GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS BRING ‘BAD ALL OVER THE WORLD – 50 YEARS OF ROCK’ TOUR TO FANTASY SPRINGS RESORT CASINO ON SEPT. 6, 2024
MAY 20, 2024 – INDIO, CA – Get ready to rock with George Thorogood and The Destroyers as they celebrate five decades of incredible music at the Special Events Center at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino on Friday, Sept. 6. Tickets for the show start at $49 and go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 24, 2024, and can be purchased at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, via phone 800-827-2946, or online at www.FantasySpringsResort.com
Thorogood, known for his gritty vocals and blistering guitar licks, along with his talented band, The Destroyers will deliver an electrifying night filled with classic hits and timeless blues-rock energy.
Here’s how it all began.
On the evening of December 1, 1973, at The University of Delaware’s Lane Hall, a guitarist, a drummer, and their rhythm guitarist set up on the small bandstand. Though the three-piece band had barely rehearsed, guitarist George Thorogood and drummer Jeff Simon had been bashing out covers of songs they loved – including “No Particular Place to Go,” “Madison Blues,” and “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” – in suburban Wilmington basements since they were teens.
The Lane Hall audience was wary at first.
“Then it was like somebody flipped a switch,” Simon recalls. “Everybody hit the dance floor all at once.”
“We had the place rockin’,” Thorogood said. “From that very first show, Jeff and I knew we were onto something.”
Five decades, 15 million albums, and more than 8,000 performances later, few bands can still rock the house like George Thorogood and The Destroyers. And for Thorogood, Simon, and long-time Destroyers Bill Blough, Jim Suhler, and Buddy Leach, their “Bad All Over The World – 50 Years of Rock” Tour will be a celebration like no other.
When asked to pick a career highlight, maybe one night over the past half-century that changed everything for George Thorogood & The Destroyers, he shakes his head, flashes a huge grin, and heads off to soundcheck.
“My highlight is when I step on that bandstand,” Thorogood says. “The promoters invited us, the fans came to hear us, and we’re ready to rock. Every night I play for people can be the biggest night of my life.”
Tickets start at $49 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, May 24 at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, via phone (800) 827-2946 and online at www.fantasyspringsresort.com.
