Ginuwine and Next Coming to Hard Rock Live on April 8

R&B singer/songwriter Ginuwine and R&B trio Next are coming to Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana’s Hard Rock Live venue on Saturday, April 8. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 10, at 10 a.m. Central Time.

Ginuwine, a Washington DC native, started working in the creative hip-hop outfit Swing Mob in the early '90s. The group was led by Jodeci frontman DeVante Swing and featured Timbaland, Missy, and several other future hip-hop stars. Timbaland produced and co-wrote many of the tracks for Ginuwine's debut album Ginuwine….The Bachelor, which became an instant hit. The lead single, "Pony," is now an R&B classic and continues to receive radio play. In 2007, Ginuwine teamed up with Tyrese and Tank and formed an R&B group among themselves called TGT which was signed to Atlantic Records in 2012. Their Grammy-nominated debut album Three Kings was released in 2013. The first single of the album, "Sex Never Felt Better," was released on iTunes on February 14, 2013, for Valentine's Day.

Next was formed when members Robert "RL" Huggar and Marlon "Shilo" Benjamin met fellow vocalists and brothers Terry "T-Low" Brown and Raphael "Tweety" Brown from Gary, Indiana, through musician Reverend James Grear. Formed in 1992 as Strate4ward, the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based vocal quartet was mentored by Grear and Sounds of Blackness' Ann Nesby. After some local performances, Benjamin was ousted from the group and renamed Next by RL. RL, T-Low, and Tweet then produced a demoby Tony "Prof-T" Tolbert and Lo-Key?'s Lance Alexander. The recording reached Naughty by Nature's Keir "KayGee" Gist, who promptly arranged a showcase for Clive Davis. The ballad entered the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop chart in September 1997 -- eventually reaching number four -- and was followed later that month by the full-length album Rated Next. The album's success was boosted and sustained with a couple of additional singles co-produced by Gist and Lighty. "Too Close," memorable for its dance groove as much as its bawdy hook, reached the top of the Hot 100. The album's third single, "I Still Love You," went Top Five R&B/Hip-Hop.

Tickets for Ginuwine and Next go on sale on Friday, February 10 at 10 a.m. Central Time. Tickets start at $69. This show is fully seated. Ages 21 and up. The Hard Rock Live box office is open every Friday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on show days starting at 12 p.m. Visit https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/05005E47C2A83B54

Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana is located at 5400 West 29th Ave. in Gary, IN, directly adjacent to the I80/94 Burr Street Interchange. For more information, call 219-228-2383 or visit www.hardrockcasinonorthernindiana.com.

About Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana:

Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana’s $300 Million casino and entertainment destination opened to the public on May 14, 2021. Hard Rock’s premier 200,000-square foot entertainment complex features over 1600 slots and 80 table games totaling more than 2,100 gaming positions. In addition to the new Hard Rock Live performance venue, Hard Rock Casino’s five dining options include Hard Rock Café, Council Oak Steaks and Seafood, YOUYU Noodle Bar, Fresh Harvest, and Constant Grind Coffee Shop, and also features a retail shop. For more information, contact https://www.hardrockcasinonorthernindiana.com.

About Hard Rock Live:

The new Hard Rock Live performance venue is outfitted with state-of-the-art lighting and sound systems. The sound equipment features an L-Acoustics K2 line array system with KS28 subwoofers and KIVA-II front fill. Hard Rock Live has excellent sightlines. Hard Rock Live can seat up to 1,894 with an overall capacity of 2,700 including standing room only.