Who would see Stevie in Vegas again?

[golden braid]

I'm curious as to how many people would go see Stevie again in Vegas or for the first time if she continues to play there. If she plays once a year I think I would definitely want to go. Of course if she plays twice a year I would want to go too but that could get really expensive.

[amber]

I would, for sure, if I had the money, which is doubtful, but you know what I mean. I totally would. Totally. Only I'd try to bring all my own food, so as not to spend $25 every 4 hours when I was hungry.... :laugh:

[StevieNicksEO17]

I would definitely go! I never went the first time but after hearing all the stories that went on I really want to go. Well, even if I didn't hear those stories I still wanted to go. :)

[LeighB04]

Sure - I'm not that into Vegas, but if she put some effort into putting something spectacular together visually, I'd go. More so because she seems to save her voice far too much on tour, and it seems like she's reading her songs, rather than getting into them - as she did in Vegas. The passion she showed on Saturday night was worth the trip. But she really has to:

Get prettier (yet still comfy) shoes!
Get a set designer (not her brother)
Get a merchandising person (again, not her brother!)
Learn to do more with her songs - her effort with Beauty & Beast was closer to what I would expect from a continual or limited enegagement in Vegas. If she can do that for all her songs, I'd relocate!

(Stevie dear, call me if you're short on ideas!)

[Serrart]

I would go for sure, from Paula's photos I've seen there's also a small Colosseum there so I would feel home. :D Seriously I want to see her in concert and as soon as my work and my finances would allow me, I'd go too see her, in which city it would be isn't that important to me.

Besides I have to see chocolate fountain. :nod:

Romy

[SuzeQuze]

in a heartbeat! I had the best time and I still have not even crashed from it! :blob1:

[LiquidBlue5000]

Well, i had a blast in Vegas... i loved the city and i loved the shows.. so i would absolutely go again.. and again :thumbsup:

[skcin]

Time of your life...

Yes. In a heartbeat. Without question. :thumbsup:

Now, would hubby be OK with me spending $1000 to fly to Vegas, stay 2 nights & see two shows again? That's another story. :o

[WelshWitchPMD]

I am not too sure if I would go again. I was expecting a bit more. Don't get me wrong she looked great and sounded great but I was hoping that she would at least walk around with the mic and do something a bit different.
Vegas is not my kind of place either, however I did like the buffets. :] I am quiet and I don't drink or do clubs. I also don't have hundreds of dollars to spend on the stores that they have out there, too. I like bargains! The walking was insane, too! I will need to bring a spare set of feet if I do go next time. :eek:

[GypsySorcerer]

Most likely, yes. :) I would most likely just fly out for a show or two and leave. My feet/ankles are still recovering.

[strandinthewind]

I am not too sure if I would go again. I was expecting a bit more. Don't get me wrong she looked great and sounded great but I was hoping that she would at least walk around with the mic and do something a bit different.
Vegas is not my kind of place either, however I did like the buffets. :] I am quiet and I don't drink or do clubs. I also don't have hundreds of dollars to spend on the stores that they have out there, too. I like bargains! The walking was insane, too! I will need to bring a spare set of feet if I do go next time. :eek:

LOL - and I DRAGGED you to every bar in the joint :laugh:

[dissention]

I don't know if I'd go. It sounds like a fun, intimate show and I've been blown away by her voice from what I've heard, but I just can't justify spending all that money on travel and expenses just to see a concert. I'm a cheapskate, I suppose.

[strandinthewind]

I don't know if I'd go. It sounds like a fun, intimate show and I've been blown away by her voice from what I've heard, but I just can't justify spending all that money on travel and expenses just to see a concert. I'm a cheapskate, I suppose.

I would fly you up there just to see you guffaw at the vegas buildings, the best of which are the older ones where the old timers are still strapped to a slot machine with a cig. supported by their upper lip and playing for free booze :eek:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Pending that I was able to skip out of Jersey, absofrigginloutely. I had an amazing time.

[austin75]

First of All I love Stephanie lynn Nicks ! However I must concur that We were a little misled in regards to "Never before Seen concert event" at Caesers in the Showbiz magazine I read in my room suite at the Flamingo hotel ! Also the infamous Jim Ladd interview on the radio was instrumental in getting everyones hopes up for a stellar SHOW! LIghts Costumes Makeup video screens Etc etc ! Well if it was at Aladdin or House of Blues maybe I would have settled on a show so simply mounted however it was booked at Caesers Palace Coliseum ! So I am well aware that Stevie is all about the music but why not a backdrop that shows maybe one full video or perhaps footage we all can watch at the fantastic site THE INIMITABLE STEVIE NICKS! Flashing a projector with water bubbles screens and showing white horses run into the distance worries me did i come to see an 8th grade slide show on bird imagery during Edge of 17 i guess so ! All I wanted was to see Stevie's Face and a little RAZZLE DAZZLE ! How about some mystical scenery stevie could walk through as she is singing songs like the belladonna tree and moonlight backdrop back in the day....and the days go by Cry! is how i feel about the concert ...I was trying to forget that i just saw Enchanted part two with velcro patch slap on apron costume changes and black hitops at the yard sale down the street wear ......In fact enchanted box set photo album was more of a journey through the hits then Concert Visuals which is a crew management faux pas ........And why bring back Lori Nicks to avoid doing nightbird and bella donna ! I encourage all of you too watch video feeds on site i mentioned above where you can see interviews rare clips solid gold and Sat Nit live performances with sharon and lori ! HOwever Beauty and the Beast was simply amazing and ended the show on the right track !at least it was a full video behind the song ! there is somuch to say ! more later

[LeighB04]

I absolutely agree! It could have been so much more spectacular. But, when she said "2 months ago" that she'd come to see Celine and Elton and get ideas for the show, that made me think they just didn't have the time to put something huge together. But, if she thinks that the hours she referred to going through all the old videos and home movies and then just showing loops of her dancing is not going to be a let down, she's in cuckoo land!

It was a horribly expensive trip (2 nights at the Luxor!!), and my feet, legs, back are going to need time to recover. If there is a next time, and it's a better visual show, I'll make the trip - fly in, see it, get out asap.

Perhaps all these posts will filter back to her people and they'll spend more time and effort in future.

