Last week, Piff the Magic Dragon celebrated his 500th show at the Flamingo Las Vegas. This week, Slash and his backing band released a new single, “Driving Rain.” There is a connection. His name is Frankie Sidoris.
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At his peak, Adam Ant had three No. 1 singles in the U.K.: “Stand and Deliver” and “Prince Charming” with his band The Ants, and “Goodie Too Shoes” as a solo artist.
The Kats! Bureau at this writing is Patio Bar at the Flamingo Las Vegas, a few strides from the Donny & Marie Showroom. Tuesday, the stage show “Legends in Concert” celebrates its 35th anniversary.
Stevie Wonder ‘Parked’ it when hearing of Bruno Mars’ venue
An ambassador on the Las Vegas Strip has died.
Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White topped himself in a Vegas-scaled exercise in decadence by renting Drai’s Nightclub at The Cromwell for his son Aidan’s 16th birthday party.
Salt-N-Pepa, Rob Base (best-known for the dance hit “It Takes Two” with the late DJ EZ Rock) and All-4-One are headliners over the first month in “I Love The ’90s — The Vegas Show” at Paris Theater.
The Kats! Bureau at this writing is International Theater at Westgate Las Vegas, where I have been outfitted with a pair of 3-D glasses and two glow sticks (in case one runs short of glow).This can only mean one thing: Manilow Live!
Simon Cowell, while praising Emmet’s vocal artistry and song choice, fired the warning shot, “You know the score. We have 18 acts. Seven go through.”
Frank Marino has committed to an unspecified financial settlement to Make-A-Wish covering donations he’d promised the charity.
Richard “Old Man” Harrison placed his son Rick Harrison in charge of his estate. No surprise there. But The Old Man’s decision to leave one of his other sons out of his will sparked international media attention Tuesday.
The gallery featured in “Who Is America?” is co-owned by Sandy Murphy, who was at the center of the infamous case.
The pairing of KC & The Sunshine Band and Village People makes sense if you know they were at the forefront of the disco revolution in the mid-to-late 1970s, and Palace Station opened as The Casino on July 1, 1976.
Brad Garrett is an animated sort. This is true in his disposition and in his career choices.
Gwen Stefani’s show is selling well enough to make a profit at Zappos Theater.
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