Would somebody PLEASE high-five Nicky Romero already? He’s been waiting like that all day.

Nicky Romero does Marquee this evening. We’re pretty sure he’s not a relation, but we would be so into DJ George Romero. We’d love to hear his jams “Brains (Remix),” “Brains (Dub Edit)” and “No, I’m Not Kidding Around, I Want Some Brains (Avicii vs. Tiesto)” Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Now with 80 percent more Canadian pop. (Photo by FremantleMedia)

The Library at Marquee is doing Celebrity Karaoke now, and coming in to belt out tunes last night were Tia Carrere and Joey Fatone. The boy bander channeled his inner Bryan Adams for “Summer of ’69,” though we’ve yet to receive any confirmation that Carrere countered with “Ballroom Blitz.” Just one time we’d like to be at a club where a man in the back shouts “Everyone attack!” Is that too much to ask?

By Jason Scavone

(Photos by Gabe Zapata | SpyOnVegas.com)

We know airline and baggage fees are out of control, but learning how to stuff yourself inside a carry-on seems like an extreme way to get around it.

By Jason Scavone

Hey, nice of Ric Ocasek circa 1979 to come out tonight.

Hardwell is at Marquee tonight. Which is not, as we excitedly thought at first, Haddaway. God, it’s never Haddaway, is it? Except in that Night at the Roxbury movie, we guess. But there are some things that not even Haddaway is worth. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Nice of the bad guy from House Party to hang out in the background. (Photos by Brenton Ho, Al Powers)

Rye Rye, which is, coincidentally, how we order liquor (“Rye.” “Want anything with that?” “Rye.”) was at Lavo on Saturday to break out “Boom Boom” (she is, apparently, the Johnny Two-Times of pop music) and “Never Will Be Mine” (which we assume was originally titled “Never Never Will Will Be Be Mine Mine”).

Earlier, over at Marquee, Avicii got things going at Marquee Dayclub, where Brody Jenner and the Redskins’ DeAngelo Hall were hanging out. Tao, meanwhile, saw Lance Bass in for dinner. Boy bands clearly hate pool parties. They’re like cats. They hate it when you get them wet.

By Jason Scavone

Now, picture him in swimmies.

This is the weekend pool season is snapping to attention. On today’s docket for high-profile openings, Avicii spins for the start of Marquee Dayclub. He still looks like he’ll have to get out when the lifeguards call for adults-only swimming. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Hey, that rhymes.

Tao Group’s Down Under excursion came to fruition last night with the opening of Marquee Sydney, bringing out a host of pretty much exactly who you’d expect to see at one of these things. Vanessa and Nick Lachey, Joe Jonas, Ashlee Simpson, Kellan Lutz, Minka Kelly, Paris Hilton, Will.i.am, Abbie Cornish, Jermaine Dupri, Redfoo, Slash and the really-being-linked-together-all-the-time-to-the-dismay-of-Derek-Jeter Minka Kelly and Wilmer Valderrama.

The joint down there has a Boom Box Room and Library as well, but it also features lock boxes on the table for your bottle — because the Aussies have rules about free pour that means waitresses have to pour every drink. Which is going to be damn inconvenient if some other asshole at the next table over won’t stop awkwardly flirting with your girl while you’re waiting for a refill.

There was also an Aussie reporter who asked Paris if Afrojack was going to play any Right Said Fred. Australians: Drinking. Fighting. Fucking with Paris. Is there anything they can’t do?

By Jason Scavone

See? Don’t you want to work with this sort of curvy … duck? (Photo by Amit Dadlaney | SpyOnVegas.com)

Pool season is practically upon us, which means all the dayclubs are staffing up. Marquee kicks off its bikini-clad hiring process today until 5 p.m., then tomorrow through Friday and March 13-16 from noon to 5 p.m. Bring your beach attire to Tao to try to land your summer gig. Just don’t bring a beach ball because it will apparently be blown to Pennsylvania if you let it go today.

By Jason Scavone

Soldier. (Photo by Al Powers | SpyOnVegas.com)

Erick Morillo was spinning at Marquee around 5 a.m. on Sunday morning when he stepped on a Champagne flute — that cut through his shoe and into his foot. So he did what anyone would do in that situation. He kept the 5 a.m. crowd entertained while he had a roadie pull out the glass and an EMT bandage up his foot. Without stopping his set. Erick Morillo: The Willis Reed of DJs.

By Jason Scavone

Awards season, everybody! (Photos by Al Powers)

Nightclub & Bar already named Marquee its top Vegas megaclub, and it recently said the Cosmopolitan spot is the new top-grossing club in the country (at $70 million-$80 million per year, knocking XS off the top of the pile), but they’ve saved the best announcement for last.

When the Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show goes down March 12-14 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Pauly Shore will be their keynote speaker.

Sadly, that keynote address isn’t “From Son in Law to Marketing Director: The Pauly Shore/Pure Connection.” No, it’s going to be “Continuing the Legacy of The Comedy Store Isn’t Always a Laughing Matter.” His mother, Mitzi, has owned the famous L.A. comedy club for years.

As for that Top 100, Las Vegas again crushed. Eight of the top 10 are local (only LIV in Miami at No. 5 and Lavo New York at No. 10 prevented the sweep). After Marquee and XS, it goes Tao (3), Pure (4), LAX (6), Haze (7), Surrender (8), The Bank (9), Lavo (11), Tryst (13), Vanity (19), Ghostbar (20), Drai’s (21), Moon (23), Gold (30), Playboy Club (35), Rain (42), Chandelier (46), Studio 54 (59), Krave (60), Stoney’s (67), and Lagasse’s Stadium (81). That’s right. Our sports bar made more money than 19 other joints in the country.

By Jason Scavone