Here Today... Gone To Hell!

My gig at the Mirage in Las Vegas has moved up a day to Oct 2nd. Tix can be purchased through the Mirage when they go on sale, I'm sure.

about 2 hours ago from TwitterBerry

http://www.mirage.com/entertainment/

Is this another "Slash & Friends" show?  I spoke to The Mirage and they don't have any information on the show.  In fact, they don't even show that it's taking place...but I assume Slash knows if he is performing in October.  :D

The bill for Oct 2nd in Vegas so far is killer, will release names as soon as I get total confirmation. #fb

24 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

I spoke to the mirage and they have confirmed this is the information they have regarding Slash's show...

Friday Oct 2nd
Doors at 9pm
All Star Performance at 10pm at BARE Pool
Jason Bonham, Cortney Love, Rick Nielson, Joe Perry, Matt Sorum, Rob Zombie and more.

Opening Act Billy Boy on Poison
Hosted by Kiefer Sutherland

Hopefully Kiefer and Slash have made up since their little spat a few years back.  Maybe Slash can join Poison on stage and give people a glimpse of what could have been.

Totally different band, check here:

http://www.myspace.com/billyboyonpoison

Ah, I see.  Misread that.  Thought it said Billy Boy OR Poison.

I was surprised to see Courtney Love's name, but even more surprised to see that they considered her for VR...way back when.  It should be an interesting show.

The Mirage plans superstar Oct. 2 concert to celebrate 20th anniversary

Posted September 8, 2009

The Mirage executives organizing the 20th anniversary celebrations of the casino resort promise that their Oct. 2 concert will make Las Vegas history. They say it will be the largest gathering of major rock stars in one place at one time.

Kiefer Sutherland of Fox?s 24 will host the celebration and debut his rock band. Kiefer owns the recording studio and music label Ironworks with business partner Jude Cole.

Acts who have already signed on for The Mirage concert and with more to come include Courtney Love, making a rare appearance in Las Vegas, Katy Perry, Adam Levine of Maroon 5, Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls, Matt Sorum, Rob Zombie and Slash and his wife Perla. The list is getting so long, I?ve already forgotten the others!

The concert and 20th anniversary party will take place at the adults-only, topless Bare Ultra Pool, presumably so if anybody wants to doff their bra or bikini top and jump in the pool to cool down, that will be OK!

The music act list is growing, and for those unable to get into the party, there will be eventual TV footage for iPod broadcast and possibly a DVD/CD.

http://www.vegasdeluxe.com/blogs/luxe-life/2009/sep/08/mirage-plans-superstar-concert-oct-2-celebrate-20t/

Slash & Friends

?Las Vegas? Biggest Night of Rock EVER!? � Robin Leach

It?s our 20th Anniversary Concert Bash. Join Slash and His Friends for a Rock ?n? Roll Blowout!

For tickets, please click here or call 1.800.963.9634 or 1.702.792.7777.

CELEBRITY GUESTS:

Jason Bonham - Led Zeppelin
Rocco Deluca - The Burden
Tommy Lee
Courtney Love
Rick Nielsen - Cheap Trick
Joe Perry - Aerosmith
Nicole Scherzinger - Pussycat Dolls
Matt Sorum - Velvet Revolver
Rob Zombie
Opening act: Billy Boy on Poison
Hosted by: Kiefer Sutherland
Surprise Celebrity Guest Performances

EVENT INFORMATION:
Friday, October 2nd
Doors open at 9 p.m.
All-Star Performance 10 p.m. - at BARE pool

http://www.mirage.com/entertainment/anniversary_concert.aspx

Should be a great show and our first chance to hear some NEW tunes!

SLASH To Be Joined By JOE PERRY, TOMMY LEE, ROB ZOMBIE For MIRAGE Hotel's Anniversary Concert - Sep. 18, 2009

Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN), Tommy Lee (M?TLEY CR?E), Joe Perry (AEROSMITH) and Rob Zombie are among the musicians who will join VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash for Mirage hotel's 20th anniversary concert bash on Friday, October 2 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show, which is being billed as "Slash & Friends", will feature appearances by the following artists:

Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN)
Rocco Deluca (THE BURDEN)
Tommy Lee (M?TLEY CR?E)
Courtney Love (HOLE)
Rick Nielsen (CHEAP TRICK)
Joe Perry (AEROSMITH)
Nicole Scherzinger (PUSSYCAT DOLLS)
Matt Sorum (VELVET REVOLVER)
Rob Zombie

Opening act: BILLY BOY ON POISON
Hosted by: Kiefer Sutherland

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=127208

From Franky Perez:

Slash & Friends October 2nd 2009 at The Mirage Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada Lets Rock & Roll!!!!!

