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Michael Jackson Lives, At Least In Vegas

June 30, 2010 at 4:26 PM | by Mr Pappagiorgio | 1 Comment

You've got to fight for your right to wear crystals.

It’s been a year and five days since the world lost Michael Jackson and fans chose to remember him in many ways. Some gathered at his home in Indiana, some at the LA cemetery where he is buried. Chris Brown cried and one fan paid almost $200,000 for MJ’s white glove in an auction at Planet Hollywood.

If Friday's antics and non-stop MJ mixes made you realize how much you miss him, then you'll be wanting to relive the magic. Luckily, there are lots of magical places in Vegas. Here are our top picks:

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Go Downtown Tomorrow to Count Down With the Mayor

Where: Fremont Street [map], 89101
December 30, 2009 at 2:51 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

You know you’ve been spending too much time perusing the Strip’s offerings when $150 starts sounding like good value for New Year’s. Luckily, we just found ourselves looking at the Fremont Street website and we remembered that there are events that don’t require us to lay down all our earnings from the last month.

At Fremont Street, New Year’s tickets cost $20 out of state and $10 with Nevada ID. Which, compared to the celeb stuff, is nothing pig, as our granddad was fond of saying.

For your money, you’ll get 8 bands. And although they’re not quite of Black Eyed Peas caliber, they’ll be playing a good kind of music – they’re apparently “the world’s best tribue bands” and cover everything from Led Zep, Guns N’ Roses and Aerosmith to No Doubt, Depeche Mode, INXS and U2 (don’t let that put you off, it’s not actually Bono).

And the celeb host? None other than Oscar Goodman, who’ll be leading the countdown to midnight. Which means there may very possibly be showgirls. And poker chip business cards. That's us sold then.

Stalk the mayor and book your tickets by calling 702 687 5600 or 877 VEGAS 4 U.

[Photo: Vegasbuzz]

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Another Alternative to LOVE: The Fab Four at Planet Hollywood

Where: 3667 Las Vegas Boulevard South [map], 89109
September 24, 2009 at 2:24 PM | by Erika Pope | 1 Comment

Vegas has The Beatles’ LOVE by Cirque du Soleil, of course, and The Beatles’ Revolution Lounge – both at The Mirage. The show ranks alongside its Cirque sister O as one of the most consistently popular in town, and Revolution Lounge has stayed busy since its opening a couple of years back.

That’s not the end of it, though, as far as Vegas’ homage to John, Paul, George and Ringo goes.

You can catch The Fab Four, "the Ultimate Beatles Tribute," inside the V Theater at Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile Shops.

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What Would Have Happened if Babs and Old Blue Eyes Performed Together?

Where: 2901 South Las Vegas Boulevard [map], 89109
August 13, 2009 at 7:08 PM | by VegasMichaelT | 0 Comments

The title tells it all. If Old Blue Eyes and Babs got together, this production, Barbra and Frank: The Concert that Never Was would be it, or at least the way the producers and fans could come close to envisioning it.

Now for those who follow exclusively just one of these talents might wonder how this concept could work. They are two such powerhouse personalities as well as voices that the show would border on a competition between vocalists. Yet surprisingly, that is not the case.

The secret here is to mercifully keep the schtick to a minimum. In short, Sinatra and Streisand caricatured excess, the stuff that is lampooned on sketch shows such as Saturday Night Live and Mad TV plays for brief spurts of levity, and nothing more, and the singers flourish all the better for it.

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'On the Verge of Bein' Obscene': Purple Reign at House of Blues

Where: 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard [map], 89195
July 29, 2009 at 4:01 PM | by VegasMichaelT | 2 Comments

Got a hankering for the good old days of the 80s? Then Purple Reign, a Prince tribute show held at Mandalay Bay’s House of Blues every Sunday night just might be the tonic. Both flashy and accurate, Purple Reign manages to prove the old adage that imitation can prove to be a funky, highly addictive form of flattery (yes we’re paraphrasing, but you have to do that sometimes with shopworn cliches).

Led by an eerily effective Prince look-alike named Jason Tanner, the group spends nearly two hours performing a tight set of some of Prince’s best known hits, “When Doves Cry,” ‘Purple Rain,” “1999,” “Little Red Corvette,” just to name a few.

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