A number of pandemic-rescheduled concert dates fill-up the October ticket dates at The Venue at The Horseshoe, including Peabo Bryson Oct. 2 and 3 and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham’s show Sept. When the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond cut the ribbon in August 2008 to open their 2,500-seat arena theater called The Venue, Bette Midler performed the first concert followed by fall dates for A-list entertainment names that included Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Idol, Stone Temple Pilots and Kenny Rogers.Īfter a pandemic hiatus, The Venue returned to live performances in August with Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds performing a 90-minute concert Aug. In 2017, the band was nominated for another Grammy for Best Live Performance for a haunting rendition and re-imagining of “The Sound of Silence,” the Simon & Garfunkel hit, when the band performed it in March 2016 on Conan O’Brien’s show. In July 2016, Disturbed performed for near sold-out crowds at 28,000-seat capacity Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois. All sharing Chicagoland roots, the band members hail from Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park, Archer Heights and Homer Glen.

(Kyle Telechan / Post-Tribune)ĭisturbed began earning a national fan following in the 1990s and continues to be known for its alternative metal hits “Down with the Sickness,” “Stricken” and “Inside the Fire.” The band, which consists of bassist John Moyer, guitarist Dan Donegan, vocalist David Draiman and drummer Mike Wengren, received a Grammy nomination for Best Live Performance for “Inside the Fire” in 2009. Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana President Matthew Schuffert speaks during an unveiling ceremony for a guitar marquee sign and the original Joe Jackson guitar on which it was based on Thursday, April 8, 2021.

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