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Brett Eldredge Experiences Full Circle Moment in Connecticut

Mohegan Sun is one of our favorite places to visit in New England- sure the gaming is fun (but that gets expensive) and the dining is out of this world but one of the best things about Mohegan Sun are the concerts. With two popular venues inside the resort, it’s a popular place for concert fans to come to. There’s the Wolf Den which is in the middle of the casino floor which offers free shows for fans 21+ with all different levels of talent and of course the 10,000 seat arena where you can see superstars like Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean and more.

Many artists who come up this way in the early years of their career play the Wolf Den. If you’ve ever gotten the chance to walk downstairs to the artist dressing rooms, the walls are littered with signatures of everyone who has played there- and we can attest that there are some big names on those walls.

And with these two venues, comes the opportunity for a full circle moment. Something that country star Brett Eldredge got to experience this past weekend when he stopped at Mohegan to headline the arena.

He posted the below photo to his social media platforms, writing, “5 years ago we played a 300 person venue outside of this arena called the The Wolf Den…after the show on the little stage, I snuck in the arena to check it out…it was huge…I thought to myself how crazy it would be to get to play here one day! Last night, you all SOLD OUT the entire arena! As you can see, the excitement had me LEVITATING! God I love ya! Thank you”

https://www.instagram.com/p/BiK-I0Hlk2x/?hl=en&taken-by=bretteldredge

What a cool moment for country music fans in New England to be part of! And Brett isn’t the first country artist to recently experience this either! Cole Swindell played to a capacity crowd in the Wolf Den in November of 2015 and returned earlier this year to headline the arena as well!

Were you there this weekend to see Brett in the arena? Were you at his Wolf Den show 5 years ago? Were you there for both!? Let us know on our Facebook or Twitter posts!

Carly Pearce Takes On the Pack at The Wolf Den!

Carly Pearce put on a killer performance at The Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun on February 10th. She played the entirety of her album ‘Every Little Thing’ with a few added bonuses. She was extremely playful with her crowd, posing for pictures mid-song, winking, singing directly into cameras recording her, and acknowledging everyone for post-show autographs and pictures!

She opened her performance with ‘Careless’ which got a huge crowd reaction. ‘Catch Fire’ and ‘Color’ were played before she addressed the Den; “how we doin’ Wolf Den?!” ‘I Need A Ride Home,’ one of Carly’s favorite songs, was then introduced by its backstory. “Y’all I quit high school when I was 16 to join a singing competition because I knew I could make this dream and reality. And God bless my mama and daddy for letting their 16 year old quit high school, but they believed in me. And this song is about me missing them and my home where I grew up. It takes me right back man.” She turned it up a few notches by playing ‘Everybody Gonna Talk’ which transitioned into Shania Twain’s ‘I Feel Like A Woman’ followed by ‘You Know Where To Find Me’ and ‘Feel Something.’

Halfway through her set she did an exclusive, stripped-down performance of Deeana Carter’s ‘Strawberry Wine,’ in which her band members left the stage. The crowd seemed to know every lyric to this hit and made Carly shine on stage. After being re-joined by her band, the next two songs were about love and love lost. ‘Honeysuckle’ was dedicated to those who have a high school love that they could relate it to and ‘Doing It Right,’ she explained, was written over wine. “I think y’all know by now that I love wine. And I also love writing music with my good girlfriends. So ‘Doing It Right’ was written over a glass, or bottle, of wine and it’s dedicated to the boys who are good at sucking.” Pearce then broke out into a string of recently released songs. ‘If My Name Was Whiskey’ was her second released single off of her debut album. Ironically enough, it was the last song she wrote. ‘Hide The Wine,’ her latest single, picked the pace up and got the crowd engaged, with the audience strongly singing the chorus back to her. To close out her set, she played her No. 1 single ‘Every Little Thing.’ Her encore song was ‘9 to 5’ by Dolly Parton, which got the audience ready to go get their night started at the casino.

During her performance, Pearce hit every note, high and low, quite effortlessly and perfectly. She chose songs that compliment her voice well and the audience was drawn to her from start to finish, with more and more people joining the den as the night went on. With a playful on stage presence, it is clear as to why fans love her. She is a must-see live show when she comes to your town or state.