Last night, American Idol showed the world just how finger-on-the-pulse its method for finding this country’s newest music superstar was by holding Disco Night, in which Donna Summer, the Bee Gees, and Yvonne Elliman finally got their due. The night went pretty much as expected–Lil went diva, Danny was cheesy, Adam rendered a radio staple somewhat unrecognizable in a good way–although one surprising development came when Kris Allen took the stage, and maybe the front-runner position as well. More »
Yesterday Robin Leach’s Las Vegas gossip blog reported that Motley Crue had signed a $100 million deal with Live Nation that would span three albums and three world tours. Leach claimed to have gotten the scoop from Vince Neil, who was throwing a birthday party at Koi in Las Vegas and who was all smiles, saying that Motley’s first world tour under the deal would kick off in July and that by the time the deal was up, the band would be celebrating its 37th anniversary. But then Nikki Sixx fired back via an e-mailed press release from his publicist, saying that Vince was, once again, just talking crazy talk!
Last night’s Dolphins-Steelers game in Pittsburgh was a soggy affair that wound up being the lowest-scoring game in the NFL since World War II. (The final: 3-0 Pittsburgh.) But the driving rain also snuffed out the traditional performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” which is a shame, since a certain winery owner/hard rock legend was slated to warble it:
Sorry, suckas: Vince Neil’s cruise is sold out. If you didn’t get tickets to this once-in-a-lifetime event where the sad inhabitants of Behind The Music get drunk on a boat and wonder what happened to the good old days man, you can think of me in January when you’re freezing and I’m sucking back… More »
Squeaky clean American Idol winner, grandma-friendly country star, and fan of cherry pie Carrie Underwood is turning out to be as much of an ’80s metalhead as my co-editor. After affirming the universality of Skid Row and Guns N’ Roses for the benefit of YouTube viewers, she’s now kickstarted Vince Neil’s heart, performing with the Crue singer at a Nashville tour stop this week. If Carrie records an album of shlocky, pop-countrified hair metal covers, well, I won’t want to listen to it necessarily, but its existence will at least warm my heart. Because the Internet is wonderful, magical place where kids can eat candy as soon as they want, there’s already a clip of the duet, and we’ve got it after the jump:
Allyson at Bring Back Glam reports from Rocklahoma: “While waiting, I heard ‘Headed for a Heartbreak’ and [Winger] closed with ‘Seventeen.’ Kip changed one of the verses to ‘She’s only 35.’ The crowd seemed pleased.” More »
Allyson at Bring Back Glam reports from Rocklahoma: “While waiting, I heard ‘Headed for a Heartbreak’ and [Winger] closed with ‘Seventeen.’ Kip changed one of the verses to ‘She’s only 35.’ The crowd seemed pleased.” More »
No doubt inspired by the massive success of Sammy Hagar’s Cabo Wabo Tequila, noted vintner Vince Neil has decided to jump into the tequila-making game as well. The West Roxbury Transcript looked at Neil’s newest sideline with a piece that made frequent references to his status as an “alcohol aficionado”–although to be fair, making wine and tequila is probably more lucrative for Neil than losing the words to his songs in a bottle:
To capitalize on his fondness for drinking, despite having at least one trip to rehab, Neil was at Gary’s Liquors on the VFW Parkway to promote his three types of tequila called Vince Neil’s Tres Rios.
Not to be outdone by Bret Michaels, whose Flavor Of Love ripoff was finally announced yesterday, former Motley Crue singer / winemaker Vince Neil has announced his plans to return to the reality-TV world: The former The Surreal Life housemate — who appeared on the show’s first season when it… More »
Little did we know that Tool’s Maynard James Keenan made wines in Arizona under the name Caduceus (warning: the site is a little Myst-y). More »
