Strip headliner Criss Angel back after COVID pause

The Kats! Bureau astatine this penning is Luxor sports book, which is really astatine the beforehand entranceway of Luxor Theater. I conscionable caught a media preview of “America’s Got Talent: Live!” The Vegas mentation of the NBC contention amusement has opened for previews.

Vegas performers Deadly Games, Preacher Lawson, Brandon Leake, Light Balance, Kodi Lee and Jimmie Herrod with The Silhouettes put connected a 30-minute illustration of the unrecorded show. Current champ Justin Tavella, Duo Transcend and The Clairvoyants are successful the show’s archetypal formed but didn’t execute the preview.

We tin study that 1 of these aforementioned acts has plans to execute successful the Arts District. Unbilled. On the street. More to beryllium revealed.

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Angel is back

Planet Hollywood headliner Criss Angel was knocked disconnected docket aft investigating affirmative for COVID, missing each performances from Oct. 27 done his instrumentality Wednesday night.

As the “Mindfreak” magic antheral said past Thursday, “I’m fantastic. I’m 100 percent. I’m excited to get backmost onstage arsenic soon arsenic possible.” It’s casual to spot why. Angel’s amusement has reportedly been selling retired consistently since coming backmost from interruption this summer.

And, those who saw Angel’s 100-foot straitjacket flight during the Raiders-Bears crippled astatine Allegiant Stadium connected Oct. 10 are inactive talking astir that stunt. Incredible.

B-b-b-b-bad

George Thorogood and the Destroyers close the instrumentality of the Fremont Street Experience Downtown Rocks escaped performance bid connected Saturday. The set takes implicit the 3rd Street Stage astatine 9 p.m. Feel the passionateness of specified classics arsenic “Bad to the Bone,” “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” and “I Drink Alone.”

The 71-year-old Thorogood’s vocation is tied to the Rolling Stones, rocking Allegiant Stadium connected Saturday night. Thorogood was 1 of the Stones’ opening acts connected their 1981 “Tattoo You” tour. The J. Geils Band and a budding endowment called Prince besides opened connected that tour.

Marquee match

Marquee Nightclub astatine the Cosmopolitan is invoking immoderate circus sideshow enactment with “The Greatest Show connected Earth” opening 10 p.m. Sunday.

The amusement borrows from the slogan agelong utilized by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

We person specified sideshow practitioners arsenic a contortionist, occurrence breather, magician, ballet dancer, clown, mime (because mime is money) and gypsy. A ringleader is astatine the helm, orchestrating (we think) the club’s vessel service. Everyone is donned successful circus-inspired costumes, with a nightclub flair.

Sunday’s DJ headliner is Flo Rida, followed by Lil Jon (Nov. 14) and Mustard (Nov. 21). The nine offers complimentary admittance for locals, and the enactment runs until “late.” Plan accordingly.

Lasso that crowd

An denotation concern is not backmost to pre-pandemic levels, “Atomic Saloon Show” has mailed a two-for-one summons connection to Nevada residents for the remainder of this year. Mid-capacity shows are inactive showing sluggish sales, with producers saying the downturn coincides with the instrumentality of the mandatory-mask mandate successful July.

The instrumentality of planetary question this period volition assistance business, and truthful volition the relaxing of disguise rules (safely, natch) whenever that tin happen.

Elsewhere connected the Strip, “Love” astatine Mirage is reportedly under-performing successful Cirque’s reopening successful Vegas. All Cirque shows are struggling midweek, but The Beatles accumulation is particularly challenged. But “O” and “Mystere” stay comparatively healthy.

He’s Officer Bob

Season 16 “So You Think You Can Dance” champ Bailey “Bailrok” Muñoz has been successful the formed of ‘iLuminate” astatine The Strat since the show’s relaunch connected Oct. 8.

This is either precise sneaky casting, oregon the effect of a formed disguised successful LED costumes portion dancing successful the dark.

But Muñoz has been playing the relation of Officer Bob successful creator Miral Kotb’s adventurous signifier amusement (I’ll find retired wherefore that is germane erstwhile I spot the updated production). Muñoz was besides a finalist connected Season 5 of “AGT,” and has grooved it up with Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, Chris Brown, Gwen Stefani, and Will Smith, and wields a mean baton.

Chesnoff’s cigar bar

David Chesnoff has taken connected myriad high-profile cases involving celebrated and infamous clients successful his agelong vocation arsenic a Las Vegas attorney. The erstwhile instrumentality spouse of Oscar Goodman successful his pre-mayoral era, Chesnoff is representing Henry Ruggs III now.

The tribunal lawsuit is not interrupting Chesnoff’s entrepreneurial ventures connected the Strip. The lawyer is moving from the courtroom to the cigar barroom connected Thursday for the opening of his Eight Cigar Bar astatine Resorts World Las Vegas. Chesnoff and concern spouse Giuseppe Bravo are co-hosting the ceremonial launch, wherever specified quality makers (and erstwhile Chesnoff clients) arsenic Mike Tyson, Instagram leader Dan Bilzerian and poker prima Phil Ivey are scheduled to locomotion the reddish carpet.

Actor Michael Culditz (“Southland,” “Band of Brothers,” “The Walking Dead”) is besides to beryllium successful the mix, we expect with stogie successful hand.

The 7,000-square-foot venue offers a 2,200-square-foot terrace with a presumption of the Strip. The sanction is inspired by the fortunate fig 8 successful Chinese culture.

Cool Hang Alert

The Sand Dollar Lounge boasts specified favourite Cool Hang elements arsenic FizzyWater, prime unrecorded amusement and prime foodstuffs. Pizza, successful this case. At 10 p.m. Friday, the Las Vegas Blues Society’s unfastened jam is returning for the archetypal clip since pre-pandemic. This is simply a bent and a half, folks. No cover. Fizzy. Pizza. Get there.

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