[all the same]

Absolutely! Any opportunity to see Stevie Nicks, lose the farm on the slot machines and eat fantastic food is time well spent to me! :thumbsup:

[LeighB04]

... and don't forget "All The Same", you and I are doing the merch and set design for her next Vegas run!

[xxxmx]

next time i go, and i pray that there are many 'next times,' i will stay at a cheaper hotel or split with more people (now that i've met a few of you). i really don't feel like i spent an immense amount of money on this, at least i don't feel like i spent too much? as i figure it, i've spent far more for much less.

the financially retarded person that i am tells me that i can do this twice a year, and i only hope that the opportunity presents itself so frequently.

[SuzeQuze]

next time i go, and i pray that there are many 'next times,' i will stay at a cheaper hotel or split with more people (now that i've met a few of you). i really don't feel like i spent an immense amount of money on this, at least i don't feel like i spent too much? as i figure it, i've spent far more for much less.

the financially retarded person that i am tells me that i can do this twice a year, and i only hope that the opportunity presents itself so frequently.

:lol: Yeah, I'm feeling like, "no problem, I can swing it!" But when I really thought about what I spent it came to about $1000. I budgeted $100 a day for spending money and spent every dime. Vegas is expensive! I saved a butt load on the hotel though by sharing with 3 other fabulous ladies which I would also do again in a heartbeat. :wavey:

[wondergirl9847]

Vegas is not my kind of place either, however I did like the buffets. :] I am quiet and I don't drink or do clubs. I also don't have hundreds of dollars to spend on the stores that they have out there, too. I like bargains! The walking was insane, too! I will need to bring a spare set of feet if I do go next time. :eek:

Girl, you are like, my twin. LOL I am quiet too, don't drink or like loud clubs. Bargains, woohoo!! I remember walking in Vegas with my parents back in 1998. We were out until 1AM...sheebus, the walking! I wear tennis shoes, so it was okay, but still. :laugh:

P.S. Sharing rooms totally rules...it's cheaper and more fun. Ledgies going to events and becoming friends is greatness and works out sometimes regarding costs. :thumbsup:

[jkmaletic]

I spent a lot of money, but it was worth it and YES I'd go again.

~Jamie

[catinthedark]

I'm hoping she does another stint there - like, in the fall maybe. I'm going to California then, and Vegas isn't that far...

:)

I was disappointed there wasn't a little more variation in the setlist, but I'd go, based on the fabulous reviews from people. Also, I know, no matter what, I'd have an amazing time. I love Stevie too much. She could never disappoint me in concert.

[GateandGarden]

Vegas is not my kind of place either, however I did like the buffets. :] I am quiet and I don't drink or do clubs.I agree. I think I would try it if I lived closer to Vegas, but the whole atmosphere isn't my thing at all. I don't like clubs and even though I do like to drink I really only like to do it at home and in relative moderation.

[MacMan]

I'd do it again for sure... This time I'd do more then one show though... But I agree with pretty much everyone... They need to spend a little cashola on the vids and the set design and hire a real designer. I think the short amount of time she had between agreeing to perform and performing caused the lack of use of the vid screen, [which by the way, I just read in the Vegas magazine from the hotel room], the Coliseum has the largest LED screen in North America at the back of the stage which Celine and Elton use. Celine obviously had a designer, and if anyone didn't know - David LaChappelle designed Eltons set-up (he's the guy that took the cover photo for The Dance, and also the colourfull, yet bizarre, Stevie photo where she's holding that umbrella... Anyway... If she could hire THAT guy to put something together, I could see her going back once or even twice a year... That would be (I think) really cool... And I'd definetly go back.

[strandinthewind]

Interestingly, she put effort into the images used. I mean she had to buy the right to use B&B in her show and someone had to edit and format it. She also used the scenes from that Tom Cruise movie about the unicorns, which required the same. The glass looking faces were also photos of scultures we say in a shop next to the 40 foot tall David. So, she put effort into it. I just think that while it was cool, it could have been cooler. Of course, I think everything can always be cooler :laugh:

[GypsySorcerer]

Interestingly, she put effort into the images used. I mean she had to buy the right to use B&B in her show and someone had to edit and format it. She also used the scenes from that Tom Cruise movie about the unicorns, which required the same. The glass looking faces were also photos of scultures we say in a shop next to the 40 foot tall David. So, she put effort into it. I just think that while it was cool, it could have been cooler. Of course, I think everything can always be cooler :laugh:

I think she put effort into it as well. My main problems were those floating columns :eek: and that animated dove. But vocally, she was so strong, I didn't mind so much.

[strandinthewind]

I think she put effort into it as well. My main problems were those floating columns :eek: and that animated dove. But vocally, she was so strong, I didn't mind so much.

When I first saw them coming down, I thought they were the ship pipes from Celine's Titanic set :eek: :laugh:

[Kelly]

Interestingly, she put effort into the images used. I mean she had to buy the right to use B&B in her show and someone had to edit and format it. She also used the scenes from that Tom Cruise movie about the unicorns, which required the same. The glass looking faces were also photos of scultures we say in a shop next to the 40 foot tall David. So, she put effort into it. I just think that while it was cool, it could have been cooler. Of course, I think everything can always be cooler :laugh:

What do you mean Strandie? She put NO effort into this entire gig. :laugh:


I enjoyed the show and liked most of what she did on the screens. The set was fine imho. I would have loved Civil War Stand Back or something but that is my dream or fantasy and apparently not what Stevie wanted for her show.

[CreepingDeath]

I would in a heartbeat. No questions asked. ;)

Since I live in Vegas, I don't think I could stand not to go when she's in town.

[strandinthewind]

What do you mean Strandie? She put NO effort into this entire gig. :laugh:


I enjoyed the show and liked most of what she did on the screens. The set was fine imho. I would have loved Civil War Stand Back or something but that is my dream or fantasy and apparently not what Stevie wanted for her show.


I know - AND I will be the first to say I called her lame, crazy, and lazy when I found out the set list and before the reviews. As I have said before, I was flat out wrong, esp. referring to B&B from the opening night, esp. after 4:00 into it. What a woman. Again, I sobbed with pride and awe just like Suzanne Sugarbaker when she caught her fire baton after it hit the transformer showering the audience with sparks :eek:

[macfanken]

I'm curious as to how many people would go see Stevie again in Vegas or for the first time if she continues to play there. If she plays once a year I think I would definitely want to go. Of course if she plays twice a year I would want to go too but that could get really expensive.