Spent the night learning lyrics for the Slash and Friends gig in Vegas. Its a great set list with lots of surprises ;)

11:56 PM Sep 17th from web

It looks like Duff will be appearing along with Slash in Vegas, he will be at the VIP party of "The Biggest Tattoo Show On Earth" and Slash will be hosting an after party "Slash & Friends featuring the Darling Stilettos".


Superstar Tommy Lee and DJ Aero, DJ Steve Aoki, DJ Scotty Boy and DJ Skribble kick off festivities at the opening VIP party Thursday, Oct. 1, at 9:30 p.m. at Rumjungle inside the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.

Other notable guests include: Jack Osbourne; Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray); Steve Jones (The Sex Pistols); Billy Morrison (The Cult); Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses); Mix Master Mike (The Beastie Boys); Evan Seinfeld (Biohazard); rapper Jim Jones; Sully Erna (Godsmack); Brandon Boyd (Incubus); Billy Duffy (The Cult); Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains) and Sean Stewart.

On Friday, Oct. 2, invited guests will enjoy Mario Barth's Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth After-Party hosted by Slash & Friends, featuring the Darling Stilettos at Jet Nightclub inside The Mirage.

Poster/video: http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/09-22-2009/0005098861&EDATE=

The Joe Perry Project is playing w/us Oct 2nd at the Mirage in Las Vegas, its going to be a loud night.

about 3 hours ago from Facebook

Slash and Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger To Perform Together
by Paul Cashmere - September 29 2009
photo by Ros O'Gorman


If you ever wondered when hell would freeze over, maybe that time is now. Nicole Scherzinger from Pussycat Dolls fame will be joining Slash at his show in Vegas on October 2.


Slash will be performing his ?Slash & Friends? show on Saturday night at the Mirage in Vegas.

His friends not only include Nicole. Courtney Love will also be joining Slash as will Rick Nielsen and Robin Zander of Cheap Trick, Joe Perry fro, Aeromsith and Rocco Deluca.

Slash?s band will include Frank Perez (Scars On Broadway) on vocals, John 5 (Marilyn Manson) on guitar, Ted Andreadis (Guns n Roses) on keyboards, Johnny Griparic (Slash?s Snakepit) on bass and Tommy Clufetos (Ted Nugent) on drums.

The show is to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Las Vegas hotel.



http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=9046

From his MySpace update.

Next, there are a lot of posts about the upcoming Vegas event, but the actual line-up for the Mirage gig Oct 2nd is: Tommy Clufetos on drums, Johnny Griparic on bass,  Ted "Zig Zag" Andreadis on keys, John 5 on guitar, myself on guitar & Franky Perez, vocals. That, is basically the house band, my special guests that night are, more or less in this order: Rocco Deluca, Nicole Scherzinger, Courtney Love, Rick Nielson, Robin Zander & Joe Perry. Also, Matt Sorum is jamming a couple songs + there will be some other surprises. I also just got confirmation that the Joe Perry Project is playing as well, it promises to be a bitchin' evening. tickets are available through Mirage Entertainment on the Mirage website.

^^

Lineup changes for Mirage's 20th anniversary show

September 30, 2009

Promoters in Las Vegas say the lineup for a weekend poolside show to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Mirage hotel-casino has changed.

Officials for The Light Group say Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine, Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee and former White Zombie frontman Rob Zombie are unavailable for the show because of scheduling conflicts.

This is a picture of the set-list

(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6672/resizeimage2008836050.jpg)

Pic of Slash, Joe Perry n' Chris Daughtry rehearsin' "Livin' On The Edge" (posted by Daughtry in his twitter)

(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/3599/33671618.jpg)

Apparently, the show was recorded by a  3 cameras shot

set list is outrageous

Are any of these songs off the new album????  I recognize all but a couple.  I would love to have heard whipping post.  That must have been done with Franky Perez.

Here are some more photos:

Slash & Perla:

http://www.life.com/image/91376391

Slash & Friends, Courtney Love, Joe Perry and Nicole Scherzinger (scroll down)

http://www.lasvegassun.com/photos/

Where Courtney Love meets John Momot: Slash concert a true variety show

By John Katsilometes  ? October 3, 2009 ? 2:33 PM

The allure of these rollicking Slash & Friends concerts brings to mind the imperious message from old late-night TV pitchmen: ?How do we do it? Volume, volume, volume!?

