Month: December 2021

Editor’s Note: With society’s gradual re-opening and our overall return to normalcy, there has been a deluge of tour announcements. Band in the USA keeps you updated on the shows you need to know about, and just who might be soon coming to town.

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Tame Impala is headed back our way, and as a little treat, Kevin Parker has a bunch of b-sides and remixes for us. With the release of The Slow Rush Deluxe Box Set out February 18 via Interscope, featuring a new song out this week called “No Choice,” the Australian psych-pop luminaries are hitting the road for a 2022 North American tour that features a mix of festival gigs and headline appearances.

It kicks off February 27 headlining Innings Festival at Arizona’s Tempe Beach Park, and wraps March 25 at the Buku Music + Art Project in New Orleans. Along the way, Tame Impala Mohegan Sun in Connecticut (March 12), Brooklyn’s Barclays Center (March 14), and TD Garden in Boston (March 16). All dates are below in flyer and list form, and tickets go on-sale Friday (December 10) at 10 a.m. local time.

Get all that sweet info over at tameimpala.com, and listen to “No Choice” and wonder aloud why it didn’t make The Slow Rush final cut.

Tame Impala tour dates
February 27: Innings Festival (Tempe Beach Park) – Tempe, AZ 
March 3 to 6: Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival – Okeechobee, FL 
March 7: Petersen Events Center – Pittsburgh, PA
March 9: Scotiabank Arena – Toronto, ON
March 10: Place Bell – Montreal, QC
March 12: Mohegan Sun – Uncasville, CT 
March 14: Barclays Center – Brooklyn,…

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UNCASVILLE, CT (December 1, 2021) – Four-time Grammy Award winner Keith Urban will kick off his first world tour in four years next summer. The Speed of Now World Tour’s newly announced North American leg will feature three-time Grammy nominee Ingrid Andress, and makes a stop at Mohegan Sun Arena at 7:00pm on Friday, October 21, 2022. 

Tickets are $129.50, $99.50, and $79.50 and go on sale Friday, December 10th at 10:00am via ticketmaster.com. Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning Saturday, December 11th, subject to availability.

“Every night is the first time we’ve played these songs for that audience, in that moment,” says Urban.  “It’s why every show is different – spontaneous and unpredictable – even for us!”  He adds, “After two years we’re finally gonna get the chance to play some of the new songs we haven’t done live before.  We’ll throw in a bunch of the songs that everyone comes to hear, a couple of which we’ll rework a bit, and it’s really gonna be tough to get us off the stage.”

Critics from around the globe have hailed Urban’s concerts as ones “not to be missed,” as unpredictable as they are explosive.  Combine his infectious showmanship, virtuoso guitar playing, effortless spontaneity with a fist-pumping, arena-ready arsenal of hits and The Speed of Now World Tour promises to be one of the concert events of the summer.

“I’ve always considered myself a live performer first,” says Urban. “It’s what I’ve always done and it’s what my music needs to live and breathe.  Our shows are all about living in the moment.  They’re a totally interactive and immersive experience where everyone can participate in whatever way they want – sing,…

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Even accounting for the smaller population, Connecticut‘s online casino revenue is off to a slow start compared to other iGaming states. Yesterday, the Nutmeg State released its revenue figures for October and its two online gambling operators generated a bit less than $8.9 million in gross gaming revenue (GGR). After promotional deductions, the total is $6.6 million in taxable revenue.

Those figures account for Connecticut online casino revenue gathered during the soft launch, from Oct. 12 to 18, as well as that from the full launch on Oct. 19 through the end of the month.

On that latter date, Connecticut’s two tribal retail casino-licensed operators – DraftKings and FanDuel – launched online casino and sports betting. Also on Oct. 19, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation (CLC) launched PlaySugarHouse Sportsbook – a Rush Street Interactive (RSI) brand. The soft launch period’s contribution to total revenue was probably quite small, as operators had a strict cap on the number of signups during that time.

Michigan’s launch earlier this year is comparable because it also came late in the month, on Jan. 22.

Although Connecticut is home to just 3.6 million residents compared to Michigan’s 10 million, the Wolverine State‘s January 2021 GGR was proportionally much higher – at $29.4 million. Adjusting for both population and days of activity, Connecticut averaged $206,000 per million residents per day (ignoring the soft launch period). Michigan, on the other hand, averaged $326,000.

That came from the nine online casino operators who were live in the state on day one. Since then, Michigan’s has added five more operators and is on course for over $1 billion in iGaming GGR in its first year.

Two-brand limit may make for a smaller market

Connecticut has a limit…

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