Months before he’s in residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, recording superstar Usher has found a cool downtown hang.
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Those clamouring for a Celine Dion’s return to the Las Vegas Strip were given a timeline, kinda, from Celine herself Wednesday.
David Copperfield, Terry Fator and Australian Bee Gees are returning to MGM Resorts’ entertainment lineup.
Penn Jillette says Siegfried & Roy created the full-evening, headlining Vegas magic show.
Impress your friends by knowing the first album ever sold at Virgin Records was “Electronic Meditation” by Tangerine Dream, sold by Richard Branson.
Lighting director David Schulman says, “We are seeing the effects beyond just the production shows; it’s with all the stagehands who put on live performances everywhere in the city.”
Las Vegas singer Daniel Emmet said the Park MGM gig “was kind of a bucket-list moment for me.”
On the possibility of parking fees at his new hotel-casino, co-owner Derek Stevens says, “It’s too early to tell what we’ll do.”
Penn Jillette says, “These are tricks you can do at your home to amuse, or annoy, your friends and family.”
That David Saxe was the final producer to close his shows is no surprise to anyone who has followed Las Vegas entertainment over the years.
From the stage, Jon Bon Jovi checked out the “Absinthe” tent and said, “I can imagine the band coming back here.”
“I have thoroughly enjoyed working with the Caesars Palace team and look forward to finishing year 60 and starting year 61 in May,” Newton said Sunday.
“There are no words,” Donny Osmond said. “It’s sadness and elation at the same time.”
Lady Gaga and a fan tumbled from the stage at Park Theater on Thursday night as the superstar resumed her “Enigma” residency.
Neither Terry Bradshaw nor Al Bernstein could have mapped out a haymaker of an entertainment card on Aug. 2