Day 1 of the 2016 Life Is Beautiful Music and Art Festival on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, in Downtown Las Vegas. This is the fourth year of the Downtown festival covering eight blocks. (Photo gallery courtesy of 2016 Life Is Beautiful)
Robin Leach
It’s been more than five months since T-Mobile Arena opened on the Strip, and the large venue and its neighboring restaurants and attractions in an area known as The Park and Toshiba Plaza have solidified themselves as welcome additions to The Entertainment Capital of the World.
It’s shocking and steamy, and attendees will turn a blind eye to any legal infractions at the midnight hour. In fact, they’ll be cheering “take it off” as 14 Strip performers toss their clothes for Monday’s sixth-annual SOLO STRIPS production.
The 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival boasts Britney Spears, U2, Drake, Twenty-One Pilots, Billy Idol, Florida Georgia Line, One Republic, Sia, Cage the Elephant, Tears for Fears, Ariana Grande, Pitbull, Usher, Sting and more for two nights at T-Mobile Arena.
It was March 2003 that AEG Live Concerts West chiefs John Meglen and John Nelson opened the duplicate of the Roman Colosseum with Celine Dion. The bookings of some 70 annual shows are planned for as long as two to three years.
Rick Moonen, “Godfather of Seafood,” raises awareness of the care of our world’s oceans. He’s just returned from cooking a State Dinner in Washington, D.C., for Secretary of State John Kerry and is in the midst of launching his 12-piece knife set Blades.
The fifth-annual original production ONE NIGHT FOR ONE DROP imagined by Cirque du Soleil has been set for next March 3 at Cirque’s ZUMANITY theater in New York-New York. ONE NIGHT supports international nonprofit One Drop.
It would appear that Derek Stevens at The D Las Vegas and with his Downtown Las Vegas Events Center had already conquered the hipster zone, with Golden Nugget and Fremont Street Experience nipping at his heels.
It’s the first day of fall, so let’s have a party! Congratulations to Delano Las Vegas as Della’s Kitchen hosts a Farmhouse Dinner to celebrate the hotel’s second anniversary with a poolside reception and family feast created by executive chef Jay Calimlim.
As her deadline approaches, Britney Spears has singlehandedly raised $500,000 and another $352,000 as sponsors for a 10K bike-run challenge to be announced this morning at sports facility X Cycle, 750 S. Rampart Blvd. in Boca Park, on Thursday, Oct. 27, at noon.
I can confirm that HAMILTON will close out next year’s set of shows ending the season on the ultimate high note. Myron Martin let the news slip at Tuesday night’s opening of the 2016-2017 season of shows with BEAUTIFUL — THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL.
As the sixth Broadway Las Vegas series began with the milestone of 10,000 subscribers, it seemed appropriate to kick it off with the musical that honors Carole King. Julia Knitel’s performance is extraordinary and magnificent — and incredibly beautiful.
Music legend Lionel Richie, aka “The Minister of Love,” returns to Axis at Planet Hollywood with another run of 10 resident shows of ALL THE HITS through Oct. 12. He returns Dec. 27 for four shows just before New Year’s Eve.
I turned to Dr. Sarah Banks, head of the neuropsychology program at our Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, for an official verdict, and she said that a study of the brain on fine wine does show differences in sommelier’s brains.
I have learned that Liberace’s image as a hologram is returning to the Las Vegas Strip, and the same image of the original superstar will be seen in an upcoming Hollywood movie. Liberace is alive again.