Sparks/Reno, Nev. – Easily one of the most recognizable figures in mainstream pop, Michael Bolton has a powerful, expressive, remarkably versatile voice. A multi-Grammy winner who has sold tens of millions of albums, he has set the bar for the power ballad and remakes of classic R&B covers in modern American music. See Michael Bolton on one very special night in the Rose Ballroom, March 8, at John Ascuaga’s Nugget.

Bolton emerged in the 1980s as a major soft rock balladeer and blue-eyed soul singer. His breakthrough came with his third album, The Hunger, released in September 1987. On this album, he abandoned the more hard rock aspects of his style to concentrate on blue-eyed soul singing: both on his own songs, such as "That's What Love Is All About," and on covers like Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." Those two songs became Top 40 hits. Soul Provider, released in July 1989, turned Bolton into a superstar, reaching the Top Ten, selling four million copies, and spawning five Top 40 singles, including Bolton's number one version of "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You," and the Top Ten hits "How Can We Be Lovers" and "When I'm Back on My Feet Again." "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" won Bolton a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Time, Love & Tenderness, released in April 1991, was even more successful, hitting number one, selling six million copies, and featuring four Top 40 hits, including the chart-topping cover of Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman," and the Top Ten hits "Love Is a Wonderful Thing.” Bolton won another Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, for "When a Man Loves a Woman.” He further responded with Timeless: The Classics in September 1992, an album made up entirely of cover songs. It went to number one, sold three million copies, and featured a Top 40 hit in Bolton's version of the Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody." Bolton's next album of original material, The One Thing, came in November 1993. It hit the Top Ten, sold three million copies, and featured the Top Ten hit "Said I Loved You...But I Lied." Bolton released Greatest Hits 1985-1995 in the fall of 1995, which debuted in the Top Ten. The following year, This Is the Time: Christmas Album appeared. Bolton returned with All That Matters, in the fall of 1997, although it didn’t generate a hit single. Bolton quickly turned his attention to My Secret Passion, a collection of opera and arias that he released in January 1998. By classical standards, the album was a hit, and the record received a great deal of press and good reviews. He voluntarily stepped back for almost four years, reemerging to the public eye in 2002 when he began promoting Only a Woman Like You, his first album on Jive Records. After a brief sabbatical, he returned with Til the End of Forever, a hybrid new album of seven new recordings and a live greatest-hits concert. In 2006 he released Bolton Swings Sinatra, a 12-song tribute to Ol' Blue Eyes that included a duet with fiancée/actress Nicolette Sheridan.

Michael Bolton plays one night, March 8, in the Rose Ballroom at 8 p.m. Tickets are just $64 and $69 and are available by calling (800) 648-1177 or (775) 356-3300 or by visiting janugget.com. Dinner and show packages are available. “Do the Nugget Tonight!”