The opening of “The Voice — Neon Dreams” at Hard Rock Hotel has been moved back to Sept. 17. The September date is in line with the debut of the TV show’s 15th season.
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Marty Allen, the beguiling, bug-eyed comic legend whose “Hello, Dere!” was his lifetime catcphrase, will be honored with a celebration of life Friday at Rampart Casino’s Marquis Ballroom.
Jon Bon Jovi shouted it from the stage at T-Mobile Arena: “What could be better than a St. Patrick’s Day party in Las Vegas on a Saturday night?”
Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman has said he’ll bet on anything — including a pair of cockroaches scrambling across a tile floor (let’s set up a tournament for that, eh?).
Roger Daltrey says of a return of The Who to the Strip: “We’ve got offers. If Pete wanted to do it, I would do it; let’s put it that way.”
The Moody Blues, who issued that masterpiece in 1967, are returning to Encore Theater for an engagement past their four-show spree in January.
Piff the Magic Dragon, the costumed comic-magician headliner at Flamingo Las Vegas, shaved the head of John Katsilometes during the St. Baldrick’s Foundation shave-a-thon at New York-New York’s Brooklyn Bridge.
“One Night For One Drop” featured songs by Jewel, appearances by her family, and a soaring dragon.