hits including "We're An American Band," "Some Kind of Wonderful," "Devil With A Blue Dress," "Good Golly Miss Molly," "Mama Told Me Not To Come," "Joy To The World," "This Diamond Ring," and, of course, "Happy Together" as well as many more.

During the show, the multimedia highlights during each of the performances will reference the time period of the music. Listeners truly can feel and see the soundtrack of their youth during the Happy Together show as they are transported back in time.

The Happy Together Tour began in 1984 with mainstays The Turtles. It started up again in 2010, and this is its fifth consecutive year. The overwhelming response and love for the music has endured, and now The Happy Together Tour enters its 30th year anniversary.

"This Happy Together Tour 2014 sizes up to be the strongest and most rocking summer we've had so far. The artists who are with us make us excited to get started and the audience is in for a great night of music and memories," says Mark Volman of The Turtles, featuring Flo & Eddie

"Don't miss this show - it's magical!" says Chuck Negron, formerly of Three Dog Night.

"Summing it up... I am proud to be suckin' air and still able to do what I love doing... ROCK has a grip on my soul and our fans rally to the call and bring it out of our innermost being time after time... DAMN that's GOOD!! I know for a fact that Mitch Ryder, Gary Lewis, Chuck Negron, Flo & Eddie and myself will certainly be Happy Together this summer!! Peace & Love, Brother Mark," says Mark Farner, formerly of Grand Funk Railroad.

"I'm excited and looking forward to bringing you more fun & memories in this year's Happy Together Tour," says Gary Lewis of Gary Lewis & The Playboys.

"Happy to be together with the Happy Together Tour, and looking forward to a fun summer!" says Mitch Ryder of Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels.

For more information about the bands, visit theturtles.com, chucknegron.com, markfarner.com, garylewisandtheplayboys.com, and mitchryder.net.

Over three decades, the Tennessee Performing Arts Center has welcomed more than 11 million audience members and served more than 1.6 million students and educators with performances at TPAC, resources for teachers, classroom residencies, and enrichment programs for adults. Founded in 1980, TPAC serves several hundred thousand audience members each year with the annual series of HCA/TriStar Health Broadway at TPAC, a variety of special engagements, and the productions of the three resident artistic companies-Nashville Ballet, Nashville Opera, and Tennessee Repertory Theatre. For more information, visit www.tpac.org.