Gary Allan Rocks the Country Scene at Treasure Island

Gary Allan isn’t your average country singer and he doesn’t apologize for it. Allan will be appearing at Treasure Island’s Event Center on Saturday, October 10. On tour and promoting Living Hard, fans will discover it is an all-out rocker tune with a heavy Rolling Stones influence, and in Like It’s a Bad Thing he lets it rip with a song that reads like a Gary Allan bad boy manifesto.

“That song (Like It’s a Bad Thing) does sound like me, doesn’t it?” he says. “I think if anything that sort of renegade spirit is even more prevalent on this album. We’ve always danced to our own tune.”
It’s raw and emotional. It’s freight-train-to-nowhere lonely. It’s hard-rockin’, no-apologies country music that has traded in its twang for a gravelly growl millions of fans recognize as the voice of Allan. And with Living Hard, his latest release from MCA Nashville, Allan once again proves that, though times may change, the thread of truth at the center of his music remains the same

After turning down a record deal while still in high school, Gary Allan eventually signed to Decca Records in 1996. Two singles from his tenure there reached the Top 10: Her Man in 1996 and It Would Be You in 1998. When Decca folded into MCA Nashville, Allan followed, releasing the album Smoke Rings in the Dark in 1999. The smoldering title track and Right Where I Need to Be propelled the album to platinum status. Keeping his trademark traditional sound intact, the 2001 album Alright Guy offered two more hits, The One and Man to Man.

Allan will perform in Treasure Island’s new 3,000-seat Island Event Center. Every seat in the house is within 125 feet of the stage, giving the entire audience an intimate experience. The show is Saturday, October 10 at 8 pm. Tickets are on sale now for only $38 and $48. Call the Treasure Island Box Office at 877-849-1640 or online at www.treasureislandcasino.com.

Treasure Island Resort & Casino is the only casino resort in southern Minnesota located on the Mississippi River. Treasure Island offers guests some of the best gaming, accommodations, food service and nationally known entertainment in the casino industry. Recently, Treasure Island was awarded the Official Best Casino of Minnesota and Sexiest Casino. Guests can relax in Treasure Island’s luxurious 480-room hotel and take in a show in the new 3,000-seat Island Event Center. Additional guest amenities include a 137-slip marina, 95-site RV-park, a 120-passenger cruise yacht and Island Xtreme Bowl, a 24 Brunswick™ Lane bowling center, arcade and lounge.