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Bring Back Elvis, Hookers and Mobsters: It's Zowie Bowie's Vegas

Where: 11011 W Charleston Blvd [map], 89135
September 1, 2010 at 4:37 PM | by juliab | 5 Comments

UPDATE: Ignore any reference to lobsters you may have seen. As our commenter pointed out, he wants hookers and mobsters back. Which makes a lot more sense. Sorry, we must have got the giggles at the word "hookers" and lost concentration.

Another Wednesday, another My Vegas. It’s hard trying to keep tabs on all the happenin’ stuff in Sin City, so we’re calling in expert advice. From now on, every time we bump into a Vegas celeb, we’ll grill them on where they rate and what they like to do (yes, handily, this can also double as a stalker’s guide to Vegas).

This week, VegasChatter Towers is abuzz with excitement at the imminent return of Zowie Bowie to Red Rock (they kick off their residency Friday night), so to mark our giddiness properly, we asked the pair (Marley Taylor and Chris Phillips) to talk us through their favorite spots. Liking that zebra-print couch they’re on? It’s a VIP booth in the Rocks Lounge, where they’ll be based.

Before we start the video, we’d just like to note how completely enchanted we were by them – we’d been told by lots of people how lovely they were, but they were in the Tom Lowe realms of super-lovely. Funny, too - they more than lived up to expectation. And how lush does Marley look as a brunette? Anyhoo, enough gushing and crushing, here’s where to find them.

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No Cheap Shots About Cheap Trick - It's Really, Really Good

Where: 3655 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], 89109
August 23, 2010 at 4:36 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Cast aside your aspersions about what this looks like. It’s really good.

There’s nothing we like better than being proved wrong here at VegasChatter (well, kinda), especially if it’s being proved wrong in a good way. So we’re delighted to say that in our latest Vegas mistake, contrary to our expectations, Sgt Pepper feat. Cheap Trick is, in our humble opinion, astonishingly good.

We finally got around to seeing it a couple of weeks ago, although we weren’t looking forward to it. What we were expecting: washed up rocker has-beens massacring the Beatles that belong back in the Hilton (sorry Hilton) rather than the Paris.

What we got: the surprise of our lives. They were ace!

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In Lieu of Real Celebs This Weekend, Try Some Real Music (Or Gilley's)

April 16, 2010 at 2:33 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

The Arctic Monkeys - yet more Brits on the Strip

What’s with the dearth of celebs in Vegas this weekend? Maybe they’re all too scared to follow in Heidi’s fembot footsteps of last week, or maybe they’re wanting to give Gilley’s some headway (it opened last night). But your lot on the club scene this weekend boils down to Shanna Moakler (who we had to wikipedia) celebrating her birthday at Moon tomorrow (a step backwards from the Hefner party last week, we’re thinking).

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Glowsticks, Hearts and Disco Balls: A Night In With Manilow

Where: 3655 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], 89109
April 13, 2010 at 9:35 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

This is probably the wrong thing to admit, what with our carefully constructed too cool for skool image and all, but on our very first night when we moved to Vegas in January, when our brand new housemate asked us what we would do that night, if we had to go home the next day, we said: MANILOW.

Not because we’re Manilow fans, you understand, but because one of our favorite aspects of Vegas is getting stuck into the cheese. Rod Stewart. Tom Jones. Donny & Marie. You’d never see them at home, would you? Not unless your mum paid for your ticket, your train fare, and the booze you'd need to knock the shame of going there on the head. But in Vegas, it’s the thing to do. You know it, and, more importantly, they know it, and that makes it all the more fun.

So, Manilow. We had great expectations, despite the lipsynching rumors, and we weren’t disappointed when, checking into the theater, we were handed glowsticks to wave at our leisure. Yes, glowsticks. ‘Mazing!

We’re not quite sure whether the sticks were ironic or not, but who cares? We loved it.

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Matt Goss Has Landed At Caesars Palace

Where: 3570 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], 89109
March 15, 2010 at 3:00 PM | by juliab | 1 Comment

As you’ll see from the photo gallery, we like to call this “The Start of the Orgy”

It’s all over! Matt Goss has launched at Caesars, and now that our stalking waiting is over, we’re not quite sure what to do with ourselves. Treat this review as step one in our Weaning Yourself Off Goss twelve step program.

(First, though, we’d like to remind you that on Thursday, we told you that we had a feeling that the luscious Mel B (swoon) would be joining the G-man on stage but the boring Leona Lewis wouldn’t. We were right on both counts. Just sayin’.)

