Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has been an early critic of the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger, in the face of the Swift episode. The lawmaker says she wants the 2010 merger “unwound.”
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Cynthia Kiser Murphey gave birth to a son about two months before the opening, and had to tend to the baby as the Palms was launched.
Usher parked it with “Backstory Pass,” while Carrie Underwood summoned high tide at Resorts World.
Brad Garrett’s new room seats about 210 for comed, and he can pack about 85 ticket-holders into the lounge at the entrance.
“An Evening With Whitney: The Whitney Houston Hologram Concert” brings a new type of production to the Strip.
Piff the Magic Dragon says of his extension at Flamingo, “I now hold the record for longest run of any magic-performing dragon with a magic Chihuahua.”
Sting opens his Colosseum residency Friday. But first, he was at “Absinthe,” as was Steve Buscemi.
RuPaul takes two shows for the vacationing Jimmy Kimmel. He’ll be back soon.
The National Finals Rodeo, Las Vegas’ annual rite-of-winter, is back for more sellouts at Thomas & Mack Center in December.
Sidelined Las Vegas stagehand Meg Leighton said that if her colleagues were called upon, “We would be ready to jump in.”
MGM Resorts International notified a large majority of its entertainment and sports division employees Monday that they will be laid off effective Aug. 31.
Troy Burgess left Cher’s 1989-90 world tour for a sitcom set in the 1970s, called “Have a Nice Day.” Burgess would play a stoner kid.