Rays neon hat giveaway added to concert night September 7

ST. PETERSBURG, FL-The Tampa Bay Rays will give away one-of-a-kind Rays Neon Hats presented by Tampa Bay Times to the first 10,000 fans attending the Rays-Rangers game on Friday, September 7 at 7:10 p.m.  At the conclusion of the game DJ and songwriter Calvin Harris will perform as part of the Rays Summer Concert Series.

The concert is free with the purchase of that date's game ticket.  In addition to their game tickets, fans can watch Harris from the field by purchasing field access passes available at raysbaseball.com/concerts.

To make room for the Rays Neon Hat, the T-shirt giveaway scheduled for Friday, September 7 as part of Friday Fest presented by Captain Morgan has been moved to Tuesday, September 4, when the Rays host the New York Yankees at 7:10 p.m.  The first 10,000 fans will receive a free Fernando Rodney T-shirt present by Tampa Bay Times.

Calvin Harris - September 7, Rays vs. Rangers, 7:10 p.m.

Calvin Harris was the most successful songwriter in the U.K. last year, according to trade magazine Music Week from a recent post on BBC's news site.  Leading the charge were his major smashes "We Found Love" for Rihanna and his own productions "Bounce" with Kelis and "Feel So Close," which has now gone Platinum.  Harris' newest track "Let's Go" featuring Ne-Yo-propelled by Harris' synths paired with Ne-Yo's vocals-is a high-energy electro-house track destined to become a summer anthem.  Live, Harris is a major festival act having dazzled audiences at Coachella and Electric Daisy Carnival NYC with his stellar DJ sets.

This marks the fifth season of the Rays Summer Concert Series produced by Ruth Eckerd Hall on the Road.  Since it began in 2008, the Rays have gone 27-9 on Saturday concerts and averaged more than 30,000 fans on those dates.  Other acts scheduled to perform this summer are: The Wiggles (August 5 vs. BAL); O.A.R. (August 24 vs. OAK); and Coco Jones (September 9 vs. TEX).