London, September 21 : Roger Daltrey from ‘The Who’ and Joe Walsh from ‘The Eagles’ will be among renowned rock stars who will perform at the 10th Rock’n'Roll Fantasy Camp in Las Vegas in November.

Driving along The Strip recently, it came to my attention how many resort buildings are sporting huge advertising banners.
I’ve already talked about the two 30-story Resident Evil: Extinction banners gracing the outside of Planet Hollywood. But the resort also has a smaller banner advertising the Hans Klok magic show.
Just up the street, the Flamingo is […]

For weeks, TV host Mario Lopez has been spotted around Vegas hugging and kissing his Dancing with the Stars partner, Karina Smirnova. We last saw them together at MTV’s Video Music Awards when a fellow diner at the N9NE Steakhouse snapped this photo just for Luxe Life readers.

Mario and Karina sat for a while with Palms mogul George Maloof and his date, Paris Hilton. Then when the Oily girls came and joined the group, Karina told Mario that it was time to move to their own table for two. However, that same night just hours after this shot, it’s been learned they had a spat which caused a split. The rift, I’m told, hasn’t yet been fully patched up and for now at least, it looks as if the romance has waltzed into nowhere land

The story really begins back in 1984 when Monte Carlo magician Lance Burton paid $200,000 for his first home here: a 3/4 acre Spanish-styled horse-ranch with a sunken living room and two fireplaces in a then-remote part of the Vegas valley.

Now 20-odd years later he’s put the house up for sale at $700,000 and, adding to the half-million dollar windfall profit, is building a $4.2 million custom castle on 10 acres of a flattened hill-site on the Eastern Valley outskirts.

His original home played host in the backyard pool and gazebo to BBQ parties with such fellow magicians as Penn & Teller, the Amazing Jonathan, Mac King and singer Clint Holmes. Lance’s home for sale has five bedrooms, three 3/4 baths, security camera, breakfast bar and nook, and his initials welded into the entrance gates.

I’ve always wondered why punk-band rockers, Good Charlotte picked my old TV show Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous and used it as a title for one of their biggest hits. Finally, when Benji Madden and his boys came to town my ABC Radio producer, Al Mansini got to ask them about it.

Benji: “We were a punk band. We were broke and we wanted everything. We’d watched the show and wanted to have some fun with it. The lyrics of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous were perfect because we were saying if you don’t want that lifestyle, give it to us. Now if you look at my brother Joel (currently creating tabloid headlines while dating pregnant girlfriend, Nicole Richie) he is living that life - and I can assure you that not a day goes by with him wishing he didn’t have any of it. He says it’s a little annoying with the camera dudes following him everywhere, but he says he could be waking up and working a job he hates - so he’s ok with the fame and fortune. I am proud of him because he is handling it all - just like the song. You could find complaints with any situation in life, whatever your job. I used to moan about getting up and flying somewhere, but when I think back to how broke we were, I now wake up wondering how many days I can go on doing this, so it’s all been a blessing.”

Incidentally, the old TV show - with its 14 seasons of shows from 1982 to 1994 - is back on the air as of this week thanks to Equity Broadcasting’s just-launched new Retro Television Network with their stations covering 67% of the country to-date - including one being aimed at Vegas from Goldfield, just 30-miles northeast. Hard to believe that after we started Entertainment Tonight and followed it with Lifestyles, it became the very first program of its kind in the genre that we now know as “reality television.”

You know me and my caviar dreams! Well one of them has come true thanks to celebrated five star chef, Guy Savoy at his famous Caesars Palace restaurant. He’s just opened Bubble Bar there and he features an absolutely amazing selection of VIP name brand bubbly.

Be it the $90 Henroit 1990 Cuvee, the $59 1999 Bollinger or the more modest $26 Gaston-Chiquet, it’s the perfect accompaniment to a unique form of nibbling on small bites, big bites and sweet bites from his magnificent main room menu. His signature artichoke and black truffle soup comes in a smaller cup, and in all there are 16 different taste treats to select from in their miniaturized versions, including the magnificent wild mushroom risotto with roasted chicken jus and a gazpacho of heirloom tomatoes to start. It’s a fantastic way to sample the master’s brilliance without taking out a second mortgage! But even that’s worth it if you want to splurge for the full menu, because its one meal you cannot afford to miss out on before you enter heaven!

There will be an all-star turnout from NBC’s new action comedy series, Chuck at a PURE nightclub party in Caesars Palace to kick off the series premiere. Cast members Adam Baldwin, Zachari Levi, Joshua Gomez, Yvonne Strahovski, Sarah Lancaster and Ryan McPartlin will all party there tomorrow night with the world’s sexiest DJ, Colleen Shannon twisting the turntables. Chuck is the latest addition to NBC’s fall TV lineup and comes from sizzling producers, Josh Schwartz and McG, who will also attend.

Lovely Mikalah Gordon has a busy schedule tomorrow when she serves as Grand Marshall of a hometown parade in Henderson and gives a liver performance of the Star Spangled Banner. The Vegas local and American Idol star will be handling grand-opening ceremonies of the new master-planned Inspirado community located in the southern foothills of our Valley.