I'd go back... especially after spending one of my Las Vegas days in bed, sick. :eek: I really didn't get to see the town... I feel like I deserve another day in Las Vegas, and another Nicks concert would be cool too!

[sodascouts]

Vegas isn't really my kind of town. I discovered after losing $20 in two minutes at roulette that gambling was not for me, and after that's been eliminated as entertainment, all that's left is the expensive shows and shopping.

I'd go back once a year to see Stevie if she changed things up for her shows, but I'd have to work to figure out what to do with my time in Vegas otherwise!

[strandinthewind]

Vegas isn't really my kind of town. I discovered after losing $20 in two minutes at roulette that gambling was not for me, and after that's been eliminated as entertainment, all that's left is the expensive shows and shopping.

I'd go back once a year to see Stevie if she changed things up for her shows, but I'd have to work to figure out what to do with my time in Vegas otherwise!

Lord Child - Roulette is SUCH a sucker game :laugh: 21 is the only game in town if you are out to win - and you better know the rules, which essentially are always assume the dealer has a card worth 10 (face or an actual 10) underneath and they will hit to a ten - you base your hits on that prmise, which is hit to 17 or let them bust :cool:

[dissention]

Interestingly, she put effort into the images used. I mean she had to buy the right to use B&B in her show and someone had to edit and format it. She also used the scenes from that Tom Cruise movie about the unicorns, which required the same. The glass looking faces were also photos of scultures we say in a shop next to the 40 foot tall David. So, she put effort into it. I just think that while it was cool, it could have been cooler. Of course, I think everything can always be cooler :laugh:

Has it been established that she used clips from Legend? I didn't know she had it in her budget to use clips from two films. :laugh:

[strandinthewind]

Has it been established that she used clips from Legend? I didn't know she had it in her budget to use clips from two films. :laugh:

It most def. was Legend, unless I saw it totally wrong. But, I LOVE that movie "ahhhh twas beauty who led beast to bay" :eek: - it was the running in the river scene with both unicorns. I wonder if she just called the owner of the rights of that movie and called in a favor. Maybe she knows Ridley Scott or some other person.

[dissention]

It most def. was Legend, unless I saw it totally wrong. But, I LOVE that movie "ahhhh twas beauty who led beast to bay" :eek: - it was the running in the river scene with both unicorns. I wonder if she just called the owner of the rights of that movie and called in a favor. Maybe she knows Ridley Scott or some other person.

She'd have to call Universal to use it to my knowledge. In any case, I'll be able to tell when the DVD surfaces because I know that damned movie like the back of my hand. Drove my mother nuts with it as a child. :laugh: I wonder who owns the rights to Beauty and the Beast, though. I know that Criterion released it on DVD and it cost an arm and freaking leg to buy it, so I can imagine how much it cost to use clips if they own the rights. :shocked:

[strandinthewind]

She'd have to call Universal to use it to my knowledge. In any case, I'll be able to tell when the DVD surfaces because I know that damned movie like the back of my hand. Drove my mother nuts with it as a child. :laugh: I wonder who owns the rights to Beauty and the Beast, though. I know that Criterion released it on DVD and it cost an arm and freaking leg to buy it, so I can imagine how much it cost to use clips if they own the rights. :shocked:


I know - I could swear it was the stream scenes though.

[SuzeQuze]

I know - I could swear it was the stream scenes though.

I think you're right, although it's been many years since I saw the film so I could be wrong. But if my memory serves me it's the same scene.

[strandinthewind]

Maybe Haley knows something about this - or at least the process.

[diamondsnake]

I would in a heartbeat. No questions asked. ;)

Since I live in Vegas, I don't think I could stand not to go when she's in town.
Kimberly, let me ask you something. How can you stand the dry weather? I was drinking so much water and still my throat and eyes and skin were so dry. And this wasn't even in the heat of the summer yet. Do you just get used to it? I'm from Florida where it is very humid so maybe the dramatic shift in climates just wasn't good for me.

I really envy all the shopping you have in Vegas though! And the fact that you get so many great entertainers!

[LiquidBlue5000]

I'd go back... especially after spending one of my Las Vegas days in bed, sick. :eek: I really didn't get to see the town... I feel like I deserve another day in Las Vegas, and another Nicks concert would be cool too!

Same here, Ken.. losing my voice on wednesday wasn't fun either.. i think i deserve another day in Vegas where i can speak freely :lol: :woohoo:

[CreepingDeath]

Kimberly, let me ask you something. How can you stand the dry weather? I was drinking so much water and still my throat and eyes and skin were so dry. And this wasn't even in the heat of the summer yet. Do you just get used to it? I'm from Florida where it is very humid so maybe the dramatic shift in climates just wasn't good for me.

I really envy all the shopping you have in Vegas though! And the fact that you get so many great entertainers!

I guess I'm just used to it. I haven't lived anywhere else, so I've adapted. I've had friends visit and their hair has fallen out from the dryness. :eek: You're lucky you came when you did actually. Another few months and it will be 110 + w/ zero humidity.

[all the same]

I guess I'm just used to it. I haven't lived anywhere else, so I've adapted. I've had friends visit and their hair has fallen out from the dryness. :eek: You're lucky you came when you did actually. Another few months and it will be 110 + w/ zero humidity.

Las Vegas is a fabulous city! Where else can you walk through a mall and see a thunder storm? I love Vegas!!!

[Livia]

Lord Child - Roulette is SUCH a sucker game :laugh: 21 is the only game in town if you are out to win - and you better know the rules, which essentially are always assume the dealer has a card worth 10 (face or an actual 10) underneath and they will hit to a ten - you base your hits on that prmise, which is hit to 17 or let them bust :cool:

And split aces and eights!

[strandinthewind]

And split aces and eights!
:nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod:

[desertangel]

Well, it had been a very long time since my daughter or I had been to Vegas, so we had to do the Vegas thing just a bit. We also stayed 2 nights at the Luxor and it WAS very expensive. We also budgeted $100 per person a day spending money and found it to be almost not enough. That covered food, drinks, souveniers, incidentals, rides, rental car and a bit of gambling. It was a shoestring budget and I managed to piss my daughter off several times by saying "no, we're not going to buy that." Hey... what are moms for?

