TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW VIA TICKETMASTER

(KINGSTON, RI – September 18, 2009) – The most successful family entertainment band in history, The Wiggles, will “Go Bananas” over playing two shows at The Ryan Center on Friday, October 30 (2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.). The Wiggles join Captain Feathersword, Dorothy the Dinosaur, Henry the Octopus, Wags the Dog and all the Wiggly Dancers in their newest family production “The Wiggles Go Bananas Live.”

Tickets at $12, $22, $32, a limited number of $42 “hot potato seats” are on sale now exclusively through www.ticketmaster.com, 1.800.745.3000 or at The Ryan Center box office.

Fans can come wiggle in the aisles as “The Wiggles Go Bananas Live!” Tour brings The Wiggles highly interactive, fun and educational message to the legendary arena. Audience participation will include fun with your favorite wiggly pal as they sing and dance through the audience, dressing up as your favorite character, yelling “Wake up, Jeff!” whenever the loveable Purple Wiggle falls asleep onstage and bringing roses, for dancing pal Dorothy the Dinosaur, and bones, for canine comedian Wags the Dog, that The Wiggles and Wiggly Dancers collect during the show

The Wiggles will take their fans into the heart of the groovy animal kingdom with songs such as the smash hit “Monkey Man,” “Kangaroo Jumping,” “Tasmanian Devil,” and “Tiger Man.”

The Wiggles, the world's #1 preschool band, performed over 300 shows to more than 1.5 million fans since 2005 in the United States alone. The Wiggles perform over 200 shows annually across four continents and can be seen on TV in over 110 countries worldwide. Fans can catch The Wiggles twice daily on Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney™ block. The Wiggles have sold more than 22.5 million videos and 7 million CDs in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.

For all media requests, contact Diana Zanetto at dzanetto@theryancenter.com or 401.788.3230. 

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CONTACT: Diana Zanetto 
               Global Spectrum/The Ryan Center
               401.788.3230