Quality, quantity, high spirits and jacked-up amperage made for a late-night carnival at Bare Pool Lounge at The Mirage late last night, a showcase that spilled into the morning with an after-party at Jet. The all-star rock ?n? roll exercise hosted by the former lead guitarist of Guns N? Roses summoned the old (dueling iconic guitarists Rick Nielsen and Joe Perry), bold (Courtney Love, tossing aside typical stage protocol to read lyrics to the gender-unspecific ?20th Century Boy?) and beautiful (the wholly captivating Nicole Scherzinger, the leather-and-lace encased frontwoman for Pussycat Dolls).

The show was part of The Mirage?s lengthy 20th anniversary celebration, a point in time that will be marked officially on Nov. 22 and will be trumpeted in earnest on that weekend. I am led to believe there will be cake and punch.

As for the latest SlashFest, it hardly mattered that over the past few weeks, the event?s lineup experienced more drops than Terrell Owens during last Sunday?s Bills-Saints game (Rob Zombie, Jason Bonham, Tommy Lee and announced emcee Kiefer Sutherland were among the fall-out boys). The show drew ample star power anyway, and of course the requisite oddities, such as an onstage visit from Slash?s wife, Perla. The stormy spouse and Slash?s apparent voice of reason strode onstage in a beaded black corset adorned with long tassels over each side of her chest, snug black shorts and lace stockings. All dolled up, in other words. She then quoted a dead woman, Anna Nicole Smith, by asking, ?How do you like my BAH-dee??

We like it just enough! But not so much to offend Slash, the evening?s BFF.

Following are more ?hooky? riffs from a crisp and loud evening in VegasVille:

*The vocalist for much of the evening was Las Vegas native Franky Perez, whose look has matured to the point where he looks like the father of the guy who released the promising ?Poor Man?s Son? in 2003. The last time I?d seen Perez perform was that year when he opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd at The Orleans Arena. He roared through ?Whipping Post? that night, and again last night, along with AC/DC's ?Highway to Hell? and Black Sabbath?s ?War Pigs.? Dressed entirely in black, shedding the shades and jacket in favor of a tank top late in the show, Perez obviously relished performing with the high-level stars like Perry, Nielsen, Slash, Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan, who swapped spots on the stage over the two-hour show. At one point, he asked if anyone was from Las Vegas (a few among the crowd of about 650 cheered) and then he gave a call-out to his alma mater, Bonanza High School. Not your typical rock-show moment, eh? In the late stages, Perez also wore what appeared to be an old red-and-blue Las Vegas Stars hat from about 20 years ago.

It was fun watching Perez work it out onstage again. There was a time when he was at least as promising an artist as The Killers. It?ll be interesting to see if he can, as we say, parlay this fortuitous gig into something he can sustain.

*The Joe Perry Project opened the show and performed a song Aerosmith ignored during its visit to the MGM Grand Garden Arena a couple of months ago, a reggae version of ?Dream On.? Perry said that version of the song was requested by an individual who booked the band to perform during a cruise, and Perry?s response was something like, ?Forget you, cruise boy,? but it was a pretty cool rendition.

*Jot down Scherzinger?s name on that list of performers you don?t want to follow. She?s an exotically beautiful, easy-on-the-eyes, hard-on-the-ears performer able to share the stage with anyone (just in the past month, she?s appeared with both Gossy-Goss and Slash). By the time she finished with a full-force take on ?Whole Lotta Love,? Love walked to the mic and said, ?I just got my a** handed to me. I?ve gotta follow that?? Give Love credit for conveying that revelation, at least. She?s no dummy.

*Anyone clamoring for a meltdown by Love came away disappointed. She sipped from a glass filled with orange fluid and produced a lyric sheet to make it through ?20th Century Boy,? a move I?d seen only once before, when Pink unfolded sheets of lyrics for ?Rock and Roll? during the opening-night party at Empire Ballroom four years ago. But Love still has that haggard-sexy act pretty much perfected. She might not look or sound great each time out, but no one looks or sounds quite like her. At least, no one famous.

*Notable jams: Nielsen, who should be our next mayor, played on the full-group effort of Cheap Trick?s ?Surrender.? Perry returned for ?Toys in the Attic.? Sen Dog of Cypress Hill joined Perez on a blistering ?Walk This Way.? McKagan and Sorum (who seemed to be in full, stroppy revelry by the time he hit the stage late in the show) joined Slash in a mini-Guns ?N Roses reunion for ?It?s So Easy? (which I?ve always felt would make a great ballad) and an everyone-in-the-pool ?Paradise City? to finish the show.

