![]() Friday and runs on select dates through Sept. opens “The Foreigner,” billed as one of the funnest Amerian plays ever. Las Vegas Little Theatre at 3920 Schiff Dr. We are confident it will find its way back, if it hasn’t already. So far, the Pearl leaning first into one-off headliners in its reopening. 1, and Latin pop superstars Lupita D’Alessio and María José on Oct. 30, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the monster hit album, “Sailing.” Rocker St. Up next at the Pearl is the famous yacht-rock pioneer Christopher Cross on Sept. ![]() The Live Nation veteran is known to clean out ticket sales, meaning he can fill a venue. The name Billy Conn factors importantly in this equation. ![]() It’s a similar ticket-selling horizon facing Venetian Theater (also a Live Nation venue), and The Theater at Virgin Hotels and Encore Theater (both AEG). The primary challenge at the Pearl and for booking partner Live Nation is finding acts that will sell in the room. But it took about half the show for the video to dial in (Benatar looked washed out, and also out of sync, early in the performance). The sound is pristine, its sight lines unobstructed. The Pearl has hardly aged since opening in 2007. The hits were all there, including robust takes of “All Fired Up,” “Promises In The Dark” and “Hell is For Children.” But we were most impressed with a cover in the encore, “Helter Skelter.” Holy Moses, Benatar wiped out that vocally acrobatic rocker from The White Album. She has not sounded any better over the years (and I first caught Benatar/Giraldo in the late-1990s at the old Joint). Whatever Benatar is doing to maintain her voice, keep doing it. Benatar and her hubby guitarist, also known as Spider, were in vintage form throughout. He must not have heard Palms Vice President of Entertainment Crystal Robinson-Wesley’s announcement at the top of the show that it was the first performance at the Pearl in 903 days, or since Billy Idol headlined on March 14, 2020. “Really? I didn’t know that,” Giraldo said. It became a significant moment, too, for Giraldo, early in the show.īenatar remarked that the performance was not only the last of the tour, but the reopening of the Pearl. The event was a significant moment for the hotel’s new ownership. We cannot let the week get away from us without marking the Pat Benatar/Neil Giraldo show reopening Pearl at the Palms. There are a lot of cool special effects, and a cool band putting on a rock show.” You’re going to see something that’s unbelievable, lights and lasers, three dancers. “When you see this show at Allegiant, you’ll see why. “We are strictly a touring band,” the 61-year-old rocker said. He also said the Crüe has no interest in returning to the studio. “We just have to look at sometime in ‘24, to be back in Vegas. “We have definitely talked about doing it, and everybody loves to do the residencies, so I say, ‘Yeah, we’re gonna do it,’” Neil said. The Crüe is also reviewing offers to return to residency in Vegas, where they previously held forth at the old Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel in 2012 and again in 2013. Now he’s a full-time Nashville resident, but wants to perform in Las Vegas as frequently as possible. Neil had long been a Las Vegas resident, then split time between his home here and his 30-acre ranch (with 10 horses) near Nashville. “When we come back in ‘24, we’re going to do it all over again.” The band will continue touring internationally with Def Leppard 2023, through Mexico and South America in the spring and soccer stadiums in Europe next summer. and it was great”īut it is not the end of Mötley Crüe. This is the end of this particular leg of the tour, about which Neil says, “I am kind of sad, because it’s been so much fun. “Nothing bad has happened, which is great for us. ![]() “This has been an odyssey from they moment this tour was announced, to get this all arranged,” Neil said in a phone chat Thursday. But Neil loves the guys, the lineup and the newfound burst of energy the Stadium Tour has affordded The Crüe. We say “walk-in,” because that’s about when you’ll hear their set. The fearsome foursome of Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars play Allegiant Stadium on Friday night, along with Def Leppard, Poison, Joan Jett and “walk-in” rockers Classic Act. The Crüe is once more a touring band, beating a bath with no end in site. Times and attitudes have changed, and so have the band’s co-stars. Mötley Crüe once signed a document, in public, stating they would never perform together again. Pat Benatar is shown at the reopening of Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms on Saturday, Sept.
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