See our videos of the night here

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Can One Song Be Worth $15? Matt Goss Hopes You Think So

Where: 3570 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], 89109
March 12, 2010 at 3:05 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Please don't disappoint us. Please don't disappoint us. Please don't disappoint us.

This is a very disappointing week for the good guys. First O'Sheas lets us down and now we’re afeared that Matt Goss is about to do the same.

Remember way back when in January, when the Caesars gig was first announced? We were told it was going to be a bigger version than the Palms show: a bigger venue, 15 minutes longer, and four extra songs. That was one of the explanations given when the luscious Johnny Kats quizzed Team Goss on why the show tickets were leaping up from $25 to $40.

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Leona Lewis, Mel B and Possibly Sharon Osbourne Are Turning Up For Matt Goss Tomorrow

Where: 3570 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], 89109
March 11, 2010 at 5:35 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

So as you’ll know if you follow us on Twitter (hint: follow us on Twitter), we went down to Cleo’s Barge this lunchtime to earwig on the Goss rehearsals, along with a load of passers by, before being asked to leave on the orders of Robin Antin (was it something we said?) Apparently, they're "not ready for the public” so we shouldn't be watching (who knew that’s what the word “rehearsal” meant?)

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Donny and Marie: Back Tonight, Plus Extra Shows For April

Where: 3555 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], 89109
March 9, 2010 at 11:53 AM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Marie Osmond is a trooper. Not only are she and Donny back at the Flamingo tonight after missing a mere six shows in the wake of her son’s death, but they’re also scheduling new shows running April 13-17 (which was meant to be their vacation) to make up for the dates they cancelled.

According to Johnny Kats, Marie’s looking forward to working again, finding it “cathartic”. Let's hope so.

Tickets are available for all dates, and cost $99 and up.

[Photo: Las Vegas Sun]

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Cleo's Barge Finally Gets Her Matt Goss Makeover

Where: 3570 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], 89109
March 5, 2010 at 1:35 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Finally. Finally! After all our griping about Cleopatra’s Barge being a) a bit gross and b) not refurbished for Matt Goss’ arrival, we swung by yesterday, when we bought our ticket for the opening night of Goss, to find the curtains up again, the smell of glue and paint in the air, and lots of workmen going in and out with wheelbarrows, carpets and studious looks on their faces. Hallelujah, Caesars. Hallelujah.

By peeking through the curtains and enlisting the services of our Caesars spy, we discovered the following:

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The Case of Cleopatra's Barge Gets Curiouser and Curiouser

Where: 3570 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], 89109
February 26, 2010 at 12:15 PM | by juliab | 2 Comments

Yup, that's how small the stage is. And yup, that's totally open to the public. We might not be paying for our ticket after all

OK so. Just what on earth is going on with Cleopatra’s Barge? After we posted our pics of the renovations going down, the Harrah’s blog responded yesterday by posting some pics of a sphinx being jazzed up in preparation for Matt Goss’ arrival.

(Our first question – Gary Selesner said that the Gossy Room refurb would make Cleo’s “a little less Egyptian, a little more retro.” How is gilding a sphinx making it a little less Egyptian?)

Anyway we popped by yesterday evening and were amazed to find the plastic sheeting taken down, no discernable hookers present, and a sexy band setting up. The lounge looked no different (although the Harrah’s blog is right, the sphinxes are def a bit shinier) but we could see no other discernable difference, and a pair of shiny sphinx boobies doth not a Gossy Room make. Had Caesars done a miraculous, four day, invisible to the naked eye refurb?

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Will Cleopatra's Barge Be Ready In Time For Matt Goss?

Where: 3570 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], 89109
February 23, 2010 at 2:28 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

During our stay at Caesars this weekend we had a few opportunities to note the progress on the Matt Goss show. As well as the t-shirts that we tweeted about, we also had a peek at Cleopatra’s Barge. Don’t forget, Caesars Pres Gary Selesner had said at the launch that they’d be refurbing it to be “a little less Egyptian, a little more retro.”

Well, we’ve been keeping an eye on it since that announcement back at the end of January, and not seen anything happen. But on Sunday, we spied a lone ladder propped up against a wall. And last night, we went by again to find some curtains closing it off.

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Matt Goss Wants Cleo's Barge to Stay "Hooker Central"

Where: 3570 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], 89109
February 22, 2010 at 12:55 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Looking back at this photo, we're wondering why we're surprised he's a a filthpot

And there you were thinking butter wouldn’t melt in his hot gentlemanly mouth – turns out Matt Goss is a saucepot. So much so that he actually asked us to tell the world that he likes hookers (note to lawyers: not in that way, obviously).

Way back when, after we wrote up the Goss launch outside at Caesars, @gigieisen tweeted us the following:

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