Quick hits and news bits from our scene:
— “Weezer: The Gathering” is stopping at T-Mobile Arena on Oct. 23 (tickets on sale at 10 a.m. Pacific time April 3 at AXS.com). The tour starring the catchy, “nerd rock” outfit from L.A. comes after the sold-out “Return to the Blue Planet” tour, celebrating 30 years of “Weezer (The Blue Album),” and the “Hella Mega Tour,” the 2021-22 series with Green Day and Fall Out Boy.
Founded in 1992, Weezer will also be releasing a single on Wednesday (April Fools’ Day), titled “Shine Again,” which the band emphasizes is not an April Fools’ joke.
Th song is from their forthcoming, still-untitled new album, release date to be announced. That’s also not an April Fools’ joke.
More Von Teese, please
Burlesque headliner Dita Von Teese is extending her residency at Voltaire at The Venetian through the end of the year. Those dates are to be added ASAP. The new dates cross her second anniversary, which is in September, at the fab venue.
Taking another shot
Cheapshot on Fremont East is going after the open-mic, piano bar community once more. The venue was to open for previews on Thursday night, Kenny Davidsen hosting on that night and Saturdays. Piano stalwart Spadoni (it’s fun to say) is also in the mix.
This is a full-circle moment at the Corner Bar Management venue, which took over the space previously occupied by Don’t Tell Mama seven years ago. Davidsen and that bar were moved to Neonopolis, where the venue slid into obscurity before closing on Valentine’s Day.
Some solid buzz about …
“ClueX,” which has moved into Notoriety Live at the above-referenced Neonopolis. The show is produced by writer and director Simone Skold, costumes and hair by Jason Bennett and Allen Bracken.
The show is part burlesque, part parody, part immersive mystery. Sounds like any first-time visit to Neonopolis (ka-POW!), but we’re looking forward to seeing this one.
Your VegasVille Moment …
I called Las Vegas trumpet master and music director Lon Bronson on Monday to ask about the old showrooms at the Riviera, where he worked as the sound guy for “Evening at La Cage” in the mid-1980s. This inquiry was related to our Neon cover story about vintage showrooms.
Bronson took the call and said, “You’re probably calling about that text I just sent.”
“What text?” I asked.
At that moment my phone flashed with a message from Bronson, with a link to “Kozmic Blues Show — Janis & Jimi: The Concert That Should Have Been.”
“This is really cosmic,” Bronson said of the coincidental, random call-text timing.
Most important, “Kozmic Blues” is 8 p.m. (doors at 7 p.m.) Saturday at the Chrome Showroom at Santa Fe Station. The production stars Michelle Rohl as Janis Joplin, in a passionate, full-voiced performance; and Erik Keaton of “Gimme Hendrix,” with his fiery tribute to the guitar icon.
I’ve caught Rohl’s show a couple of times and it is truly amazing. Go to ticketmaster.com for the requisite intel.
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