Would I do it again? In a heartbeat, but give me a chance to pay off this trip first. I agree with some of the reasons already mentioned;

Intimate venue
Not a full blown tour, so she doesn't hold back as much vocally
I get to travel, which is rare for me.

Would I do anything differently? YES! I would stay at Best Western, use taxis, eat at Coco's and fly out the next day.

Someday I would like to go back for the purpose of going from one end of the strip to the other, up one side and down the other going in and out of every casino because they're FASCINATING from the outside. And Caesar's little shopping street was awesome. I'm afraid it would take weeks tho. Seems the intent when you get inside one of those casinos is to make you get lost amongst the high end stores and slot machines. I was tempted to stroll into Dolce and see if they had anything my size I could slip on and slink in front of the mirror in, but I doubt they have size 12 of ANYTHING. :D


Laura

PS: I have to add this... it would need to be a special show, like this one was, with lots of old songs. Otherwise, I might be too tempted to wait for the tour to come to my town. Oh... and I would try a LOT harder to get a better seat and I would travel alone. It's not fair to drag other people into this craziness of mine. :] ... okay, I'll stop. :lol:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Well, it had been a very long time since my daughter or I had been to Vegas, so we had to do the Vegas thing just a bit. We also stayed 2 nights at the Luxor and it WAS very expensive. We also budgeted $100 per person a day spending money and found it to be almost not enough. That covered food, drinks, souveniers, incidentals, rides, rental car and a bit of gambling. It was a shoestring budget and I managed to piss my daughter off several times by saying "no, we're not going to buy that." Hey... what are moms for?

Would I do it again? In a heartbeat, but give me a chance to pay off this trip first. I agree with some of the reasons already mentioned;

Intimate venue
Not a full blown tour, so she doesn't hold back as much vocally
I get to travel, which is rare for me.

Would I do anything differently? YES! I would stay at Best Western, use taxis, eat at Coco's and fly out the next day.

Someday I would like to go back for the purpose of going from one end of the strip to the other, up one side and down the other going in and out of every casino because they're FASCINATING from the outside. And Caesar's little shopping street was awesome. I'm afraid it would take weeks tho. Seems the intent when you get inside one of those casinos is to make you get lost amongst the high end stores and slot machines. I was tempted to stroll into Dolce and see if they had anything my size I could slip on and slink in front of the mirror in, but I doubt they have size 12 of ANYTHING. :D


Laura

I'm sorry I missed you when I was there but i'm glad to hear that you guys had a great time. Did you end up going to Margaritaville on Tuesday night??

[desertangel]

I'm sorry I missed you when I was there but i'm glad to hear that you guys had a great time. Did you end up going to Margaritaville on Tuesday night??


Were you at the Luxor on 5/10-5/12? We did stop by Margaritaville for just a few minutes. My daughter is the type who likes to run the show, so it got kinda hard trying to please both of us during our stay. I wanted to do the fan thing and she wanted to do everything else. Oh well... next time I won't be such a super chicken and will travel alone! :laugh:

Sorry to have missed you too and everyone else. I met Amber and a guy and his wife from Pullman WA, which is in my neck of the woods, but that's about it. :distress: That's why there needs to be a "next time" - so I can try this again. :D


Laura

[amber]

Were you at the Luxor on 5/10-5/12? We did stop by Margaritaville for just a few minutes. My daughter is the type who likes to run the show, so it got kinda hard trying to please both of us during our stay. I wanted to do the fan thing and she wanted to do everything else. Oh well... next time I won't be such a super chicken and will travel alone! :laugh:

Sorry to have missed you too and everyone else. I met Amber and a guy and his wife from Pullman WA, which is in my neck of the woods, but that's about it. :distress: That's why there needs to be a "next time" - so I can try this again. :D


Laura
yeah, she was really nice - your daughter didn't look exceptionally thrilled though! :lol: I thought you were still there, then, Marissa, but maybe not.
Anyway, it was nice talking to you, Laura. :woohoo:

[strandinthewind]

Were you at the Luxor on 5/10-5/12? We did stop by Margaritaville for just a few minutes. My daughter is the type who likes to run the show, so it got kinda hard trying to please both of us during our stay. I wanted to do the fan thing and she wanted to do everything else. Oh well... next time I won't be such a super chicken and will travel alone! :laugh:

Sorry to have missed you too and everyone else. I met Amber and a guy and his wife from Pullman WA, which is in my neck of the woods, but that's about it. :distress: That's why there needs to be a "next time" - so I can try this again. :D


Laura

Were you and your daughter at Sat.'s show and if so, where you on like the third or fourth row all of the way to the right? If so, we sat in front of you :wavey:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Were you at the Luxor on 5/10-5/12? We did stop by Margaritaville for just a few minutes. My daughter is the type who likes to run the show, so it got kinda hard trying to please both of us during our stay. I wanted to do the fan thing and she wanted to do everything else. Oh well... next time I won't be such a super chicken and will travel alone! :laugh:

Sorry to have missed you too and everyone else. I met Amber and a guy and his wife from Pullman WA, which is in my neck of the woods, but that's about it. :distress: That's why there needs to be a "next time" - so I can try this again. :D


Laura

I missed getting the chance to see Luxor (and my IMAX show :distress: ) but had a great view while waiting in line on the runway for takeoff back home. It looked really awesome. How were the rooms??

Amber, I may have still been there at that point but hell if I knew what was going on around me :laugh: It was that post-concert haze/ a ton of people / freezing cold, etc.

[diamondsnake]

Well, it had been a very long time since my daughter or I had been to Vegas, so we had to do the Vegas thing just a bit. We also stayed 2 nights at the Luxor and it WAS very expensive. We also budgeted $100 per person a day spending money and found it to be almost not enough. That covered food, drinks, souveniers, incidentals, rides, rental car and a bit of gambling. It was a shoestring budget and I managed to piss my daughter off several times by saying "no, we're not going to buy that." Hey... what are moms for?

Would I do it again? In a heartbeat, but give me a chance to pay off this trip first. I agree with some of the reasons already mentioned;

Intimate venue
Not a full blown tour, so she doesn't hold back as much vocally
I get to travel, which is rare for me.

Would I do anything differently? YES! I would stay at Best Western, use taxis, eat at Coco's and fly out the next day.

