Page 25 - Jackpot Magazine Tunica ~ May, 2022

Stars coming to Tunica casinos
TUNICA — Casinos in Tunica continue to add headline en- tertainment, including The Oak Ridge Boys and Martina McBride. Jackpot! takes a look at performers now scheduled to appear.
• Horseshoe Tunica welcomes Heather Land in Heather Land’s “Age Gap Tour” on Friday, May 20. Land, a viral phenom- enon, has been viewed more than 300 million times online and now has a website, a new album, a tour bus, and a book. See what it’s all about live at Horseshoe.
Martina McBride is set to perform at Horseshoe on Saturday, June 11. McBride has 14 studio albums, two greatest hits compi- lations, one “live” album, as well as two additional compilation al- bums. Eight of her studio albums and two of her compilations have an RIAA Gold certification, or higher. In the U.S., she has sold more than 14 million albums. In addition, McBride has won the Country Music Association’s “Female Vocalist of the Year” award four times (tied with Reba McEntire for the third-most wins) and the Academy of Country Music’s “Top Female Vocalist” award three times. She is also a 14-time Grammy Award nominee. Hit songs include “I Love You,” “A Broken Wing,” “Wrong Again,” “Blessed,” “Wild Angels,” “This One’s For The Girls,” “Anyway,” “Independence Day” and many more. Coming soon to Horseshoe: Jeff Dunham, comedy superstar and America’s favorite ventriloquist, has been rescheduled again for June 23, 2022.
• Fitz Casino & Hotel welcomes The Oak Ridge Boys on Saturday, June 4, at 8 p.m. The Oak Ridge Boys are famous for pro- ducing some of the most distinctive and recognizable sounds in the music industry. The four-part harmonies and upbeat songs of The Oak Ridge Boys have spawned dozens of Country hits and a No. 1 pop smash, earned them Grammy, Dove, CMA, and ACM awards and garnered a host of other industry and fan accolades. Every time they step before an audience, the Oaks bring four decades of chart- ed singles, and 50 years of tradition, to a stage show widely acknowl- edged as among the most exciting anywhere. And each remains as enthusiastic about the process as they have ever been.
“When I go on stage, I get the same feeling I had the first time I sang with The Oak Ridge Boys,” says lead singer Duane Allen. “This is the only job I’ve ever wanted to have.”
“Like everyone else in the group,” adds bass singer extraordi- naire, Richard Sterban, “I was a fan of the Oaks before I became a member. I’m still a fan of the group today. Being in The Oak Ridge Boys is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.”
The two, along with tenor Joe Bonsall and baritone William Lee Golden, comprise one of Country’s truly legendary acts. Their string of hits includes the Country-Pop chart-topper “Elvira,” as well as “Bobbie Sue,” “Dream On,” “Thank God For Kids,” “American Made,” “I Guess It Never Hurts To Hurt Sometimes,” “Fancy Free,” “Gonna Take A Lot Of River” and many others. In 2009, they covered a White Stripes song, receiving accolades from Rock reviewers. In 2011, they rerecorded a 13th anniversary version of “Elvira” for a Cracker Barrel Old Country Store project.
The group has scored 12 gold, three platinum, and one double platinum album—plus one double platinum single—and had more than a dozen national Number One singles and over 30 Top Ten hits.
Coming soon to Fitz Casino & Hotel: The Father’s Day Tail- gate & Blues Show Sunday, June 19.
• At Gold Strike Casino Resort, see country music great Ron- nie Milsap on Friday, May 13. Long before he was a fixture on the country charts — during his prime, he racked up 35 number one hits — Milsap cracked the R&B charts with a version of Ashford & Simpson ’s “Never Had It So Good,” and that familiarity with rhythm & blues was apparent throughout his work. Nevertheless, his strength lay in taking it easy, a quality evident on “Pure Love,” which rocketed to No. 1 on Billboard’s country charts, followed to that position by “Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends” — a one-two punch that turned the singer into a star. The Country Music Association would name Milsap Male Vocalist of the Year in 1976 and 1977, a sign of his runaway popularity in the late ’70s.
Between 1974’s “(I’d Be) A Legend in My Time” and 1979’s “Nobody Likes Sad Songs,” he hit the top of the Billboard coun- try charts ten times, with “Daydreams About Night Things” (1975), “(I’m A) Stand By My Woman Man” (1976), “It Was Almost Like a Song” (1977), and “Only One Love in My Life” (1978) spending multiple weeks in the pole position.
Beginning with 1980’s “Why Don’t You Spend the Night,” Mil- sap dominated the top position on Billboard’s country charts, reach- ing number one 13 times between 1980 and 1984.
Heather Land comes to Horseshoe Tunica Friday May 20.
THE SOUTH’S LARGEST GUIDE TO GAMING & FUN • www.jackpotmagazine.com May 2022 • JACKPOT! MAGAZINE 25