Page 28 - Jackpot Magazine Tunica ~ September, 2026

Top music acts come to Gold Strike
Better Than Ezra, Gin Blossoms, Our Lady Peace and more scheduled
TUNICA — Gold Strike Casino Resort ending the summer
After leaving SNL, Lovitz built an impressive film career
and kicking off fall with great live music, comeday and more,
with standout roles in The Wedding Singer, A League of Their
offering a diverse lineup of acts. These performances promise
Own, and Big, and voiced the critic Jay Sherman on the cult-
high-energy evenings
favorite animated series
and timeless hits in the
The Critic. Yet fans agree
venue’s intimate setting.
his true magic shines
See the Gin
brightest on stage, where
Blossoms on Sunday,
his rapid-fire impressions,
Sept. 6. The Gin
sardonic observations,
Blossoms emerged from
and fearless crowd work
the early ‘90s alternative
turn every performance
rock scene in Tempe,
into a master class in
Arizona. Their 1992
comedy.
breakthrough album
This one-night-only
New Miserable Experience
appearance at Gold
spawned massive hits
Strike’s Millennium
like “Hey Jealousy” and
Theatre promises classic
“Found Out About
bits, fresh material and the
You,” both reaching the
unpredictable energy that
Top 40 and dominating
The Gin Blossoms are set to perform at Gold Strike Theatre on
has kept Lovitz selling out
radio at the time.
Sunday, Sept. 6.
venues across the country.
The band enjoyed huge popularity with power-pop anthems
Coming soon: Our Lady Peace 30th Anniversary, Thursday,
blending melancholy lyrics and catchy hooks, selling millions
Oct. 8. The multi-platinum alternative rock band was formed
and defining post-grunge alternative rock for an entire
in 1992, and achieved global success with iconic hits like
generation.
“Superman’s Dead,” “Clumsy” and “Somewhere Out There,”
Better Than Ezra is next in the lineup on Saturday, Sept.
selling more than 5 million albums worldwide and earning
12. The alternative rock band formed in 1988 in Baton Rouge,
more than 360 million streams. Among an elite group of just
Louisiana, by singer-songwriter Kevin Griffin and bassist Tom
13 Music Canada Diamond-certified artists, the band has three
Drummond. They broke through in 1995 with the multi-
triple-platinum and five double-platinum certifications.
platinum album Deluxe and its chart-topping single “Good,”
In 2025, the band was inducted into Canada’s Walk of
followed by enduring favorites like “Desperately Wanting.”
Fame and followed the milestone with a U.S. amphitheater tour
With catchy melodies and introspective lyrics, the group
alongside Live and Collective Soul.
continues to thrill fans after more than 35 years.
On Saturday, Oct. 24, it’s Halloween with miniKISS at the
Jon Lovitz will take the stage at Gold Strike Casino Resort
Gold Strike Theatre with an 8 to 9:30 p.m. show. MiniKiss, a
on Friday, Oct. 2. The show is set for 8 p.m. Known for his
New York City-based Kiss tribute band composed entirely of
impeccable timing and larger-than-life characters, Jon Lovitz
little people, is billed as “The World’s Shortest Band.” Founded
has been making audiences laugh for nearly four decades. The
in 1995 by Joey Fatale, the group debuted in 1996 as a novelty
stand-up veteran first exploded into living rooms nationwide
act appearing in full makeup and costumes. It later evolved
as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990,
into a full-fledged live-performing ensemble and earned the
quickly becoming one of the show’s most beloved performers
Guinness World Record for shortest male band in 2023, with
during its storied late-’80s era.
an average height of 4 feet, 6.5 inches. The band has appeared
Lovitz created a gallery of unforgettable characters that still
in a 2010 Dr Pepper Super Bowl commercial with Kiss, the film
live on in pop-culture memory: the pathological liar Tommy
“Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2,” and various television shows while
Flanagan (“Yeah, that’s the ticket!”), the devilishly smug Master
touring internationally.
Thespian, and the endlessly annoying Hanukkah Harry. His
Call Gold Strike at (866) 245-4536 for ticket information and
“Girl Watchers” sketch with Tom Hanks and his operatic “Get
(888) 245-7829 for hotel information or go on line at goldstrike.
to Know Me” bit with Harvey Fierstein remain SNL history
com for information about upcoming shows and promotions.
for pure quotability.
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