NORTH CHARLESTON (WCSC) - Sir Elton John will grace the North Charleston Coliseum with his presence in March for the first time since 2007, and we are giving away 10 free tickets for the concert.

For a chance to win 2 tickets to the March 7 concert, text “elton” to the number “56376” and you’ll find out if you’re one of our 5 winners this Friday.

Tickets officially go on sale this Saturday, and the first camper has already been spotted at the ticket office.  Oren Chase says the live experience is about more than the music, "Besides the music it's all about the whole experience. making eye contact, nobody in front of you, nobody walking in front of you...it's just a big difference in being way back...and you have to do stuff like this once in a while if you want to get some premium seats."

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m.

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CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC)-

From crime to construction, Charleston Mayor Joe Riley touched on a number of topics during his State of the City address Monday night. Riley also announced a major downtown redevelopment that included a hotel, more than 200 new apartments, offices and retail space.

In the mayor's State of the City address, Riley said the $80,000,000 development will take place at Spring and King streets and will include the restoration of the old C&S bank building.

The mayor also spoke about the decline of crime in the city citing "substantial reductions" over the last four years. Riley said when official FBI crime statistics are released later this year he anticipates seeing an overall reduction of crime reaching 55% since 2007.