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| - My employer has requested/demanded that I not write anything negative about the venues they staff...so you may notice a curious lack of reviews on my part regarding the headliners at Caesars Palace! Like my mom always said, "If you can't say anything nice...don't say anything at all!" AHEM!!!
When Rod Stewart announced his residency at Caesars, I rolled my eyes: "Here we go again...another fusty old Baby Boomer relic on the carousel of the damned!" You know, that carousel that rotates around Vegas, only instead of horses and giraffes, it's full of mummified ex-pop stars who haven't had hits in decades?! Tom Jones, Donny & Marie, Gladys Knight, etc. etc. ETC! Enough already!!
Truthfully, before seeing this show I had always DESPISED Rod Stewart. His cocky banty-rooster shtick always grated on me, and his predilection for leggy blondes one-quarter of his age made me wanna barf. What a loser, right?!
Well, loser or no...his show is AWESOME! Shh...don't tell anyone I'm saying this, but Rod Stewart is an AMAZING performer! Unlike "OTHER" headliners, who recite the same corny jokes night after night and seem to be phoning it in from a safe distance, Rod actually ENGAGES with the audience. While he's singing, instead of just staring into space with boredom disguised as poignancy, he actually makes eye contact with individual members of the crowd, gesturing and winking and smiling at them, sending them into fits of ecstasy. Most of his fan base appears to be Southern cougars with ginormous blonde hairdos, so it's a LOT of fun to watch!
Aside from that, Rod also MOVES AROUND THE STAGE. Unlike "OTHER" headliners who plant their fat asses on a piano bench and proceed to sweat their way through 90 minutes of oldies, he actually dances around the stage... and the ENTIRE ROOM! I don't want to ruin the surprise for anyone, but be prepared to see Rod up close and personal -- even if you're not in the first 5 rows!
But it gets even better. The main thing that sealed the deal for me, and made me a real Rod Stewart fan, is when he sings the song "Hot Legs." Not only does he sing this belter LIVE (no lip-syncing for Rod) -- WHILE he's belting it, crew members are tossing out bunches of autographed soccer balls which Rod then proceeds to kick out into the crowd. If you've ever been inside the Colosseum, you know how cavernous that room is. Well, Rod Stewart, at the advanced age of 667 (or however old he is) manages to kick some of them into the UPPER BALCONY (!!)...all while singing (belting) "Hot Legs..." AND while engaging with the crowd! It is AMAZING!!!
Rod is also wont to invite random fans onstage WITH HIM (!!). Can you imagine "OTHER" headliners doing that?! (I'm talking to you, you fake-ass Quebecois diva!!!) One time, Rod invited everyone in the theater who was wearing a Celtic Football Club jersey onstage to sing with him (he made them promise to "behave," but tolerated it when one fat old granny grabbed his ass and kissed him on the cheek while he was singing). On other nights, he'll let various Southern cougars onstage WHILE HE IS SINGING "Maggie May..." and what's more, he'll let them sit next to him and TAKE PHOTOS with their personal cameras of him -- or even of him and themselves together! WHILE HE'S SINGING HIS BIGGEST HIT!
I ask you...what other headliner does that shit?! Answer: NO ONE!
Aside from how down-to-Earth and awesome Rod appears to be, his band is also ***amazing***. He has a smoking hot blonde brass section (blondes in mini dresses blowing on saxophones...growwwrrr!), a bunch of hot young mods in skinny ties and Beatle boots playing backup, and a trio of super-hot backup singers who really, really rock it.
I'm here to tell you, I DESPISED Rod Stewart -- I mean, DESPISED -- until I watched this show one night. Even his most overplayed, tired old songs are fun to watch -- because his delivery is EXCELLENT.
But sssshhhhhh!!!!! Don't tell anyone...or my hipster cred will be shot to hell!
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