April Wine and Molly Hatchet Brint the “North Meets South Tour” to Four Winds New Buffalo’s Silver Creek Event Center on Friday, October 3

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, June 18

NEW BUFFALO, Mich. – June 16, 2025 – The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians’ Four Winds® Casinos are pleased to announce that April Wine and Molly Hatchet will bring their “North Meets South Tour” to Four Winds New Buffalo’s Silver Creek® Event Center on Friday, October 3 at 9 p.m. Eastern.  Ticket prices for the show start at $29, plus applicable fees, and can be purchased online at Ticketmaster beginning on Wednesday, June 18 at 10 a.m. Eastern.  Hotel rooms are available on the night of the concert and can be purchased with event tickets.

April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969.  Originally based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the band enjoyed international success in the 1970s and 1980s, releasing more than 20 albums since 1971.

April Wine’s extensive discography includes numerous gold and platinum selling albums featuring mega-hits like “Roller,” “I Like to Rock,” “You Could Have Been a Lady” and others.  Best known for their international top 40 hit “Just Between You And Me,” an iconic power ballad that made them the very first Canadian band on MTV, April Wine went on to release over twenty albums and has received a combined total of 11 Juno Award nominations in the Group of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best Selling Single categories.

In 2009, April Wine was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame and was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for being part of Canadian Music History for 40 years, and in 2010 the band was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

Molly Hatchet firmly cemented their place in music history in the late seventies.  They stood alongside other iconic Southern rock bands out of Jacksonville, Florida, such as Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers.  A perfect mixture of English invasion rock, blues, country, and gospel remains the unique sound of Molly Hatchet.

They were the hardest hitting of the Southern rock bands at the time when, in 1978, Epic Records released Molly Hatchet’s self-titled debut album.  It reached multi-platinum status, and the band established their reputation of working hard, playing tough and living fast through intense touring.  During this time, they were on the road with Aerosmith, Bob Seger, The Rolling Stones, and many others.

In 1979, Molly Hatchet’s second album Flirtin’ with Disaster was released, and it also quickly achieved multi-platinum status.  It skyrocketed the band into the stratosphere and performing an average of two hundred and fifty shows per year kept them busy.

Molly Hatchet next released Beatin’ the Odds (1980), followed by Take No Prisoners (1981), No Guts… No Glory (1983), The Deed Is Done (1984), and Double Trouble Live (1985).

In 1987, Bobby Ingram joined the band as lead guitarist and songwriter.  They continued to play over two hundred dates a year.  In 1989 they recorded Lightning Strikes Twice on Capitol Records.  The Greatest Hits album was released in 1991 and certified gold.

In 1996 Devil’s Canyon (the first studio album in six years) was recorded in Hamburg, Germany on SPV/CBH Records with producers Kalle Trapp and Bobby Ingram.  The album was voted the number one rock record in Europe in 1996 with rave reviews.

It was followed by Silent Reign of Heroes (CMC International, 1998), Kingdom of XII (Sanctuary, 2000), 25th Anniversary: Best of Re-Recorded (SPV Records, 2003), Warriors of the Rainbow Bridge (Steamhammer, 2005), Locked and Loaded – Live (Steamhammer, 2006), Justice (Steamhammer, 2010), Greatest Hits II (SPV Records, 2011), and most recently Battleground – Live (Steamhammer, 2019).

Molly Hatchet continues their worldwide tour, performing classic hits such as “Flirtin’ with Disaster,” “Devil’s Canyon,” “Gator Country,” “Whiskey Man,” and “Dreams I’ll Never See.”

The band’s current lineup consists of long-time members Bobby Ingram on lead guitar and John Galvin on keyboards, as well as Tim Lindsey on bass guitar and Shawn Beamer on drums, with Jimmy Elkins on vocals.  Molly Hatchet continues to honor the legacies of those members who passed away (including Danny Joe Brown, David Hlubek, and Phil McCormack) by keeping the music alive, performing across the United States, and throughout the world.

Molly Hatchet celebrated their 40th anniversary with a world tour and the release of the double CD and triple vinyl live album titled Battleground.  Recorded in both Germany and Switzerland on the SPV/Steamhammer label and featuring cover art by famed artist Paul Raymond Gregory (Dio, Uriah Heep, Saxon), Battleground has garnered rave reviews by their loyal fans, as well as the national and international press.

According to Bobby Ingram, “In recording this album, we compiled a four-decade long catalog of songs that our friends wanted to hear.  They would tell us what songs they wanted on the album, and we would record them.  Some of these songs have never been recorded on a live stage before, and we were honored and proud to be able to perform them for many generations of past, present, and future Southern rock fans.”  After forty plus years Molly Hatchet is still workin’ hard, playin’ tough, livin’ fast, and Flirtin’ with Disaster!!!

More information on April Wine can be found at https://aprilwine.ca/.            More information on Molly Hatchet can be found at http://mollyhatchet.com/MollyHatchet/.   

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About The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan and Indiana
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi’s sovereignty was reaffirmed under legislation signed into law by President Clinton in September of 1994.  The Pokagon Band is dedicated to providing community development initiatives such as housing, education, family services, medical care, and cultural preservation for its more than 6,300 citizens.  The Pokagon Band’s ten-county service area includes four counties in Southwestern Michigan and six in Northern Indiana.  Its main administrative offices are located in Dowagiac, Mich., with a satellite office in South Bend, Ind.  In 2007, it opened Four Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo, Mich., followed by Four Winds Hartford in 2011, Four Winds Dowagiac in 2013 and Four Winds South Bend in January 2018.  The Pokagon Band operates a variety of non-gaming businesses through its investment enterprises, Mno-Bmadsen and the Pokagon Development Authority.  More information is available at www.pokagonband-nsn.gov, www.fourwindscasino.com and www.mno-bmadsen.com.

About Four Winds New Buffalo’s Silver Creek Event Center
Four Winds New Buffalo’s Silver Creek Event Center is a modern, multi-use facility that is located adjacent to the casino floor, at 11111 Wilson Road.  In addition to hosting concerts, the 17,000-sq. ft. event center is often reconfigured to host large meetings, special events, conferences, and banquets.  Details on concerts and other performances at Silver Creek Event Center are available at https://fourwindscasino.com/newbuffalo/entertainment/event-center.

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