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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-
Rodney Carrington brings his comedy show to Horseshoe Tunica in June.
ter’s Good and The Hits, all of which continue to receive radio airplay and regularly place on the national comedy charts. Hangin’ With Rodney and Morning Wood earned RIAA gold record certification, and his Greatest Hits (a double CD) album reached platinum sta- tus.RodneyalsoreleasedMakeitChristmas, 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.
Craig Ferguson brings stand-up to Tunica
‘Late Late Show’ host to perform at Gold Strike on Friday, Aug. 4
TUNICA – Grammy-nominated, Pea- body and Emmy Award-winning actor, writer, producer, director and comedian Craig Ferguson brings his personal brand of stand-up to Gold Strike on Friday, Aug. 4, at 9 p.m. Tickets start at $45.
With a diverse career encompassing film, TV and stage, Ferguson has achieved notable success on the North Ameri- can comedy circuit and has performed to sold-out theaters across the country. The wildly popular “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” ran on CBS for 10 years and remains a cult favorite on YouTube, racking up millions of views every year.
He has five widely acclaimed stand-up comedy specials include “A Wee Bit O’ Revolution,” which premiered in 2009 on Comedy Central; “Does This Need to Be
Said” in 2011 on EPIX and Comedy Cen- tral; “I’m Here to Help” in 2013 on Netf- lix, which earned him a Grammy nomina- tion for Best Comedy Album; “Just Being Honest” in 2015 on EPIX, which earned him a second Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album; “Tickle Fight” in 2017 on Netflix; and the six-part stand- up/docuseries “Hobo Fabulous” on Am- azon in 2020.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Ferguson discovered he had a knack for comedy in the 1990s and was soon the star of his own BBC television show, “The Ferguson Theory.” After several stints on the UK comedy circuit, Ferguson brought his act to America in 1995 and would go on to star in “The Drew Carey Show,” playing Carey’s boss, Nigel Wick, from 1996-2003.
Craig Ferguson
Ferguson wrote the feature films “The Big Tease” and “Saving Grace.” In 2003, he made his directorial debut with “I’ll Be There,” which he also wrote and starred in. Other film credits include “Niagra Mo- tel,” “Lenny the Wonder Dog” and more.
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