Lotus will open for Widespread Panic this summer. The livetronica group will support Panic at Las Vegas’ The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on July 16. This is Lotus’ first show in Vegas. In related news, longtime Panic collaborator Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe will open for Widespread at the same venue on July 15. Lotus will perform at New Orleans’ Howlin’ Wolf on April 28.