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b'Rob Thomas, one of modern music\\u2019s most compelling and commercially successful artists of the past 25 years, returns to Fantasy Springs Resort Casino\\u2019s Special Events Center on Saturday, September 21 at 8 p.m. Tickets for his Chip Tooth Smile tour are $59, $79, and $89 \\u2014 on sale this Friday, May 17 at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, via phone (800) 827-2946 and online at www.FantasySpringsResort.com. \\nBest known as the frontman and primary composer of Matchbox Twenty, Thomas has led the band to multi-platinum success over the course of two decades, including the hits \\u201cBent,\\u201d \\u201cPush,\\u201d \\u201cIf You\\u2019re Gone,\\u201d \\u201cUnwell,\\u201d and the band\\u2019s breakthrough single, \\u201c3AM.\\u201d The group received a rare Diamond Award for their 12-times platinum debut,\\xa0Yourself or Someone Like You (1996).\\n\\nThomas has also been a part of several genre-bending collaborations with such iconic artists as Mick Jagger, Willie Nelson and Carlos Santana \\u2014 the latter resulting in the Latin-tinged \\u201cSmooth,\\u201d which earned three Grammys and topped Billboard\\u2019s Hot 100 chart for 12 weeks in 1999. As of 2018, the song was recognized as the second most successful song of all-time. \\n \\nThomas launched his solo career with the 2005 album \\u2026Something to Be, followed by Cradlesong (2009), and The Great Unknown (2015). The recently released Chip Tooth Smile was shaped by the singer\\u2019s early influences, as well as his own inherent pop-rock instincts. \\n\\n\\u201cThere\\u2019s a sensibility to the way I write that\\u2019s been informed by \\u201980s songwriters, especially,\\u201d Thomas says. \\u201cNothing\\u2019s overly produced. It has everything from Cutting Crew to Cyndi Lauper, INXS, and Depeche Mode.\\u201d \\n\\nThe album\\u2019s lead single, \\u201cOne Less Day (Dying Young),\\u201d illustrates Thomas\\u2019 artistic evolution. Backed by a propulsive riff, steady beat, sparse keys, and subtle Celtic flavor, it sets the tone for the 11 tracks to follow.\\n\\n\\u201cTo me, it encapsulates everything you\\u2019re about to hear on the rest of this record,\\u201d Thomas says. \\u201cI write a lot of songs about the human condition, how people interact with each other, and how we deal with our environments. I want people to take them and attach them to their lives. I hope they possibly speak to what they\\u2019re going through, and I\\u2019m always thankful they\\u2019re still listening.\\xa0\\n \\nTickets for Rob Thomas\\u2019 Chip Tooth Smile tour are $59, $79 and $99, on sale Friday, May 17 at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, via telephone (800) 827-2946 and online at www.FantasySpringsResort.com.'