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See Travis Tritt at Gold Strike April 21
TUNICA – Influenced by the best in south- ern rock, blues, gospel and honky-tonk, Travis Tritt remains a force in the country music genre as he brings his biggest hits to Gold Strike The- atre inside Gold Strike Casino Resort on Satur- day, April 21, at 9 p.m. Tickets are $59.95 and are on sale now.
Continually performing shows and holding a heavy appearance schedule, Tritt has proven to be unstoppable. His mainstream career dates back to 1990 with “Country Club.” His suc- cession of hits put him in the vanguard of the genre’s early ‘90s boom, dubbing him as one of the “The Class of ’89,” which includes Garth Brooks, Clint Black and Alan Jackson.
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a devoted fan base.
Tritt is also known for his sports appearanc-
es, having performed at the 1996 Olympics, two Super Bowls, a World Series Game, the open- ing of the Georgia Dome, the final Braves game at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium and, in 2013, the NCAA men’s basketball championship.
Most recently, Tritt released his first original full-length studio album in over a decade, titled Set in Stone. The album features 11 new songs, eight of which were co-written by Tritt. On Set in Stone, the Grammy winner delivers the quintessential Travis Tritt sound with a touch of Americana and roots. He pays homage to all
With hit tracks like “Country Club,” “Help Me Hold On,” “I’m Gonna Be Somebody,” “Drift Off To Dream,” “The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’” and “Here’s a Quarter,” Tritt has consistently dominated the charts and won numerous awards, including Billboard’s Top New Male Artist, the CMA Horizon Award and two Grammys, and
sides of his musical personality along with the trademarks of his originality. Opening with the rowdy “Stand Your Ground” and mixing powerful love songs like “Leave This World” with searing country rockers like the first single, “Ghost Town Na- tion,” the new album is described by Tritt as “getting back to a no-
frills, classic, outlaw-country sound.”
Rodney Carrington at Horseshoe June 17
TUNICA — Rodney Carrington is com- ing to Horseshoe Tunica on Saturday, June 17. Carrington is a multi-talented comedian, actor, singer and writer playing sold-out shows around the world as one of the top 10 highest-grossing touring comedians for the past two decades.
A platinum-recording artist, Carrington’s recorded eight major record label comedy albums, followed by three albums on his own record label, Laughter’s Good Records. Rodney is fresh off the release of his latest album, Get Em Out, (released 2019) which hit No. 1 on iTunes. His album Here Comes the Truth (released 2017) climbed to No. 3 on the comedy charts, accruing tens of millions of streams on Spotify and even spawned a Netflix special.
Rodney broke through with his major la- bel comedy CD debut Hangin’ With Rodney in 1998. The next few years saw nine more Top 10 comedy albums: Live, Morning Wood, Nutsack,GreatestHits,KingoftheMountains,El Nino Loco, C’mon Laugh You Bastards, Laugh- ter’s Good and The Hits, all of which continue
Rodney Carrington brings his comedy show to Horseshoe Tunica in June.
to receive radio airplay and regularly place on the national comedy charts. Hangin’ With Rodney and Morning Wood earned RIAA gold recordcertification,andhisGreatestHits(a double CD) album reached platinum sta- tus. Rodney also released Make it Christmas,
which features his original song “Camou- flage and Christmas Lights,” a tribute to our military.
Rodney also added “author” to his list of accomplishments with the release of his book “Rodney Carrington, Coming Clean,’’ published by Hatchette Books.
Over the years, he’s starred in his own TV sitcom, “Rodney”, which ran for two sea- sons on ABC, co-wrote and co-starred with Toby Keith in the feature film, “Beer for My Horses,” which won the Tex Ritter Award from the ACM, and starred in his own Net- flix special “Here Comes The Truth.” Rod- ney’s also appeared on countless other TV shows, including the ACA (American Coun- try Awards), hosting the American Country New Year’s Eve Live show on FOX, and won “Supporting Character of the Year” from the CMT Music Video Awards for his appearance on the Trace Adkins’ music video “I Got My Game On.”
After his recent Let Me In release he is gearing up for this tour with a stop in Tu- nica - for mature audiences only.
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