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Hard Rock “Happiness” continues with reunited southern rockers The Black Crowes, The Effigies

Long before the famously feuding brothers of Oasis got back together, The Black Crowes’ singer Chris Robinson and sibling/guitarist Rich buried the hatchet for just as [More…]

Elite artist, songwriter and producer Babyface brings Hard Rock Live loads of chart-toppers

Having hailed from a little further down the road in Indianapolis, it was a homecoming of sorts when Kenny Edmonds, better known to the masses as Babyface, came to Hard Rock [More…]

Reggae, ska and punk is “What I Got” during Sublime with Rome’s “Farewell” to Hard Rock

For a brief but bountiful period in the 1990s, Long Beach’s Sublime blurred the lines between reggae, ska, punk and alternative rock like no other and were well on the way [More…]

Hard Rock “This Town”: Stray Cats’ latest reunion struts, speeds and swings in honor of 45th birthday

When pop, rock and the surrounding culture of MTV were at their most excessive in the front half of the 1980s, the Stray Cats were downright revolutionary for going the [More…]

Stand-up and TV superstar Jerry Seinfeld cracks up a sold out Hard Rock Live audience

The caliber of entertainers coming to the Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana keeps on shooting into the stratosphere and stand-up comedian/television icon Jerry Seinfeld was the [More…]

Boyz II Men get down “On Bended Knee” to spread “Motownphilly” sounds around Hard Rock Live

Besides being the best-selling R&B group of all time with sales of over 64 million albums, Boyz II Men are also amongst the most decorated thanks to four Grammy Awards, [More…]

Hard Rock rings in third birthday with The Jacksons’ homecoming, Eve 6’s alt-rock freebie

Gary’s own globally-famous family, The Jacksons, were on hand when the Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana officially broke ground and they came back to open its doors with a [More…]

Pianist/producer David Foster, singer/actress Katharine McPhee make a Hard Rock power couple

On the artist side of the coin, David Foster is already one of the world’s premier piano players, but when it comes to his work as a super producer and ace songwriter for [More…]

“Last Man Standing” and movie A-lister Tim Allen autobiographical, edgy at sold out Hard Rock

Few stars are as ubiquitous nowadays as Tim Allen, the actor and comedian who redefined family television with “Home Improvement” and found lightening strike all over [More…]

The funky Commodores work the Hard Rock Live “Night Shift” next to The Spinners’ soulfulness

The history on the walls and in the halls of the Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana matched the caliber of co-headliners when the Commodores and The Spinners brought a series of [More…]