Morrissey checks in again, with an announcement (possibly) under hypnosis.
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Banned by Nathan’s, Joey Chestnut is expected to defend his Siegel’s Bagelmania World Eating Championships victory next January.
Generation-spanning superstar Tom Jones will headlining two shows at Encore Theater in September.
Miral Kotb’s “iLuminate” is booked through 2027 at The Strat Showroom.
Cork Proctor worked the lounge circuit in Las Vegas and Reno beginning in the 1970s, when he opened for such stars as the Supremes and Mel Tillis.
Room operator Dean Coleman said of the “Aussie Heat” premiere, “The show was fantastic. We had to remind the crowd not to get too handsy, which is common in this type of show.”
Bobby Kingston finally got his wish of a formal response Thursday, when an OSHA official called him and told him it was OK to stage his ambient music. Or keep staging it, in this instance.
In a pandemic, the Entertainment Capital of the World is a tough room. Las Vegas businesses that stage music along with food and drink are learning this the hard way.
Angela Stabile of Stabile productions says, “We need to be accounted for. This is the Entertainment Capital of the World, and we need him to make us a priority.”
MGM Resorts International notified a large majority of its entertainment and sports division employees Monday that they will be laid off effective Aug. 31.
Show co-producer Adam Steck of SPI Entertainment says Thunder is the first adult revue to perform in a closed theater.