Someday I would like to go back for the purpose of going from one end of the strip to the other, up one side and down the other going in and out of every casino because they're FASCINATING from the outside. And Caesar's little shopping street was awesome. I'm afraid it would take weeks tho. Seems the intent when you get inside one of those casinos is to make you get lost amongst the high end stores and slot machines. I was tempted to stroll into Dolce and see if they had anything my size I could slip on and slink in front of the mirror in, but I doubt they have size 12 of ANYTHING. :D


Laura

PS: I have to add this... it would need to be a special show, like this one was, with lots of old songs. Otherwise, I might be too tempted to wait for the tour to come to my town. Oh... and I would try a LOT harder to get a better seat and I would travel alone. It's not fair to drag other people into this craziness of mine. :] ... okay, I'll stop. :lol:


Did you get lost in Caesar's too? I was thinking that if there was a fire in the building, I would die! I could never find my way out of those casinos. Caesar's especially.

And don't go into Dolce! A size 12 there is more like a size 6. I wear a Large in t-shirts and even an XX Large wouldn't fit me in that store. I was mortified!

[Livia]

I LOVE VEGAS anyway, so yes, I'll go see Stevie there again. Hell, I'd go see anyone there. My Reckless Kelly boys are opening for Dwight Yoakum on 4th of July weekend. Hmmmm.....

The Wynn hotel is GORGEOUS! Bruce and I ate at the buffet for lunch on Saturday. We both agreed it was the best buffet ever! Crab legs already cracked open for you, that was worth the price of admission alone. And lunch was around $20, which was worth every penny! Everything was delicious. I waddled out of there in a food coma.

One of my favorite places is the Peppermill Lounge and restaurant. You can google it for pics. It's right next to the Riviera. All the locals know about it, it's like a glorified Denny's (it's also open 24/7). It's SO old school Vegas, big booths (Penn, of Penn & Teller had one built in his kitchen at home), tons of neon, great Bloody Marys, floating fireplace and sassy music videos in the cocktail lounge with waitresses who do the "dip" when they serve drinks, like Playboy Bunny waitresses used to do. Great food, especially breakfasts, huge portions. On another Vegas trip, my friends and I ate there twice in a 24-hour period, we loved it that much. And it's always a "must do" every time I'm in Vegas.

I've still never done Fremont St., the Liberace museum, the Elvis-Rama, etc. So I keep coming up w/ reasons to go back. I'm not much of a gambler, but I came home this time $10 up. The nickel slots at Paris were good to me! I always say if you break even, you win! :D

[desertangel]

- your daughter didn't look exceptionally thrilled though! :lol:
Anyway, it was nice talking to you, Laura. :woohoo:

Yea, she had gotten into it with her boyfriend the night before we left so she was in a mood the whole time... spent most of the three days on her cell phone. It's cool, I just ignored her most of the time. ;) I am soooo glad I got to spend even 5 minutes at Margaritaville or I woulda been gloriously pissed off. That's why she looked that way. LOL!!

Laura

[desertangel]

Did you get lost in Caesar's too? I was thinking that if there was a fire in the building, I would die! I could never find my way out of those casinos. Caesar's especially.

And don't go into Dolce! A size 12 there is more like a size 6. I wear a Large in t-shirts and even an XX Large wouldn't fit me in that store. I was mortified!

We followed the herd right thru the shopping mall!!! But I am sooo glad we did. It was such a whirlwind stay for us even with adding an extra day so wandering thru the little "outdoor" shopping mall kinda made up for having missed Fremont Street. Those casino builders build them that way on purpose. Notice how there's ever only ONE ceiling sign that says Lobby and that's the one that hangs two feet away from it? The rest of the many signs point to restaurants, shops and the casino floor. Why is it everyone who hasn't been there a lot comes away saying they got lost, no matter which casino they're in. It's a trap! hehe...

Gawd, I'm glad I didn't go into Dolce or I woulda jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge. I'm havin a hard enough time dieting without that kind of discouragement.

So I'm not TOTALLY unhappy about having to walk around lost most of the time cuz I was able to work off the little deserts I ate at the buffets in Luxor and Mandalay... those little torte thingies were YUMMY!!!!

Laura

[desertangel]

I missed getting the chance to see Luxor (and my IMAX show :distress: ) but had a great view while waiting in line on the runway for takeoff back home. It looked really awesome. How were the rooms??

We saw the same view coming in. It really did look awesome from the runway. I tried to get a picture but it didn't come out the same. I have lots of pictures and AVIs of the inside of that hotel. All those sphyixs and pharoahs and Tuts and oblisques (not sure I'm spelling all that right but who cares.) The shops in that place are KILLER. If you're into all that Egytian-New Agey- Aromatherapy-Mood-Lighting stuff, like I am... wow! Most of it cost quite a bit o' $$, but one of a kind, really unique stuff. I'll bet Mick and/or Stevie went home with a few pieces from that place. I'm not even gonna try and explain what the inside of that hotel looks like, but it is something to behold. They have "inclinators" instead of elevators and I would not want to ride one drunk. I'm into architecture anyway, so I was blown away the first night we were there. We were up until 3am scoping the place out. After that it got to be kinda bothersome because it was dark and dank and the overhead music which was LOUD was a little too "youthful" for me. No Doubt, Cher, top 40 stuff. The rooms were nothing fancy short of the one section of wall that was concave because of being in the pyramid. The decor was "Walk Like An Egyptian" type stuff... heiroglyphics painted on the amoire, etc. Nice view of the Excalibur from our window. The bathroom was stone tile and granite to give it a nice "ancient" feel. Room service sucked. The waitresses at the Cafe were nice and, overall, the buffet was not as good as Mandalay, next door - but the Luxor buffet desert section kicked major a*s. We were hoping the nightclub there would have been open, but it was closed until Thursday night... the night we left. We didn't do any of the IMAX ridefilms because we didn't think it sounded like a good use of $$$. I hated that we had to be so tight with the dough. Yea, you can't miss seeing the inside of that hotel cuz I doubt there's anything that compares. You have to be a guest on one of the upper floors to take an inclinator to an upper floor for a birds eye view. They post a security guard who checks room keys of everyone getting on an inclinator. We went to the top suites floor and saw the inside of the heart shaped hot tub room with a picture window overlooking the strip. (the maid was cleaning the room.) I wanted to see the suite with the double doors and was just about to ask someone to open it up for me if it was empty. My daughter was begging me not to so I passed. I bet it was awesome.

