IL DIVO To Play Fox Theater On 5/17

Since coming together in 2004, four of the greatest voices in the world, David Miller, Carlos Marín, Urs Buhler and Sébastien Izambard have spearheaded an entire musical genre by bringing the sound of opera to the world of popular music and Il Divo is set to perform at the Fox Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 17.

With over 22 million albums sold to date, Il Divo continues to confirm performances around the world as part of their massive touring plans for 2009 in support of their fifth album The Promise, which is approaching PLATINUM status in the U.S.

The 2009 tour, "An Evening with Il Divo" begins in Manchester and will perform in 31 European cities before heading to North America. Il Diva will cross six continents before closing the year in Australia, Japan and South East Asia.

In the U.S., "An Evening with Il Divo" kicks off in Washington, DC at the Patriot Center. In addition to performances in Washington, E. Rutherford, Boston, Uniondale and two sold out performances in Chicago, Il Divo have confirmed additional performances in : Atlanta, Atlantic City, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Everett, Ft. Lauderdale, Houston, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orlando, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Portland, Reno, St. Louis, St. Paul, San Antonio, Santa Barbara, San Jose, Tampa and Uncasville.

The new show will be staged and choreographed by William Baker (Kylie, Jamiroquai) on a state of the art set, with a tour wardrobe designed by Giorgio Armani, featuring outfits from Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani and Armani Collezioni collections.

The show will feature repertoire from their five albums and several new songs, with Il Divo onstage the entire evening. They will perform for approximately 90 minutes with a 20 minute intermission integrated into the set (there will be no support).

Tickets ($59.50, $89.50 & $129.50) go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday, February 2 and may be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, the Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices, Hockeytown Authentics in Troy (without service charge) and at all Ticketmaster locations, including Macy's and Ticketmaster.com. To charge tickets by phone, call 1-800-745-3000. For additional information, call (313) 471-6611.