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Stars to perform at Tunica casinos
TUNICA — Casinos in Tunica continue to add headline enter- tainment, including Little Feat, Vicki Lawrence and an Elvis tribute show. Jackpot! takes a look at performers now scheduled to appear.
• Horseshoe Tunica welcomes Skid Row with Autograph, Friday, Sept. 9, and Little Feat in the Waiting For Columbus Tour, Friday, Dec. 2. For Skid Row, the first rebellion started in 1986 when New Jersey kids with a punk and metal attitude set out to conquer the world. Dave “Snake” Sabo, Scotti Hill and Rachel Bolan vowed that Skid Row wouldn’t fade into rock and roll obscurity. Their re- bellion continues. See them live and hear such hits as “18 and Life to Go,” “Youth Gone Wild,” “I
After the Burnett Show, Vicki went on to star in “Mama’s Family,” which consistently topped the ratings for its entire six-year run of original shows. “Mama” has attained almost a cult status among her legions of loyal television viewers.
Following the ratings for the “Carol Burnett Showstopper Spe- cial” in 2001 (more than 50 million viewers), Lawrence decided that the time is right to take Mama out of the closet, dust off her sensible shoes and hit the road with her new touring production, Vicki Law- rence and Mama: A Two-Woman Show.
• At Gold Strike Casino Resort, see country music star Jim- mie Allen. Allen performs at Gold Strike on Friday, July 8. Allen’s first official single, “Best Shot,” released in early 2018, was the second most-added song to country music radio playlists. It hit the Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, and Billboard Hot 100 charts and was made into a music video. His debut album, Mercury Lane, was issued in October. 2018. “Best Shot” was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Country Airplay chart in No- vember 2018, making him the first black artist to send his debut single to the top of that chart. The album’s second single, “Make Me Want To,” released to country radio in early 2019, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Country Air- play chart. In 2020, Allen released “This Is Us,” a duet with Noah Cyrus. A second single was “Freedom Was a Highway,” a duet with Brad Paisley, which was released on Feb. 1, 2021. It became Allen’s third No. 1 hit and Paisley’s 20th. Allen became the first black solo performer to win New Male Artist of the Year at the 2021 ACM Awards, where he also performed a memorable duet with fellow
country artist Brad Paisley.
Coming soon: Elvis, Elvis, Elvis: A Tribute to the King, Satur-
day, Aug. 13, and the Deon Cole The Coleology Tour, Friday, Aug. 19. Elvis, Elvis, Elvis: A Tribute to The King is a musical journey spanning the 20 year career of the “King of Rock ‘n Roll, from his rise to fame in the 1950’s, to his infamous Las Vegas performances of the 1970’s. Elvis, Elvis, Elvis boasts a 10 piece band plus 2 highly decorated Elvis Tribute Artists delivering a truly unforgettable con- cert experience.
Deon Cole is a stand-up comic, actor and writer. He is known for his roles in “Black-ish” (2014), “The Harder They Fall” (2021) and “Barbershop: The Next Cut” (2016) as well as being for being a stand-up comedian and a comedy writer for such shows as “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” and “Conan.”
Remember You” and more. Little Feat will kick off La- bor Day Weekend at Horseshoe with its Waiting for Columbus Tour. The band’s brilliant musi- cianship transcends boundaries, uniting California rock, funk, folk, jazz, country, rockabilly, and New Orleans swamp boo- gie into a rich gumbo. The Dixie Chicken album, released 50 years ago, is considered the band’s landmark release that continues to resonate today. The title track is a signature song and helped
define the Little Feat sound. Fitz Casino & Hotel wel-
Vicki Lawrence & Mama at Fitz Casino & Hotel
comes comedian Bruce Bruce
for two shows, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23 and 24.
Bruce Bruce is a name synonymous with keeping audiences rolling with laughter, thanks to his captivating improv skills and larger than life comedic style. Bruce’s steady style of comedy has been showcased across the country and he has been entertaining audiences young and old, and of all backgrounds, for years. His wit, spontaneity and dazzling personality set him apart from other stand-up comedians. Although Bruce is known for his adult com- edy, he prides himself on not using vulgarity to win a laugh, and is no stranger in winning over new audiences with every appearance he makes.
Coming soon: Vicki Lawrence & Mama, Saturday, Nov. 12, at 8 p.m. Emmy Award-winning comedienne Vicki Lawrence is one of the most beloved television personalities of her generation. Plucked out of total obscurity as a high school senior, Vicki went on to be- come part of the now-legendary cast of the “Carol Burnett Show.” “I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America,” says Ms. Lawrence of her Burnett Show training.
In the seventh season, and hundreds of hilarious sketches later, at the ripe old age of 24, Vicki created her most endearing character to date, Thelma Harper, or “Mama” as she is better known to her fans.
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