Sigh... so many casinos, so little time (and $$$)!

Laura

[desertangel]

Were you and your daughter at Sat.'s show and if so, where you on like the third or fourth row all of the way to the right? If so, we sat in front of you :wavey:


I sooo WISH!!! We were there opening night and we were sitting in the LAST row of the 2nd MEZZ. UGH! Sounds like I might have wanted to be at Wednesday night's show. We were still in town and I had my credit card. Sigh... If only. :p

Laura

[LeighB04]

Kinda loved the Luxor - I had a Pyramid Deluxe room booked on Friday and wanted a spa suite for Saturday - simple enough, you would think. The kid at check in was completely confused, and sent me to a suite - which already had somebody's luggage in it! Thankfully, I didn't walk in on them in the jacuzzi! I called the front desk from the room, and after a few minutes, gave up getting an answer, so hauled my stuff back to reception. I caught a Supervisor who tried to sort things out, but gave me a room in the tower, instead of the pyramid. Sorry, Luxor - a small discount for the screw-up doesn't cut it: for the rates they charge, I wanted what I had paid for.
Saturday was better and I got my suite, which was a nice treat.
If I do go back to Vegas, it will be at a cheaper hotel, one night only, and no more walking for hours and hours trying to find a cute cabana boy to keep me company!
(Oh, the creativity and attention to detail at many of the hotels, including Luxor, was just amazing, so if anybody saw me crawling around and under things to get pictures, I was NOT inebriated!!! Promise!!!)

[Christopher]

I would go back again...I had a blast seeing Stevie on Wednesday! She was on fire, made up for her stoic performances I saw with FM in 03" and 04"....I was seriously thinking she had lost her mojo, now I know she's just too conservative in FM trying to please Mr.B. She really seems more in her element solo and she rocked more too!!
And besides BATB alone was worth the price of admission for this long time fan....I've been going to Stevie and FM shows since I was old enough for over 20yrs and this performance was one of the best eva :blob2:

[sparky]

Vegas is not my kind of place either, however I did like the buffets. :] I am quiet and I don't drink or do clubs. I also don't have hundreds of dollars to spend on the stores that they have out there, too. I like bargains! The walking was insane, too! I will need to bring a spare set of feet if I do go next time. :eek:


Forget those silly stores on the strip. My friend and I went to some local places to eat with the non tourist types, and hit the discount and thrift stores. Great clothes ! Pair of Armani suede pants for 65 bucks !

[LeighB04]

I'm coming with you next time!!

I agree Stevie was better solo this time - but I saw her on TISL, and she wasn't nearly as passionate as her Vegas shows.... maybe she needs to do longer gigs at smaller venues, instead of dealing with the toughness of touring one night in each place. Stadium-type venues suck anyway! I'd definitely see her at a smaller theatre again.

[David]

I'm curious as to how many people would go see Stevie again in Vegas or for the first time if she continues to play there. If she plays once a year I think I would definitely want to go. Of course if she plays twice a year I would want to go too but that could get really expensive.I wouldn't bother going to the actual concert, but I'd go to Vegas for a "fan convention" or something. Maybe there could be a fan convention the day before (or the day after) the concert, as long as people were in town anyway.

[sparky]

Didn't say before, but I would go again. What the hell ? I mean, ideally, the show would take under advisement the notes in my review. LOL. Spiffier set, a few more costume changes, a bit more "showbiz". But all in all, it is a tiny short flight from LA. I am happy to stay in a cheap room, and it's a nice weekend getaway. Sure I spent almost a thousand bucks for the two shows, the plane tix, and all else. No big whoop. I don't care about the money. I had fun. It could be a yearly ritual.

[all the same]

Forget those silly stores on the strip. My friend and I went to some local places to eat with the non tourist types, and hit the discount and thrift stores. Great clothes ! Pair of Armani suede pants for 65 bucks !

WHATTTTTT?????? Where did you find Armani pants?!!! The next time I'm in Vegas, I am so going where ever you went!

[lbelle1214]

I'm new here and I'm on the quiet side, too. I've mostly been reading everybody's comments, etc. Would have really loved to meet some of you guys in Vegas...but being low on energy after seeing the first concert on Tues night my "fun meter was pegged out". But that didn't stop me from going to the other 3 concerts. I couldn't handle knowing that she was in the same town and I wan't going to see her...so I went to them all. Being the "Stevie worship-er" that I am (you know, the kind that names your kids after her...stephanie rhiannon...the influence to help name the granddaughter...rhiannon) I would go anywhere to see her!!!! So hello to all of you that I didn't get the pleasure of meeting. Maybe I'll come out of my shell long enough to meet you the next go around.

[skcin]

I'm new here and I'm on the quiet side, too. I've mostly been reading everybody's comments, etc. Would have really loved to meet some of you guys in Vegas...but being low on energy after seeing the first concert on Tues night my "fun meter was pegged out". But that didn't stop me from going to the other 3 concerts. I couldn't handle knowing that she was in the same town and I wan't going to see her...so I went to them all. Being the "Stevie worship-er" that I am (you know, the kind that names your kids after her...stephanie rhiannon...the influence to help name the granddaughter...rhiannon) I would go anywhere to see her!!!! So hello to all of you that I didn't get the pleasure of meeting. Maybe I'll come out of my shell long enough to meet you the next go around.


Welcome to the board! And I'm glad you had fun at the shows. They were so special.

[sparky]

WHATTTTTT?????? Where did you find Armani pants?!!! The next time I'm in Vegas, I am so going where ever you went!


Buffalo Exchange, baby. :nod:

[sodascouts]

Maybe she knows Ridley Scott or some other person.

Ridley Scott? The man who is doing nothing to change the face of modern cinema? lol

[Serrart]

Ridley Scott? The man who is doing nothing to change the face of modern cinema? lol

:laugh: I guess you've recently seen Kingdom of Heaven.

Romy

[SapphireSister]

"If only Lindsay were independently wealthy she would be a full-on Stevie Nicks groupie and follow her all over the world until she collapsed from exhaustion".
Yes I absalutly would see Stevie in Vegas again. After seeing her there for the first time I will never miss a Vegas engagement. The thing that's great about seeing her in Vegas is that SHE loves Vegas, which makes it all the more majic for us.
Ok now can I complain again about the fact that there are no scheduled California dates this summer? :confused:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Ridley Scott? The man who is doing nothing to change the face of modern cinema? lol

Yeah, but he's not renting a two bedroom apartment in West Pacoima :laugh:

[jkmaletic]

^ :laugh: ^

Good One! That was one of the things I put in my comic book actually. :nod:

~Jamie

[GardenStateGirlie]

^ :laugh: ^

Good One! That was one of the things I put in my comic book actually. :nod:

~Jamie

I can see why she loved it then :laugh: That whole doc is so quotable.

