The phones locked, the crowd at The Park Theater grooved with Bruno Mars in a classic and thunderous performance.
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John Katsilometes’ man-about-town column appears on daily on page 3A. Katsilometes moved to Las Vegas from Northern California in 1996 and spent two years with the RJ before moving to the Greenspun Media Group in 1998, where he served as an editor, magazine writer and columnist. He returned to the RJ in August 2016. He has won numerous state and regional awards, including the 2013 Nevada Press Association Journalist of the Year honor, and has been awarded three times for column writing by the Best of the West contest.
“Elvis has not left the building,” Mark Mercer, “Legends in Concert’s” marketing director, promises. “We’ll be excited to have him back in the fall. We’re just having fun with this particular lineup.”
Wayde King is famous as co-star with his brother-in-law Brett Raymer on Animal Planet’s series “Tanked,” set at Las Vegas’s Acrylic Tank Manufacturing.
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.
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
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.
UFC has signed a five-year agreement with ESPN (to take effect in January) for the network to air 42 live events per year across ESPN and ESPN Plus.
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.