Down 3-1 in the Stanley Cup Final, the Vegas Golden Knights can use a boost. Maybe a wild fan can dance down the aisle at T-Mobile Arena at Thursday’s Game 5, tearing off multiple T-shirts and cajoling the crowd to “Make Some Noise!”
John Katsilometes
John Katsilometes’ man-about-town column appears on daily on page 3A. Katsilometes moved to Las Vegas from Northern California in 1996 and spent two years with the RJ before moving to the Greenspun Media Group in 1998, where he served as an editor, magazine writer and columnist. He returned to the RJ in August 2016. He has won numerous state and regional awards, including the 2013 Nevada Press Association Journalist of the Year honor, and has been awarded three times for column writing by the Best of the West contest.
Imagine Dragons and Panic! At the Disco will join Strip frequenter Justin Timberlake, Jason Aldean, Jack White, Carrie Underwood, Sam Smith, Luke Bryan and Lynryd Skynyrd among others for the two-day festival Sept. 21-22 at T-Mobile Arena.
“Viva Las Vegas” has enjoyed a resurgence as the Vegas Golden Knights have raced through the Stanley Cup playoffs. The song is now played at Bellagio fountains after every VGK playoff victory,
Fifty or so speakers and 70 or so bands hoping for a big break are descending some well-known showrooms, clubs and theaters.
Bob Dylan has re-recorded an all-inclusive version of “She’s Funny That Way,” on the new release, “Universal Love,” a collection of six newly recorded love songs that have been adjusted for same-sex couples.
The word from the VegasVille entertainment scene is that Gwen Stefani is planning a residency at the Zappos Theater.
As NBC color man Cris Collinsworth lamented the officials’ decision, saying, “I think they have to overturn this call!” Zach Ertz’s entourage remained resolute. That was a touchdown, Philly fans, clear as a bell.
Paul Shaffer and the Shaf-Shifters wrap their nine-show engagement at Caesars Palace’s Cleopatra’s Barge on Saturday night. Shaffer said after Thursday’s show he’d love to return.
The electronic twins, dubbed #R2DoubleD and #TripleCPU, will be unveiled at Sapphire Las Vegas at 8 p.m. Monday.