[CelticGypsy]

I would definitely go if Stevie does a Vegas show again. I would fly this time instead of driving 22 (one way) hours to get there and then rent a car!!!! Hopefully, hubby would go with me since we had a blast on this trip and had so much fun sight-seeing around Vegas and the staff at the Gold Coast were so nice. Loved all the freebies. Alot of older Senior Citizens stayed there and they were so cute when they are gambling :laugh: We felt pretty safe staying there. Vegas was great place to people watch.

[BTFLCHLD]

I would see stevie! I would like to see Lindsey perform there as well.

[LiquidBlue5000]

I would definitely go if Stevie does a Vegas show again. I would fly this time instead of driving 22 (one way) hours to get there and then rent a car!!!! Hopefully, hubby would go with me since we had a blast on this trip and had so much fun sight-seeing around Vegas and the staff at the Gold Coast were so nice. Loved all the freebies. Alot of older Senior Citizens stayed there and they were so cute when they are gambling :laugh: We felt pretty safe staying there. Vegas was great place to people watch.

oh wow.. i couldn't ever imagine driving there from new york.. as much as i detest flying, it's really the only way to go... :nod:

[LeighB04]

You want to DRIVE - on the STRIP???? :shocked: - did you see how crazy those people were? No thanks - if I ever go to Vegas again, I'll get around by monorail, bus, wheelchair, if I have to but never car ..... unless it's a limousine and some other poor sod has to deal with the traffic!

[CelticGypsy]

Were you at the Luxor on 5/10-5/12? We did stop by Margaritaville for just a few minutes. My daughter is the type who likes to run the show, so it got kinda hard trying to please both of us during our stay. I wanted to do the fan thing and she wanted to do everything else. Oh well... next time I won't be such a super chicken and will travel alone! :laugh:

Sorry to have missed you too and everyone else. I met Amber and a guy and his wife from Pullman WA, which is in my neck of the woods, but that's about it. :distress: That's why there needs to be a "next time" - so I can try this again. :D


Laura


Laura,
That had to be me and hubby you met from Pullman, WA. I met a few people at Margaritaville on Tuesday night but didn't remember everyone's names except Jim and Brian since I think I talked to them more than anyone else. Sorry, I can't place you. Are you the woman from Oregon? I am shy too so I just sort of stood in background with my hubby and had a drink. We had relatives to meet later that night so we needed to get back to our hotel and left earlier than other people did. We had just arrived in Vegas about two hours before the meet and greet at Margaritaville on Tuesday so we had dinner there and then went up to the third level for the meet and greet with Ledgie's for about 20 mins or so. I was so tired from the drive so I probably wasn't too sociable :distress:

Deb

[CelticGypsy]

oh wow.. i couldn't ever imagine driving there from new york.. as much as i detest flying, it's really the only way to go... :nod:



This was literally a last minute trip for us. By 2pm Monday we were on our way to Vegas so I had about an hour to pack the suitcases and hubby had to get off work that week so he went to work Monday morning. He had surprised me with the tickets so I had no idea that I was going to Vegas last week. I was throwing clothes from the dryer into the suitcases. That is how much of a surprise this trip was for me :laugh: It was a bigger surprise when some of our relatives called and showed up at the hotel :D

[dissention]

I would see stevie! I would like to see Lindsey perform there as well.

Hon, I'd watch Lindsey perform on a streetcorner somewhere or in a bloody toilet stall. Doesn't matter where. I'd fly to Crawford, Texas if he were to do a gig there. :laugh:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Hon, I'd watch Lindsey perform on a streetcorner somewhere or in a bloody toilet stall. Doesn't matter where. I'd fly to Crawford, Texas if he were to do a gig there. :laugh:

Wow. This? is serious ;)

[xxxmx]

Hon, I'd watch Lindsey perform on a streetcorner somewhere or in a bloody toilet stall. Doesn't matter where. I'd fly to Crawford, Texas if he were to do a gig there. :laugh:
i'm with you on that, and that definitely does say a lot...

[wondergirl9847]

Hon, I'd watch Lindsey perform on a streetcorner somewhere or in a bloody toilet stall. Doesn't matter where. I'd fly to Crawford, Texas if he were to do a gig there. :laugh:

Amen and amen! :thumbsup: I'd go to Iraq nekkid to see him play!



Well, no I wouldn't, but I wanna see Lindsey solo BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

[lagringader&r]

I would go again tomorrow to see Stevie! I hope next time I get to meet some of you. I found this place while we were in Vegas and started reading like a maniac. I went to a bunch of SYW shows in 03 and 04 though and saw Stevie twice before so I'm a died-in-the-wool fan I guess. I'd see Lindsey too but I'd jump through fire to see Stevie again. :]

[seeker007nmss]

Lord Child - Roulette is SUCH a sucker game :laugh: 21 is the only game in town if you are out to win - and you better know the rules, which essentially are always assume the dealer has a card worth 10 (face or an actual 10) underneath and they will hit to a ten - you base your hits on that prmise, which is hit to 17 or let them bust :cool:


Nah - craps gives you a better chance than 21. :nod: It's all built into the stats.

[sodascouts]

Lord Child - Roulette is SUCH a sucker game :laugh: 21 is the only game in town if you are out to win - and you better know the rules, which essentially are always assume the dealer has a card worth 10 (face or an actual 10) underneath and they will hit to a ten - you base your hits on that prmise, which is hit to 17 or let them bust :cool:

Yeah but I am a timid person and I was afraid to play blackjack because I would have to interact with a dealer. This way I could just plop down the chips and no more was required of me. It was still humiliating, though. I played evens, then red, and lost both times. When I decided to give up after that, the wheel-guy actually said "Is that it?" The guy next to be laughed. I was so embarrassed.

