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A Tribute to The King at Gold Strike
TUNICA – A tribute to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, “Elvis Elvis Elvis” is taking music lovers back in time in Gold Strike Theatre inside Gold Strike Casino Resort on Saturday, Aug. 12, at 8 p.m.
Tickets start at $29.50 and are available now.
The greatest entertainer of modern times is brought back to the stage in a show featuring three decades of Elvis Presley’s music.
From the early days at Sun Studios to the Vegas era and everything in between, this show captures the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll at pivotal points in his career.
World Championship Elvis Entertainers Tim “E” Hendry and Ted Torres Martin and a 10-piece band take center stage with the promise of taking
audiences on a journey through Elvis’ greatest and most memorable hits like “All Shook Up,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Love Me Tender,” “Blue Suede Shoes” and more.
Gold Strike Casino Resort is located on the Mississippi River, approximately 30 minutes from downtown Memphis.
With more than 1,100 luxury guest rooms, a theater, high-limit gaming, award-winning dining and a sportsbook, Gold Strike is known in the South as a source for energy and excitement.
For more information about Gold Strike Casino Resort, visit www.goldstrike. com.
More information about One Star Rewards is available at www. onestarrewards.com.
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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 lat- est 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 label comedy CD debut Hangin’ With Rod- ney in 1998. The next few years saw nine more Top 10 comedy albums: Live, Morn- ing Wood, Nutsack, Greatest Hits, King of the Mountains, El Nino Loco, C’mon Laugh
Rodney Carrington brings his comedy show to Horseshoe Tunica this month.
You Bastards, Laughter’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 status. Rod- ney also released Make it Christmas, which
features his original song “Camouflage 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 re- cent Let Me In release he is gearing up for this tour with a stop in Tunica - for mature audiences only.
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