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Britney Spears and Larry Rudolph.
Demand for tickets to see Britney Spears both here in America and in Europe has been so high, she has already added six new concert dates for a present total of 41 shows. When tickets first went on sale, more than 400,000 were snapped up almost immediately.
Additionally, six additional shows were just added to her London 02 Arena stop, where in just 48 hours, some 100,000 tickets were sold for her now eight performances there. The Circus -- Starring Britney Spears is her first arena tour in five years and will feature the Pussycat Dolls.
“Britney and I are both thrilled to see how excited her fans are for the Circus tour,” said her manager, Larry Rudolph. “This show will blow people’s minds and promises to show Britney’s fans something they will never forget!”
Britney’s set to perform here in Las Vegas on April 25.
Wednesday, Dec. 24
*Celebrated French chef Guy Savoy arrives from Paris for Christmas and New Year’s celebrations at his swank Caesars Palace restaurant, and for tonight and tomorrow, he’s cooked up a special $130 per person, five-course Bubble Bar menu with oysters, Dover Sole, the world famous artichoke and black truffle soup, a baby black truffle chicken and a chocolate fondant, plus of course the most amazing selection of champagne wishes!
Thursday, Dec. 25
*Merry Christmas, everybody! Believe it or not, Jet nightclub in The Mirage is open with a visit from DJ Tiesto, who’s on his In Search of Sunrise Tour for two nights with a special appearance by Farsheed. It’s safe to expect this holiday havoc to party on till dawn.
Friday, Dec. 26
*The first ladies of soul are angling for a slot on President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration day concert. In the meantime, though, The Pointer Sisters are at Silverton Casino Lodge for one night only.
*It’s a celebration with Kool & the Gang for two nights at the Las Vegas Hilton as the four guys have you dancing to all their favorite hits. They’ll hold the fort till Barry Manilow’s Monday night return.
*Hometown crooner and pianist Brian Evans, who is racking up those TV composer credits, sings for his supper in two weekend shows at the Trump International Hotel that will now continue on weekly.
*The tribute Eagles band known as Hotel California throw down the welcome mat at the Suncoast Hotel with a concert of -- what else? -- Eagle hits. … Comedian Jo Koy starts a three-night gig with Asian overtones at South Point. … The Maz Jobrani trio will raise the roof at the House of Blues in Mandalay Bay.
Frank Mir.
Saturday, Dec. 27
*It’s all about UFC 92 action tonight in the headlined and anticipated battle of warriors Rashad Evans and Forrest Griffin. After the mixed martial arts fight, almost every club in town is throwing a party. It starts at LAX in the Luxor when UFC head honcho Dana White hosts his official UFC after-fight party. Not to be outdone, Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell will host his haymaker at Studio 54 in the MGM Grand, and he’ll announce the winner of an Iceman Rx Hummer H2 prize. Elsewhere in MGM, Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva will host his party in Tabu Ultra Lounge. Fighter C.B. Dollaway teams up with the MTX AudioFight team to host the UFC 92 after-party at Hawaiian Tropic Zone in Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile. Ultimate Fighter Season 8 champion Ryan “Darth” Bader and world extreme cage fighters Jamie “The Worm” Varner and Aaron “A-Train” Simpson also will attend the frenzied festivities.
Frank Mir.
*The Monkees aren’t coming into our zoo, but lead singer Davy Jones will be in town. He’s booked for a one-night holiday weekend gig at Silverton Casino Lodge.
*My longtime producer pal Ron Dante, who has the Archies back on the charts, opens for singing sensation Imelda Papin at The Orleans for one night only.
*If heavy rock is your thing, you’ve got an amazing five-pack lineup appearing at the House of Blues in Mandalay Bay. The Cab appears with The Higher, The Maine, Ashbury and A Phoenix Forever.
Sunday, Dec. 28
*Body English nightclub at the Hard Rock Hotel doesn’t let up on the bridge weekend between Christmas and New Year’s. LL Cool J is the special guest for the Sunday school that lets the ladies in schoolgirl outfits drink champagne without a check!
Coming up this weekend
Our incredible photos and interviews with daredevil stunt drivers Robbie Maddison and Rhys Millen. They know they could die when they make those New Year’s Eve jumps here in Vegas. They know they will have to stare death in the face. How will they do it? How do they face it? Vegas DeLuxe has the candid and chilling conversations with Robbie, who will attempt to scale the Arc de Triomphe at Paris Las Vegas, and Rhys, who will attempt to back-flip a pickup in The Rio’s parking lots. They both admit that what they are trying to do could very well kill them. Then we’ll be back on Monday to go Dancing With the Stars and get ready for all the fleet-footed stars coming to play here for the incredible New Year’s parties!
In the meantime, Dec. 25 (tomorrow) marks the start of the 12 days of Christmas. Our sexy, sassy starlets at the cabaret revue Crazy Girls at the Riviera present their gift of a photo package with their interpretation of a time-honored favorite: “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Beginning tomorrow, we’ll run the first photo, and each day thereafter, another photo will be posted.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everybody, from all of us at SincityNow!
