“I used to be a fan of the Houston Aeros, in the old World Hockey Association,” Billy Gibbons said. “Now I’m looking at the NHL in the desert. Wow. Who would have thought?”
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Stormy Daniels (with a 15-member entourage) was an unexpected arrival at Crazy Horse III gentlemen’s club in the wee Wednesday morning hours.
Former New York Yankees all-star Bernie Williams sat in with Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns and wiped the place out with a three-song jazz set.
John Katsilometes explores the world of Golden Knights entertainment.
Oscar Goodman is to work as understudy for lead narrator Michael Franzese, the longtime Colombo crime family overlord who has since reformed as a popular motivational speaker.
Tony Dovolani performed twice Saturday night but later learned that his cousin, Shkelzen Verzivoli, known as “Skalzy,” had died of a heart attack at age 42.
The 10th anniversary of The Joint crops up in the planning schedule for the Hard Rock Hotel’s extensive overhaul.
The Stray Cats’ reunion, which along with ZZ Top at The Venetian, is a weekend pairing of great rock ‘n’ roll trios in VegasVille.
Vinny Adinolfi of Bronx Wanderers was stunned when Mr. Las Vegas Wayne Newton and Tony Orlando unexpectedly sauntered into his birthday party.
Steve Wolford had worked for Las Vegas’s ABC affiliate since 2005, after arriving from Tampa, Fla., where he began his career in 1979 as a writer and producer.
Still big fans of Vegas and frequent headliners on the Strip, ZZ Top begins a five-show spree at Venetian Theater on Friday night.
Maynard Tompkins, Fator’s warbling Elvis tribute artist and a fan favorite in his show at the Mirage, opened Terry Fator’s set on “Showtime at the Apollo.”
The Kats! Bureau at this writing is the home office in the Arts District. The Bureau went silent for a couple of days for a trip to Disneyland, where I observed Mickey Mouse actually signing autographs.
ACM Awards host Reba McEntire called out previous hosting tandems Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley, plus Bryan and Blake Shelton. Operating solo, McEntire said, “I guess they figured it only takes one woman to do the job of two men!”
Vegas entertainer Lorena Peril has sung the national anthem at several L.A. Kings games, butnever when the team has faced the Golden Knights.