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.
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MGM Resorts’ original plan was for Mandalay Bay Events Center to compete with The Colosseum at Caesars Palace and Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood.
Retired stewardess Sonnie Sims recalls, “We got to the stadium, and the gate was locked, and the Beatles couldn’t get in.”
The former Playboy model, co-star of “Girls Next Door” on E! and star of “Peep Show”is dating the star of “Ghost Adventures” on Travel
Before Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina churned out “Your Mama Don’t Dance,” the 71-year-old Loggins remembers nearly being tugged away from rock ‘n’ roll.
Las Vegas Strip headliner Donny Osmond has been unmasked. The famous male mainstay of the Donny & Marie production in the duo’s eponymous theater at Flamingo Las Vegas was indeed the costumes Peacock on the Fox-TV competition show.
Ross Mollison is a known Vegas historian who especially fancies the downtown core, such old-west-themed casinos Binion’s Gambling Hall and under-the-radar hangs as Atomic Liquors.
Richard Fink IV was adrift at C on Monday afternoon. For a while, we didn’t know if he’d sink or sing.
The Palms is pumping a resort-wide, festival atmosphere when it opens Kaos Nightclub.
“We are teaching the next great musicians, and promoting jazz as a true American art form,” UNLV Jazz Studies department head and conductor Dave Loeb says. “It seems Lady Gaga is, too.”
The Aussie quartet of Phil Burton, Toby Allen and brothers Andrew and Mike Tierney, are not planning to move anywhere soon, either. The foursome last week signed a three-year extension running through March 2022.
“I was super-nervous to the point of, ‘Is this really happening?’ ” dancer Briana Chance said. “I’m still on a high from it.”
Boy George has been teasing about a residency for the past couple of years, especially referring to a Vegas residency in occasional Twitter posts. But this weekend Culture Club is co-headlining a one-night, rock-and-dance party with the B-52s at Downtown Las Vegas Events Center.
Heavy-metal great Vinnie Paul died of natural causes related to the heart condition dilated cardiomyopathy, Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg announced today.
“Elvis has not left the building,” Mark Mercer, “Legends in Concert’s” marketing director, promises. “We’ll be excited to have him back in the fall. We’re just having fun with this particular lineup.”