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One Direction and Patton Oswalt Plan Seattle Trips in 2015

Unfortunately not together.

Seth Sommerfeld
Author: Seth Sommerfeld
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One Direction look to pack their screaming fans into CenturyLink Field next summer.

CenturyLink Field doesn’t host many concerts. It’s a place for rock royalty: The Rolling Stones, U2, Metallica… and now One Direction. (One of these things is not like the other.) The wildly popular British boy band heads stateside next summer in support of the quintet’s latest album Four (you may be surprised to find out this is group’s fourth record) and will be eliciting high-pitched squeals for joy with hits like “What Makes You Beautiful” and “Best Song Ever.” Prepare for the 12th Man to become the 6th Tween.

Tickets for One Direction at CenturyLink Field go on sale Saturday, November 1 at 10am via Ticketmaster.com. Seats start at $40 and top out out at $350 VIP packages.

One Direction
July 15 at 7, CenturyLink Field, $40–$350

The last time comedian Patton Oswalt headlined in our neck of the woods was in October 2012 at Tulalip Resort Casino. Everything about that gig went bad in such a spectacular fashion that he devoted a good chunk of his most recent standup special, Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time, to telling the story. Things will be decidedly less rowdy when Oswalt returns in January for two distinctly different events. On January 30, he’ll perform his signature brand of nerd culture-infused standup in Tacoma at the Pantages Theatre. The following night he’ll head up to Seattle to present his new book Silver Screen Fiend at Town Hall in conversation with The Simpsons producer/writer George Meyer. The book focuses on his his obsessive love of old and obscure cinema and his early days in the Los Angeles comedy scene.

Both Oswalt events are currently on sale. Seats for the Pantages Theatre show are $35 and available via Broadwaycenter.org. Tickets for Seattle Arts and Lectures’ Patton Oswalt: Off the Page at Town Hall run $35 (which includes a copy of Silver Screen Fiend) and can be purchased at Lectures.org.

Patton Oswalt
Jan 30 at 7:30, Pantages Theatre, $38

Patton Oswalt: Off the Page
Jan 31 at 7:30, Town Hall, $35 (Includes a copy of Silver Screen Fiend)




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Seth Sommerfeld
Seth Sommerfeld
Assistant Editor (Arts) Seth Sommerfeld runs the arts department at Seattle Met, crafting the magazine's On the Town section, editing the Culture Fiend blog, and contributing to reader service features such as “The Ultimate Seahawks Guide” and the front-of-the-book department, Mudroom. Seth has written about music and culture for Rolling Stone, Spin, Pacific Northwest Inlander, Charleston Post and Courier, Syracuse Post-Standard, and Billings Gazette. He also extensively covered the NBA Draft for years for Fox Sports and NBADraft.net, and was published as part of Myth, Media, and Culture in Star Wars: An Anthology. Originally from Billings, Montana, Seth first lived in Washington while earning an undergraduate degree in journalism and broadcasting at Gonzaga University. He followed up those studies at Syracuse University, where he earned a master’s degree in arts journalism.