Celebrate the 4th of July at Mandalay Bay Beach with Vertical Horizon and MIX 94.1-FM.  A pre-concert barbeque at Border Grill will begin at 6 p.m.; the concert is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. and will be followed by a fireworks show at 10:30 p.m.  The barbeque at Border Grill will be available for an additional charge and will include great food, drink specials and prize giveaways.


The show will be presented by MIX 94.1-FM and Mandalay Bay and the tickets are priced at $35, not including applicable taxes and service charges.  The tickets go on sale Friday, June 6 at 10 a.m. at the Mandalay Bay Box Office and at all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations (select Smith's Food and Drug Centers, Macy's West at the Fashion Show Mall and Ritmo Latino).  Ticket sales are limited to eight (8) per person.  To charge by phone with a major credit card, call the Mandalay Bay Box Office at (702) 632-7580 or Ticketmaster at (702) 474-4000.  Tickets also will be available for purchase at www.mandalaybay.com or www.ticketmaster.com. 


From Vertical Horizon's early beginnings playing coffeehouses in Washington, D.C., the band has continuously stretched itself both musically and otherwise.  As Georgetown University undergrads, Keith Kane and Matt Scannell discovered kindred musical spirits in one another.  They recorded three independent albums – There and Back Again, Running On Ice and Live Stages, solidified their line-up with drummer Ed Toth and bassist Sean Hurley and later signed with RCA in 1998.


In 1999, Vertical Horizon released their RCA debut album, Everything You Want, which continued the band's progression toward an edgier, electric style while retaining its focus on solid songwriting.  The double-platinum-selling album yielded four singles including "We Are," "You're a God," "Best I Ever Had" and the title track "Everything You Want," which became the most played song on Top 40 radio in 2000.  It reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 as well as Adult Top 40 charts.  The song won a Radio Music Award and two Billboard Music Awards while the band earned a Billboard Music Video Award for Best New Artist Modern Rock Video for "You're a God."


Produced by John Shanks, their most recent album, GO, offers a sublime unity of thought and melody.  Tracks like "Forever" and "Inside," with their resonant string sections, take Vertical Horizon to previously unexplored musical terrain.  Others, like "Goodbye Again" and "When You Cry," examine the hard labor of building human connections.


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