That’s like a third of the way to a roast dais right there. (Photo by Denise Truscello)
Upcoming Celebrity Aprentice-tress Lisa Lampanelli got a backstage guest during her Saturday night show at the Pearl. Kathy Griffin stopped in, while Joey Fatone watched the show from a skybox. Griffin dropped in on an episode of the second Celebrity Apprentice, so we’re going to go ahead and assume that a good portion of that backstage time was dedicated to shit-talking Melissa Rivers.
We’d like him to get a show on Bravo, just so we could watch the Fabulous Fabolous.
Spell-check nightmare Fabolous is heading up The Pearl at the Palms tonight with Jadakiss and Styles P. ( $39-$89, 9 p.m.). An afterparty is set for Moon. Meanwhile, English teachers all over the Valley will be quitely gnashing their teeth. We just hope they didn’t notice there was a Ke$ha concert this weekend, too. Click for more words and pictures »
No Southern gentleman Scott Weiland for you next Saturday.
Taking a cue from Iggy Pop, Stone Temple Pilots have postponed several dates, including their Sept. 24 show at The Pearl. The problem is due to Scott Weiland’s vocal cords, according to the STP Facebook:
Dr. Sid Khosla, Director of the UC Health Voice Center in Cincinnati – “Today myself, Dr. Eva Van Leer and ENT Dr, Keith Casper consulted with Mr. Weiland. Upon a video stroboscopy we determined his left vocal chord has likely scarring and his right vocal chord is tremendously inflamed. With such a heavy concert schedule and vocal activity we determined that Mr. Weiland could potentially run the risk of a vocal hemmorage or suffer permanent damage hence putting him on complete vocal rest.”
God, when is STP going to get a reliable frontman? Like Axl Rose.
A make-up date hasn’t yet been announced, and tickets purchased for that show will be honored on the new date. Refunds are available at point of purchase, for those inclined to gamble Weiland will drop dead before the show gets rescheduled. (Currently standing at 3-1 at the Wynn book.)
Necklaces over your ties? Come on, the ’70s. You’re better than that. (You’re really not better than that, are you?)
Rockosaurs Deep Purple are bringing the … purple thunder tonight at The Pearl. “Hush?” Coming at ya. “River Deep-Mountain High?” It’s happening. “Smoke on the Muthafuggin Water?” This is going down and there’s nothing you can do to stop it, you just have to lie back and accept the majesty of Ian Gillian wash over you. Click for more words and pictures »
That looks awfully big for tiny music. (Photos by Scott Harrison | Retna)
Unkillable rock zombie Scott Weiland and crew duck into The Pearl tonight for a little Stone Temple Pilots action. Finally, someone is going to do something about getting “Plush” played in public again. Not that we’re still bitter about him leaving Slash in the lurch on Velvet Revolver or anything. Oh, who are we kidding? We can’t stay mad at you, “Dead and Bloated.” Click for more words and pictures »
FACT: There has never been a picture of Dave Mustaine that isn’t ridiculous.
Of all the terrible, terrible things Disturbed has done — not the least of which is generating royalties for Phil Collins — bringing back the metal album cover mascot has to rank up there. We’re not anti-mascot. We’re just not into pale imitations of all the better metal bands that came before them. Which is weird, because we like Megadeth (and Vic Rattlehead, natch). From the glory days of bands with lovingly crafted logos and ubiquitous album mascots, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth hit the stage at The Pearl tonight. We met a butterfly the other day and asked him what he wanted …Click for more words and pictures »
We guess this means there won’t be a guest appearance by the salsa shark now.
Bearded dick-joke enthusiast Kevin Smith is postponing his live podcast shows slated for Nov. 12 and 13 at The Pearl inside the Palms. New dates will be announced, and anyone who’s already purchased tickets will have those seats honored. In lieu of an official statement on the postponement, we’ll assume it has something to do with Joey Lauren Adams. Click for more words and pictures »
Seriously, he wants you to come to his house party. He moved all the furniture to the garage and everything.
James Murphy brings LCD Soundsystem to The Pearl at the Palms tonight for all the indie-electro Daft Punk-loving goodness you could want. Of course, if you really wanted to go you’d have won tickets from us yesterday. It could’ve been you, too. Next time, step to it. Click for more words and pictures »
LCD Soundsystem is coming to The Pearl at the Palms at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Conveniently, we have tickets for the Tuesday 8 p.m. show at The Pearl. Why, if we synchronized our watches properly, we believe that means we have tickets to give away for LCD Soundsystem. What’s that? You’ll remain unconvinced until you see a video of nihilistic pandas abusing innocent musicians? Well, OK.
If you want to enter, you’ll have to follow us on Facebook or Twitter to enter. We’ll have your further instructions over there. We promise it won’t be complicated or painful. Now stop wasting your time, and get entering.
As stage time for legendary female bassists go, it’s a banner week in Vegas. Last Saturday saw The Pixies and Kim Deal absolutely destroy The Joint — including an insane trip through “Tame” and a version of “Into the White” played entirely behind an impenetrable bank of fog — and now Kim Gordon and Sonic Youth are at The Pearl tonight for the 21st anniversary of alt/indie record label Matador.
Oddly enough, one-time alt-darlings turned favorite-band-to-hate Weezer head up the Rolling Stone Rock Star Weekend at The Mirage with a gig at Bare tonight at 8 p.m. But fallen-from-grace indie poster children aren’t what we came to talk about.
The Matador Lost Weekend reads like a who’s who of college radio in the mid ’90s: Pavement, Liz Phair, Guided By Voices, Superchunk, Spoon, Yo La Tengo, Chavez. If it’s in your temporal wheelhouse means you either spent your Saturdays obsessively spinning these albums in your dorm, or desperately trying to get away from the guy who wouldn’t shut up about these albums.
There are additional gigs in the Palms Ballroom and karaoke at Little Buddha, but here’s the lineup for the main stage at The Pearl. Click for more words and pictures »
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