{"id":91775,"date":"2023-09-04T03:18:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T10:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=91775"},"modified":"2023-09-06T18:25:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T01:25:34","slug":"las-vegas-showstoppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2023\/09\/04\/las-vegas-showstoppers\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Showstoppers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Powerhouse vocalist <strong>Adele <\/strong>is known as a showstopper.&nbsp; And at a show at <em>Caesars<\/em> <em>Palace<\/em> in Las Vegas, she did that \u2013 literally.&nbsp; During a rendition of \u201cWater Under the Bridge\u201d, she stopped singing and addressed the crowd.&nbsp; \u201cWhat is going on there with that young fan who\u2019s been bothered so much since I came on for standing up?\u201d&nbsp; The fan in question raised his hand.&nbsp; \u201cWhat\u2019s going on with him?&nbsp; Yes, you, with your hand up.&nbsp; Yes, you.&nbsp; Why are you all bothering him?&nbsp; Can you leave him alone, please?\u201d&nbsp; Security walked away.&nbsp; Pleased with herself, Adele continued.&nbsp; \u201cThey won\u2019t bother you anymore, darling.&nbsp; You enjoy the show.&nbsp; Leave him alone.\u201d&nbsp; Before going back to the song, she added, \u201cSorry, guys.&nbsp; He\u2019s been bothered the whole show by security and other people sitting behind him.\u201d&nbsp; Well, I can\u2019t blame the people sitting behind him \u2013 they probably couldn\u2019t see a thing!&nbsp; \u201cHe\u2019s here to have fun.&nbsp; All of you are here to have fun.\u201d&nbsp; Unless you\u2019re sitting behind him \u2013 then you\u2019re on your own!<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Las Vegas, we have some exciting news.&nbsp; I\u2019ve already told you that the vivacious <strong>Varla Jean Merman <\/strong>will be performing at the <em>Westgate <\/em>on October 3-5 (on the eve of <strong><em>Las Vegas Pride<\/em><\/strong>).&nbsp; That same week, Vegas will welcome another luminary with her own residency.&nbsp; The <em>Queen of Burlesque<\/em>, <strong>Dita Von Teese<\/strong>, will take to the stage of the <em>Jubilee Theatre <\/em>starting October 5<sup>th<\/sup>.&nbsp; <strong><em>Dita <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Las Vegas<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>: A Jubilant Review<\/em><\/strong> will be staged at <em>Horseshoe Las Vegas <\/em>(previously <em>Bally\u2019s<\/em>) \u2013 the former home of <strong>Fluff LeCoque<\/strong>.&nbsp; The press release promises it will be \u201cthe most lavishly staged burlesque production ever, anywhere\u201d.&nbsp; That\u2019s good enough for me to book a flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Powerhouse vocalist Adele is known as a showstopper.&nbsp; And at a show at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, she did that \u2013 literally.&nbsp; During a rendition of \u201cWater Under the Bridge\u201d, she stopped singing and addressed the crowd.&nbsp; \u201cWhat is going on there with that young fan who\u2019s been bothered so much since I came<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91775"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91780,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91775\/revisions\/91780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}