Keeping the legacy of the famous Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign alive, Austin “Chumlee” Russell is using the design for his Chumlee’s Candy on the Boulevard.
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Neal Schon said “let’s enjoy our accomplishments” as he met up with Steve Perry at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony last month.
Il Divo will perform at Venetian Theater, where the Sands once stood and where the Rat Pack once held court, and their banter and stage performance will hearken to those days.
Mike Tyson was a hit with “Undisputed Truth” at Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club at MGM Grand. His second round performance follows the release of his new book, “Iron Ambition.”
The room where the Phantom once swung from the chandelier is bringing in a pop-opera quartet.
Chumlee’s Candy on the Boulevard borrows from the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign and taps into the namesake’s national TV fame.
Paul Rodriguez is teaming with Cheech Marin and his son, “P-Rod,” on an upcoming sitcom for NBC.
Bill Medley headlines with Bucky Heard at Harrah’s, but welcomed Kelly Clinton-Holmes to the stage on Friday night at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.
Enoch Augustus Scott and Anne Martinez, two Las Vegas favorites, have opened “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” at House of Blues in what producers hope is an extended run.
Larry King has been working in broadcasting since 1957, and has seen many stars come and go. The latest is Bill O’Reilly.
Andre Agassi has long considered Larry Ruvo his hero in the world of philanthropy. Thursday night, Agassi gave his hero’s chosen charity $1 million.
Mat Franco has parylayed a successful run at Linq hotel-casino into an expanded schedule in a theater named for him.
J.K. Houssels brought the “Folies Bergere” to Las Vegas and was president of many of the city’s famous hotel-casinos.
A story of a group of World War II servicemen who enter a radio contest, “Bandstand” was conceived in Las Vegas by “Ka” music director Richard Oberacker and his writing parter Robert Taylor.
Bernie Williams played a jazzy version of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” and joined Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns for a run through “Wishing Well.”
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