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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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Matt Goss Merchandise Is Taking Over Caesars

Where: 3570 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], 89109
March 8, 2010 at 12:00 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

T-4 days to the glorious Goss debut, and as well as the tarting up of Cleo’s Barge that’s finally got underway, the other big news is that the merch has arrived.

When we asked before at the shop nearest the Barge when the Goss guff would be arriving, we were they wouldn’t be stocking it till 12 March itself. But on Thursday, we found ourselves walking by a mannequin with “dirty” emblazoned across its bosom, and we had an inkling that if we looked round the back we would see “virgin”.

And we were right. There’s a whole load of t-shirts – taking up two whole segments of the shop (like half the front wall). In fact there’s pretty much one for every day of the week.

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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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How Does Caesars' Matt Goss Package Stand Up?

Where: 3570 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], 89109
March 1, 2010 at 1:45 PM | by juliab | 2 Comments

No sniggering at the headline either, please

It’s T-11 days now to the glorious Goss debut. Excited? We are. So much so that our hands trembled this morning as we opened the first window on our Goss-advent calendar. (Kidding. Kinda.)

Guess who else is excited? Caesars. So much so that they’ve refurbed Cleopatra’s Barge finally got round to launching their Matt Goss package. The Gossmeister told us this was planned in January, and we’ve been hounding them for details ever since. And on Friday, they finally released it. Progress!

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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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We're On the Billboard At Caesars (Oh, As Is Matt Goss)

Where: 3570 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], 89109
February 15, 2010 at 1:22 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

It was as we were at the Sports Illustrated launch last week that we noticed that Caesars had finally got around to adding Matt Goss to their video roster on the billboard.

There we were, twiddling our thumbs as we waited for the models to arrive and do their ridiculous pseudo Beatles walk outside the Mirage, when we noticed sexy Mayor Goodman looking glum by himself. And then we noticed the Goss in the background to keep him company. Two of our favourite Vegas men in the same shot. Chouette!

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The Transformation of Matt Goss: A Guide For Brits

February 8, 2010 at 12:16 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Performing at the Palms. A far cry from Bros.

A few days ago our housemate was talking to some Brits over in Vegas, and was telling them about the Strip’s newest Singing Sensation That Is Matt Goss (™). Their response? Matt Goss from Bros? At Caesars Palace? As if.

People, we know it can be hard to think past the bleached hair, the fringed leather jackets and the ripped denim of his boyband days. In fact, we know this because we too were unbelievers, and we only had our epiphany when we went to see his show as a joke.

Last week we told Goss newcomers a few home truths about the sleekmeister’s shady 80s past, so we thought it only fair to provide the same service for those of you who last saw him in Bros. Expunge that from your memories, and start with a clean slate, because he’s been through five major changes since 1991.

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10 Things You Need to Know About Matt Goss

February 1, 2010 at 5:09 PM | by juliab | 3 Comments

It’s official – the Gossmeister is the talk of the Strip, and in honor of him, until his show opens, we’re officially renaming Mondays Matt Goss Mondays. This week: what America needs to know about him. Because he aint always looked like this.

Call it the Emperor’s new clothes effect. As the excitement from the Matt Goss Caesars launch died down over the weekend we had several people shuffling up to us and asking us, as token Brits, who exactly the Gosster was. Each said exactly the same thing – we’ve heard/seen that he’s awesome, but where had he sprung from? Sit back and let us inform you.

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