GARY, Ind. (December 6, 2023) – Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana is planning a night of free music to ring in 2024. For the main event, multiplatinum rockers Sugar Ray will perform a free concert on Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana’s Hard Rock Cafe stage on December 31 at 11 p.m. Popular party band The Spazmatics will open for Sugar Ray at 9 p.m.
About Sugar Ray
Beyond sales of 10 million records, four top 10 songs, hundreds of millions of streams, and millions of tickets sold, Sugar Ray — co-founded by Mark McGrath [vocals] and Rodney Sheppard [lead guitar] — embody the endless summer of popular music and culture.
1994’s Lemonade & Brownies took the guys around the world and earned cult classic status for its frenetic and unpredictable hybrid. It set the stage for FLOORED in 1997. The latter’s immortal lead single “Fly” [feat. Super Cat] made them a household name. 21 years down the road, Post Malone incorporated “Fly” in “Sugar Wraith” on the triple-platinum beerbongs & Bentleys. Helmed by GRAMMY® Award-winning producer David Kahne [Sublime, Paul McCartney, The Strokes], FLOORED earned the band’s first gold plaque and eventually went double-platinum.
Two years later, 14:59 bowed in the Top 20 of the Billboard Top 200, went triple-platinum, and gave us “Someday,” “Falls Apart,” and their second #1 “Every Morning.” In 2001, Sugar Ray crashed the Top 200 at #6 as “When It’s Over” staked out a spot on the charts. It added another platinum plaque to their walls.
Enjoying a renaissance, Sugar Ray headlined the Under the Sun Tour 2013-2015. They inked a deal with BMG in 2019 and dropped their seventh full-length, Lil Yachty.
About the Spazmatics
The Spazmatics will get the party started on the Hard Rock Cafe stage at 9 p.m. Internationally renowned as “The Ultimate 80s New Wave Tribute,” the Spazmatics come with all the awesome sounds, styles, and way cool dance steps from the decade we’d love to forget. Complete with skinny ties, Brill Creamed hair, and horn-rimmed glasses, The Spazmatics recapture all the best of the worst. Outstanding musicianship combined with creative flair and style makes for an evening of pure energy and entertainment.
About UltraBeat
Ultrabeat will be lighting up the Council Oak stage starting at 9 p.m. UltraBeat specializes in bringing today’s electronic pop music to life with upbeat tempos, energizing drum beats, searing synthesizer leads, big bass lines, and stunning dual female vocals. The band’s unique and innovative approach to reimagining today’s popular music allows them to deliver a continuous flow of music on stage with multi-song remixes to keep the dance floor jumping. Every performance is special and purposely infused with a mixture of the best live dance music to guarantee partygoers have the time of their lives.
Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana is located at 5400 West 29th Avenue in Gary, IN, directly adjacent to the I80/94 Burr Street Interchange. For more information, call 219-228-2383 or visit www.hardrockcasinonorthernindiana.com.