Mirage Las Vegas
Penthouse Magazine CEO Marc Bell has made public the details
of a plan to buy a major Las Vegas strip property. Does this mean we
will be seeing nude dealers throwing cards in the future? Perhaps
considering Penthouse has indicated some of the magazines’ ladies would
do double duty as dealers at the property.
Any bets on what property they might acquire? Rumors have been floating down the boulevard that MGM Mirage might be shopping the Mirage for cash to complete the CityCenter mega-project. Nudes swimming with dolphins, what a concept. Could this be a sneak preview of the next revision for the neon city that constantly reinvents itself?
MGM Grand Shopping
The De La Hoya-Pacquiao fight at MGM Grand next month has gone viral.
HBO Pay-Per-View is using Facebook to tout the fight taking place on Dec. 6.
“Dream Fight” is a Facebook application that anyone can play and invite friends to.
The app allows any photo to be placed on the face of a boxer, with that boxer progressing through rounds by fighting virtual opponents.
In addition, every time a player plays the game, they can enter a sweepstakes drawing for a trip to see the real thing — Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao at MGM Grand on Dec. 6 at 6 p.m..
To download the Facebook application, visit this link.
Planet Hollywood Las Vegas
Former Spice Girl Mel B will star in a new Las Vegas burlesque and striptease show for a reported $1 million.
Melanie Brown will play mistress of ceremonies Peep Diva as she guides Bo Peep (played by Kelly Monaco of “General Hospital” and “Dancing with the Stars”) in a search for love in the show Peepshow at Planet Hollywood.
Joining them will be an all-female band and 20 “stunning” dancers plucked from Broadway, movies, and TV.
All come together for a coming-of-age story exploring sexuality through contemporary popular music and dance.
The show is expected to feature a revolving list of celebrities for month-long engagements.
Peepshow is led by Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell and BASE Entertainment.
Eiffel Tower goes red for Beaujolais Nouveau Day
Tonight at midnight, Lance Bass (’N Sync) will appear at Paris Las Vegas.
Bass will be flipping a switch to light up the Eiffel Tower replica to turn it red, kicking off the Beaujolais Nouveau festival at the casino-hotel the rest of the week and through the weekend.
The third Thursday of every November, Beaujolais Nouveau Day is celebrated with bottomless bottles of French Beaujolais Nouveau wine, a light red wine that is meant to drink immediately instead of waiting for it to mature.
Bass will have with him a cask of wine delivered straight via helicopter, though we suspect not actually delivered that way from France.
Cannery Casino-Hotel North Las Vegas
The new Galaxy Theatres at the Cannery (North Las Vegas off Craig) is now serving beer.
Okay, they’ve been around for a couple years now but we still think of the nice sparkly theater as new… speaking of, check out Sunset Station’s newly remodeled movie theater. With the lobby being deep brown, it seems friendlier.
But beer! That idea has been around for ages at movie theaters in other cities — a sort of “brew and view.” It’s about time that it hit Las Vegas (and no, we don’t count smuggling in cans, bottles, or flasks and sitting in the back).
Showtimes with beer are restricted to those after 6 p.m. You must be 21 or over and only certain theaters will allow beer.
Apple said four years ago that over 100 million U.S. residents were within 15 minutes of an Apple Store.
Tomorrow, a few more will be that much closer.
Just in time for the holidays, Apple is holding the grand opening of its new Apple Store tomorrow, from 10 a.m. to midnight.
Regular hours will run to 11 p.m. daily, with a midnight closing on Friday and Saturday.
This marks the third Apple store in Las Vegas and the second one on the Strip -- in The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace (right next to the Gap).
The first Apple Store in Vegas was in the Fashion Show Mall, and the second opened recently at the Town Square.
A special offer at all Apple Stores -- get a free iPod with the purchase of a Mac. Offer expires Sept. 15.
The opening of an Apple Store usually comes with free t-shirts for all attendees. Not to mention Apple geeks galore (of which we are one).
Restaurant Week runs Monday through September 7, with many of the top restaurants in Las Vegas Valley offering a special three-course prix fixe dinner for $50.08. A portion of the price will benefit Three Square, an organization that assists hunger relief in Southern Nevada. For more information: threeSquare.org.
Brooke and Charlie Sheen at the Yellowtail grand opening at the Bellagio.
Charlie and Brooke Sheen at the Yellowtail grand opening at the Bellagio.
Executive Chef Akira Back and Paris Hilton at the Yellowtail grand opening at the Bellagio.
Paris Hilton at the Yellowtail grand opening at the Bellagio.
Shar Jackson at the Yellowtail grand opening at the Bellagio.
Marlon Wayans and Michelle Rodriguez at the Yellowtail grand opening at the Bellagio.
Marlon Wayans at the Yellowtail grand opening at the Bellagio.
Wilmer Valderrama and Ryan Cabrera at the Yellowtail grand opening at the Bellagio.
