Teddy Swims to play Hard Rock Event Center
TAMPA — Teddy Swims will perform Wednesday, April 3, 8 p.m., in the Hard Rock Event Center at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, 5223 Orient Road, Tampa. Teddy Swims will perform at the Hard Rock Event Center at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa on April 3, at 8 p.m. The show is sold out. Swims, a vocal powerhouse known for combining honeyed soul with rock energy and pop hooks, writes songs about romantic relationships. His covers from his bedroom studio in 2019 were viewed hundreds of millions of times and earned him a deal with Warner Records. His first EP, "Unlearning" EP, received praise from American Songwriter, Billboard, and Rolling Stone, and he was named an artist to watch in 2021. His latest EPs, "Tough Love" and "Sleep is Exhausting," have been released and have over 750 million global streams and a social following exceeding 10 million.
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TAMPA — Teddy Swims will perform Wednesday, April 3, 8 p.m., in the Hard Rock Event Center at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, 5223 Orient Road, Tampa.
This show is sold out according to the venue. Visit Ticketmaster.com or seminolehardrocktampa.com.
Swims is a lover. The vocal powerhouse, who merges honeyed soul with raucous rock energy and pleasing pop hooks, writes nearly all his songs about falling in or out of romantic entanglements.
“To me, that's just all there is,” he said. “You're either making love or crying about it.”
The Atlanta native, born Jaten Dimsdale, has been tugging at heartstrings since posting a series of covers from his bedroom studio in 2019, which generated hundreds of millions of views and scored him a deal with Warner Records.
Swims changed his focus to introspective originals on 2020’s “Unlearning” EP, garnering praise from American Songwriter, Billboard, and Rolling Stone, who named him an artist to watch in 2021. Soon thereafter, performances on “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” “Today,” and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” and opening for Zac Brown Band’s summer arena tour cemented his status as a rising star.
2022 marked a banner year for Swims with the release of his two latest EPs, “Tough Love” and “Sleep is Exhausting,” collaborations with Meghan Trainor and Illenium, and performances on “Ellen,” “The Late Late Show With James Corden,” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Also in 2022, a snippet of Swims singing the Journey classic “Don’t Stop Believin’” went viral with over 80 million views, and he released the full song and was invited to perform with Journey founder Neal Schon on “America’s Got Talent.”
With more than 750 million global streams to his credit, as well as a social following that exceeds 10 million, Swims’ songs of devotion have clearly connected. Part of reaching that audience, for him, is getting to show his love in person. There are always more new friends to bare his soul to.
“I’m so excited to meet people and shake hands and hug necks,” he said.