At age 21 Jason Mraz pulled into Hard Rock Hotel to hang before returning home to L.A. He won a grand, enough to buy time to become a working musician.
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Of all the inventive collaborations out there, one we probably won’t see is Carnell “Golden Pipes” Johnson and Carrie Underwood.
Ceaselessly creative and prolific, the 76-year-old member of music royalty continues to expand his artistic horizons.
Golden Knights’ feverish playoff run inspired the band to change the lyrics of that tune, and ride the expansion team’s unlikely playoff success.
Stevie Wonder’s most recent concert in Las Vegas was as headliner of Life is Beautiful in September 2015.
In an only-in-Vegas coincidence, two busy singers who live in Las Vegas — Mikalah Gordon of Rose. Rabbit. Lie at The Cosmopolitan and Amanda Avila of Brio at Tivoli Village — were both finalists on Season 4 of “American Idol” in 2004.
Lady Gaga was led into the Colosseum with a team of security officers, but otherwise enjoyed the show as any other ticketed fan.
Carrie Underwood adopted the Golden Knights as her new favorite team just after Winnipeg beat the Preds in Game 7.
The book is a uniquelycrafted series of letters from Anderson to his mom, who passed away in 1990, but as he says remains “a tangible, real person to me.”
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman has made a traditional bet against her counterpart in the rival city, in this case Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman.
Bon Apetit’s Uncork’d food festival on the Strip launched Thursday afternoon with the Saber-Off at The Park promenade at the newly re-minted Park MGM.
If this keeps up, Bark-Andre Furry will need a stylist, an agent and a publicist.
Sources with knowledge of Stevie Wonder’s schedule indicate he will perform five shows at The Park Theater late this summer, most likely in August.
The Golden Knights held forth in one of the two swanky, private dining rooms. En route to the restaurant, the team stopped for a group photo at the Aria Sky Suites Living Wall, designed with a big GO NIGHTS GO! sign and team logo.
MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren’s position remains that if Park MGM is successful (and he expects it to be), “We might look at doing similar things, but there is not any specific project in the works yet.”
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