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The show is UP: THE WAYNER
January 6, 2010 – 7:27 pm | Comments Off
The show is UP: THE WAYNER

Here’s this week’s show. I gotta drive to LA to get a passport so we can go away on Friday to Canada, so can’t spend much more time jammering. No show for the next two…

LVW Col: Garth, Garth, Garth
January 6, 2010 – 6:36 pm | Comments Off
LVW Col: Garth, Garth, Garth

The Garth concert stuck with me in a way I’ve never felt in Vegas before. So I wrote a column about that. Then, last night at the Wynn, Elaine Wynn tells me that his second Saturday performance, when he did 150 minutes, was even …

The Strip is LIVE Sat w/ WAYNE NEWTON
January 1, 2010 – 11:49 pm | Comments Off
The Strip is LIVE Sat w/ WAYNE NEWTON

We’re live on Saturday from 4-6p PT at LVRocks.Com with the live version of this week’s “The Strip” podcast. We’ll play my blockbuster (no, really!) Wayne Newton interview starting at 4 pm and then Miles and I will record the normal parts of the show. Emily’s away so we’re using The Petcast time. Loads to banter …

Wynn v Scalpers, Round Deux
January 1, 2010 – 4:22 pm | Comments Off
Wynn v Scalpers, Round Deux

Psst! Want some Garth tix? Err, I mean, HEY YOU, WANT SOME GARTH TIX? Tonight begins the second weekend of Garth Brooks mania at Wynn Las Vegas. You might recall, Wynn has declared war on ticket brokers (aka scalpers) …

When Tweeting Makes You A Twit
December 21, 2009 – 12:25 pm | Comments Off
When Tweeting Makes You A Twit

Here’s this past week’s LVW col. Enjoy. -sf When Tweeting Makes You A Twit By STEVE FRIESS As Garth Brooks took to the Wynn Las Vegas stage this past weekend for the first three shows of his planned 300-performance stint, I laid on my couch…

Wynn Alters Garth Ticketing Plan
December 10, 2009 – 3:20 pm | Comments Off
Wynn Alters Garth Ticketing Plan

I’m working on a piece to post for one of my clients about the Garth Brooks ticketing and anti-scalping effort, but there was some news that I felt needed to get out NOW. In a letter to ticketholders that arrived yesterday, Wynn Resorts laid out a system that involved ticketholders and all of the people coming to see …

An Important Tweak in Wynn Scalping Policy
November 3, 2009 – 11:21 pm | Comments Off
An Important Tweak in Wynn Scalping Policy

Back when I first got on the soapbox about the potential disaster that is the Wynn-Garth Brooks anti-scalper crusade, I wrote this: I thought of a partial solution, but these rules don’t allow for it: Wynn should accept…

Garth Brooks Comes Out of Retirement to Perform in Las Vegas
October 16, 2009 – 8:48 am | Comments Off
Garth Brooks Comes Out of Retirement to Perform in Las Vegas

That’s right folks. There was a press conference held yesterday that confirms – Garth Brooks will be coming out of retirement to perform right here in Las Vegas, at the Encore inside of the Wynn. It will be the first of a series of concerts beginning on December 11th 2009. Tickets will start at $125 and …

Garth Brooks at the Wynn
October 15, 2009 – 3:42 pm | Comments Off
Garth Brooks at the Wynn

Putting his retirement on hold, Garth Brooks is coming to the Wynn showroom where Danny Gans took his final bow. Steve Wynn joined Brooks on his new stage today to make the announcement of Brooks’ upcoming concert series official. Tickets will go on sale October 24