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The Avett Brothers Are Coming to the Wolstein Center

Avett BrothersThe Avett Brothers, one of the top touring bands in the country, will bring their unique brand of folk rock to Cleveland State University’s Wolstein Center on?Sunday, September 8.

Tickets range from $45-$65 and are available for purchase at?LiveNation.com, WolsteinCenter.com, the venue box office or charge by phone at 1-888-324-5849.?The Wolstein Center is located at 2000 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland.

The Avett Brothers made their major label debut in 2009 with their hit song “I and Love and You” which landed at #16 on the Billboard top 200 and garnered critical acclaim from?Rolling Stone,?The New York Times, and?Time Magazine.

In the years since, they have become one of the biggest rock bands on the planet with their last three albums reaching the top 5 of the Billboard top 200 album charts. They have also toured the world and appeared regularly on national television, including?The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,?The Late Show with David Letterman,?Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Jimmie Kimmel Live.

The touring members of the band are the brothers?Scott (Banjo, lead vocals, guitar, piano, kick-drum) and?Seth?(guitar, lead vocals, piano, hi-hat)?Avett,?Bob Crawford (double bass, electric bass, violin, backing vocals),?Joe Kwon (cello, backing vocals),?Mike March (drums) and?Bonnie Avett-Rini (piano).

The Avett Brothers were inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2016. In 2018, HBO premiered “May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers,” a documentary co-directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio. Later on that year, the band headlined the Concert for Hurricane Florence Relief in Greenville, North Carolina, raising $325,000 to help those affected by the storm and its aftermath.