This pop star is bringing her comeback tour to Bethlehem
Jul 9th, 2018
By Pamela Sroka-Holzmann, LeHighValleyLive.com
The Sands Bethlehem Event Center has announced a performance by singer, songwriter, actress and television personality Paula Abdul.
Abdul plans to take the stage at 8 p.m. Oct. 23 in her show, "Straight Up, Paula!" Tickets for the show range $44-$69.50 and also go on sale 10 a.m. Friday.
Paula Abdul's career also spans being a voice actress, dancer and choreographer.
She started at age 18 as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers before rising to prominence in the 1980s as a highly sought choreographer at the height of the music video era. Abdul later scored a string of pop music hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Her six No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 tie her with fellow singer, songwriter and actress Diana Ross in seventh place among female solo performers who have topped the chart, according to her online biography.
Abdul won a Grammy award for "Best Music Video-Short Form" for her hit, "Opposites Attract," and twice won a Primetime Emmy award for "Outstanding Choreography."
After her initial period of success, Abdul found renewed fame as an original judge on television's "American Idol" in the 2000s, leaving after the show's eighth season.
She went on to star on CBS's short-lived television series "Live to Dance," which lasted a single season in 2011, and later became a judge on the first season of the American version of "The X Factor," along with her former American Idol co-judge Simon Cowell, who was the creator and producer of the show.
Abdul also served as a guest judge on the All-Stars edition of "Dancing with the Stars" in 2012 and the 10th season of "So You Think You Can Dance" in 2013. She more recently became a permanent judge for that series, along with the Australian version of the show for its 2014 revival.
All tickets can be purchased at sandseventcenter.com, the event center box office, ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets or by phone at 800-745-3000.