Vegas sucks! lol

[glitter_fades]

Hon, I'd watch Lindsey perform on a streetcorner somewhere or in a bloody toilet stall. Doesn't matter where. I'd fly to Crawford, Texas if he were to do a gig there. :laugh:

I am right there with ya, man. :thumbsup:

Hell, I'd even go up to Stevie's suite at Caesar's to see him perform if I had to. :lol:

[dissention]

I am right there with ya, man. :thumbsup:

Hell, I'd even go up to Stevie's suite at Caesar's to see him perform if I had to. :lol:

Fug, the incense and cheap parfum would knock us out before we could hear the first guitar strum.

[dissention]

Isn't a Vegas show the type where they lower the performer down on strings to a fogged up stage? Either that or they lean on the piano with one hand, microphone in the other hand and exchange cheesy smiles with the audience and then alternately the piano player as they croon some hit from the 50s?

Tweny years ago, sure, but not nowadays.

[strandinthewind]

Nah - craps gives you a better chance than 21. :nod: It's all built into the stats.

Really? I read where 21 is the best odds in Vegas. But, you live there so . . . :cool:

[lbelle1214]

I agree. I think I would try it if I lived closer to Vegas, but the whole atmosphere isn't my thing at all. I don't like clubs and even though I do like to drink I really only like to do it at home and in relative moderation.


If I would have known there were others like me....I had a timeshare about 1/2 mile from the strip to escape the madness. I would've invited you all there. I got really bored sometimes.

[TwistedGypsy]

We hadto drive 2 hours to the airport, wake up the next day at 4:30 am leave at 6:35 am and fly to Dallas and then to Vegas. I stayed up 24 hours to hang out with Ledgies after the show. I stepped on the toes of a 65 year old couple seated next to me during EO17. And it doesn't matter one bit cause they had a meet and greet after the show, along with everyone else on my row. :sorry: .....NOT!
I stayed up another 24 hours and had it pay off by being able to chat with Lori Nicks.
We had to check out of our hotel at 11 am and walked around the strip one more time till our flight left at 11:30 pm.
We got to the airport at 8 pm waiting to leave, only to have our red eye delayed and sleep on the floor of the airport till we left at 12:40 am.
We sat on a plane for 4 1/2 hrs. to fly to Miami to only get on another plane to Jacksonville and then drive 2 hours to get home.
The truth is I would do it all over again this very second, just to see Stevie give a truly amazing performance that made me ball like a baby when it was all over. :nod:


P.S. The "I miss you" sex with the boyfriend is worth doing it all over again. :p

[skcin]

Really? I read where 21 is the best odds in Vegas. But, you live there so . . . :cool:


He not only lives there - he WORKS in a casino! :laugh:

Got a few secret gambling tips from him while we were chatting. ;)

[strandinthewind]

He not only lives there - he WORKS in a casino! :laugh:

Got a few secret gambling tips from him while we were chatting. ;)


I love craps, but a crowded table is too much for me. I also usually win at 21.

I was getting that 21 has the best odds thing from some t.v. show I saw awhile back. But, I agree, he would know best :cool:

[rbs3676]

For me, it was certainly worth the trip to Las Vegas. I would – and have – traveled far and wide to see Stevie just about anywhere, if my schedule permits. It was a fun mini-vacation and it was extra fun to spend some time with my old chum Livia :wavey: since we never get to hang out. So, aside from the actual concert, that was the best part.
As for the show…they were great concerts. Great! But they were hyped BY STEVIE as something that they weren’t. With the exception of IF ANYONE FALLS, there were NO concert/video footage used. Instead, it was really bad visuals. And I’m talking really bad. She has video footage for more than half of the material, so why wasn’t any of it used? She herself stated that they were going through mountains of footage. OK – what did they come back with? The pics we’ve never seen during “Enchanted” and the Beauty and the Beast film. And where were all of the old costumes and hats and boa’s? She had more costume changes during the TIMESPACE tour. And as far as putting on a VEGAS show…it was only BATB. Period.

Was I disappointed? After the fact, yes a little bit. Do I regret going? No. But I will say that I went into this expecting a totally different kind of show than the one I got. I’m a fan – a huge one – and Stevie and I go way back, so I know that she can do better. And I think with poo-pooing it with “well, she had not that much time to put things together” is kinda lame.

She has NEVER, with the exception of the BELLA DONNA project, surrounded herself with the most creative bunch of people. She has always been marketed and promoted half-assed in my opinion and it never seemed to me that she was touted as the PREMIER artist that she is. She has made many a blunder with publicity and with her image but mostly with her showmanship. How many times have we fans thought, “Oh, if I could only have directed that video”? or said, “Man, she should have sang THAT instead”? I know it’s easy to say that while sitting on my couch or typing on my Dell, but I feel like we got jipped in a tiny way.
This show was not the “pull out all the stops” big production that it was hyped, but it was one kick ass rock concert with one incredible moment at the end. And that, for me, was worth it. But will I go back to Vegas? No. I would much rather see her do something incredibly unique…like perform JUST the songs of Rhiannon. Now, wouldn’t THAT be something?

rbs

[highpriestess53]

I'm curious as to how many people would go see Stevie again in Vegas or for the first time if she continues to play there. If she plays once a year I think I would definitely want to go. Of course if she plays twice a year I would want to go too but that could get really expensive.

I didn't get to go this time round but was in Vegas for TISL...won't go into the story it has been well documented....but the whole Vegas thing was really GREAT and would definitely go again...without having to think twice..except this time due to University constraints placed upon me. LOL!! :)
Vegas is truly THE best adult playground...

Louise

[seeker007nmss]

He not only lives there - he WORKS in a casino! :laugh:

Got a few secret gambling tips from him while we were chatting. ;)


Uh oH! My secrets out! :shocked: :p

[paleshadow]

I'm curious as to how many people would go see Stevie again in Vegas or for the first time if she continues to play there. If she plays once a year I think I would definitely want to go. Of course if she plays twice a year I would want to go too but that could get really expensive.

If the only place I could see Stevie have a performance that great again was at Vegas, I would definately go. I didn't really care for the city very much though, so I'd rather see her somewhere else. If I did go back, I would go for longer than 3 days. I don't feel like I got to see everything I would have liked to with 2 days of traveling and only one full day there.

[Sorceress]

I could definitely make it a yearly thing. I had a great time--next time I go back I want to be non-pregnant so I can hit some bars and enjoy Vegas the right way! :thumbsup: