Rick Springfield, 38 Special schedule Tuscaloosa concert

Rick Springfield and 38 Special will play Tuscaloosa’s Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater, beginning at 7:30 p.m. May 12.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. March 15, through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the venue’s box office, 2710 Jack Warner Parkway in downtown Tuscaloosa. Tickets will be available for $99.50, $79.50, $59.50, $39.50 and $29.50.

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It may be the first time in Tuscaloosa for the Australia-born actor-singer-songwriter, best known for his iconic No. 1 hit “Jessie’s Girl,” from 1981, though he also had hits with “Don’t Talk To Strangers,” “I’ve Done Everything for You,” “Affair of the Heart,” and “Love Somebody.”

As an actor, he’s co-starred on TV shows including “General Hospital,” “True Detective,” “Californication,” “Supernatural,” “Hot in Cleveland” and “American Horror Story.”

He’s cut 22 studio albums, 12 compilation discs, five live albums and 34 singles. For 2024, Springfield is touring with a full band.

38 Special is no stranger to the Druid City, having played with the Steve Miller Band in 2015, and Hank Williams, Jr. in 2012.

The Jacksonville, Florida, band was founded in 1974 by Don Barnes, the only original member who’s still with the group. Though he went solo in 1987, the guitarist/vocalist returned to the fold in 1992.

Barnes sang lead on their hits “Hold On Loosely,” “Rockin’ into the Night,” “Teacher Teacher,” “Caught Up in You,” “You Keep Running Away,” “If I’d Been the One,” “ Like No Other Night,” “Somebody Like You” and others. The band’s other co-founder and singer, Donnie Van Zant, retired from the band in 2013, due to health issues.

For more, see www.mercedesbenzamphitheater.com.

Reach Mark Hughes Cobb at mark.cobb@tuscaloosanews.com.

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