Mikalah will be surrounded all weekend long by stilt walkers, jugglers and balloon artists at the first community recreation area, Solista Park being unveiled. It will showcase interactive demonstrations ranging from Mad Science experiments to ceramic pottery artists, desert mermaids performing in the pool, chalk sidewalk art, the Barber Shop Chorus and the Broadway Bound Divas!

When my pal, renowned artist Peter Max returns to his gallery at the Forum Shops in Caesars Palace on November 23 and 24, he will unveil a new collection of original works including a 6ft tall Statue of Liberty painting. He tells me that for everybody buying a painting, he will not only sign a personalized autograph, but will add a quick drawing to the inscription too…a mega-rock and hockey showdown make it a far more interesting weekend than usual - because it’s not just wall to wall headliners. You’ve got many different choices ranging from an ice-hockey revenge war sure to bring blood, plus two back to back rock concerts with the biggest giants of the industry. Add a porn-prince to the mix and you’ll understand why I’ve labeled it “interesting” for what we refer to affectionately around here as the ROYAL ROBIN RUNDOWN

Fri Sept 21
*Lest we forget… country kings Brooks & Dunn still have two nights of shows at the Hilton – click back to Wednesday’s column where it all began!

*A huge night of rock royalty as two giants team up for the Re-evolution Tour at Mandalay Bay. Velvet Revolver pulls the trigger as headliners with Alice in Chains as special guests with Sparta. Former Guns N’ Roses members Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan join Slash, who promises to keep his trademark hat on throughout his amazing guitar solo work of Scott Weiland’s group. Slash hosts his after-party at JET in the Mirage after the show.

*It took just 15 minutes for the tickets to fully sell out for British alternative rock star, Morrissey’s concert at the Pearl in the Palms, so a second back to back show was immediately added. He’s still hitting the top of his game after 30 years as a cultural phenomenon.

*International bands make the night at the Hard Rock: German heavy metal rock band, The Scorpions move their weather forecast music of “Hurricane” and “Wind of Change” inside The Joint, along with the five member band from Monterrey, Mexico known as Kinky at poolside – that name certainly doesn’t translate from the Spanish!

*A blast from the past when Paul Revere and the Raiders start three nights of concerts up at the Suncoast. He sounds the battle cry, “Make way for the 60s!” Over at Boulder Station, the Robert Cray Band pulls in on time, while the Romantics search for love in the right place at the Red Rock.

*NASCAR’s star drivers will attend a one hour “meet the drivers” autograph session at the Stratosphere at 7 p.m. Formula One racer, Jacques Villeneuve will be joined by other international auto-racing stars including Todd Bodine, Matt Crafton, Mike Bliss, Stacy Compton, Chris Wimmer and Scott Lynch, amongst others.

Sat Sept 22
*One of the most important forces in rock music, Def Leppard, with 65 million worldwide albums sold, performs at Mandalay Bay with STYX and Foreigner as special guests, ensuring a second night of mighty powerful electrifying rock shows.

*Funnyman Ray Romano goes solo tonight and tomorrow at the Mirage after his successful teaming with Brad Garrett – and won’t be censored if he reveals those X-rated one-liners that he used but were blacked out on last weekend’s Emmy broadcast.

*Actor comedian Dan Finnerty formed his Dan Band to do covers of originally female-performed pop songs, but added his own obscenity laced humor - and they are at the Hard Rock.

*“I’m So Excited” that I could “Jump” with the news that The Pointer Sisters will retro their hits of yesteryear with a Cannery concert where tickets are just $14.95. That gets a “Slow Hand” of very big applause.

*John Waite has a “price is right” concert in Ovation at Green Valley Ranch - because admission is FREE!!!!

*Ice-hockey fans will thrill to the “Frozen Fury” when the LA Kings face-off with the Colorado Avalanche as the stars skate onto thin ice at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in a pre-season showdown of strength - and fists!

*The Orleans Arena hosts a freestyle old-school explosion with the Sugar Hill Gang, Grandmaster Flash and 12 other musical acts including Company B and Expose.

*It’s the 2nd annual Rock ‘n’ Roll “Wine Amplified” Festival at the Mandalay Bay Beach when 50-plus wineries will be serving up more than 120 wines to the sounds of Sugar Ray - and maybe some other surprises!

*Legendary porn-prince Ron Jeremy signs copies of his racy life-story at love boutiques around town and wraps up the night with a party at Showgirls - but remember, that’s the totally nude club, so he’d better keep his clothes on!

Sun Sept 23:
*Now that Tangerine nightclub at the TI is open on Sunday evenings, it’s safe to expect weekly celebrity stay-overs. Tonight, Mickey Avalon, Andre Legacy and Dirt Nasty, better known as the Dyslexic Speed Readers, will rock it while hot DJ’s Kid Millionaire and Steve Aoki will spin the sounds from the turntables.

We’ll have the full weekend wrap-up from start to finish with photos of all the weekend parties around town - plus our usual weeklong run of exclusive headline grabbing stories! Don’t miss a single day of Luxe Life.

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