*Captured in the audience: Famed Vegas real estate magnates Jim and Glynda Rhodes, the embattled but unfailingly spirited couple who have had a rough year, laden with a bankruptcy filing and a scuffle with Nevada Cancer Institute over donations promised but not delivered. But the two looked fine last night, tanned and trimmed and chatty. They?ve been to Wimbledon and the Australian Open this year, and rock fan Glynda has seen Kid Rock four times in 12 months. Also spotted, Jeff Beacher (who is bringing a version of ?Madhouse? to The Mirage in January) and prominent Las Vegas attorney John Momot, who defended Sandra Murphy in the Ted Binion murder trial, among many notorious Vegas cases.

The night ended with Momot, actually, as we happened to be walking out of the hotel together. I loudly asked, ?What have you been up to, John?? and he said, ?I cannot hear you!? Understood. I?ll catch him later, post-ringing.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2009/oct/03/where-courtney-love-meets-john-momot-slash-concert/

http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&p=Slash&assetType=image#

That's about all I've got for now.  Still looking for videos.  Anyone found/have any?

Great pics.  I like the one of Duff and Dave.

The only video I've seen so far is this very short clip of Slash & Perla...

@ 6:14

The Mirage 20th Anniversary - Celebs Congratulatory Message

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9VDGi__ol8

Hope the Love Stuff emerges on youtube..soon..

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this couple of 'Slash & Friends' gigs has generated way more interest than VR ever did.

Possibly so, although contraband sold quite well.
Hopefully the solo album does well.

how quick people forget that when VR was first forming and they named Scott the singer they were always being reported on and their was a ton of interest.

Well, you're wrong. Velvet Revolver had its gold time when Contraband was released. They touring around the world, his album sold kind of the same Chinese Democracy has sold so far, other than Contraband, at least, had ONE Hit. "Slither"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thhZTyCskAI

^^Thanks Lynn, that looks like the first one that's has been posted.


Yeah, I would like to see some of those.

That chick is fucking terrible.

Slash's solo sounded great, but aside from that and Nicole looking hot, I could've done without that performance.

Yeah this is the shit I wish Slash wouldn't do

I mean at least Fergie CAN sing

this shit is everything wrong with  music. Fuckin Pussycat Dolls, give me a fuckin break.

you and everyone else here i think

Paradise City - Slash, Duff, Courtney Love, Joe Perry, Dave Kushner, Franky Perez and more

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiLyhfzBllw

I liked Courtney Love and Franky the best of the singers..  The hot chic was just out of control....  Slash was ripping it at the end but couldn't hardly hear it. 

Fergie much hotter on same song, different date.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWVoGmmDsTg

Slash has TOO MANY friends.  The stage was way too crowded.  Lose the chicks and the rappers for my taste.  It seemed like the end of a drunken night of karaoke, with a kickass accompay band.  Great to see Slash and Duff ripping it up side by side.  Cool to see Joe Perry too, and yeah Franky seems like he'd fit in nice with VR.

"Celebrity Skin" - Courtney Love, Slash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfhRh82EfHo

"Walk This Way" - Joe Perry, Slash, John 5, Franky Perez and Sen Dog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT4PqlVrcIo

And a closer camera angle on this one:

"When I Grow Up" - Slash, Nicole Scherzinger and John 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2WHrTDfEY0

Franky Perez is great, if he isn't a contender to front VR, I don't think they'll find anyone

Here's a view of what could be one day.

Found over at http://www.chinese-democracy.blogspot.com/

Slither w/Franky Perez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xALgvpXbqyI&feature=player_embedded

I don't know, Franky Perez just doesn't do it for me.  And I think that's Matt Sorum on drums so that is pretty much Velvet Revolver in the video.

SLASH And Friends In Las Vegas; Video Footage Posted Online - Oct. 6, 2009

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=128248

Afterwards I have seen some videos (Slither/Paradise City), my conclusion is that Perez is not a bad singer or frontman, but he is not what Velvet Revolver needs...

I'm still placing a buck on Perez though in their list for maybe's

I think Perez is pretty good, but a step below Weiland.  Not sure if he'd be a better fit with the band than Scott or not.  I enjoyed Scars On Broadway, which Franky was a part of but they were vastly different than VR.

That's what I've been waiting for, nice.

Courtney's still got it, always dug that smokey growl....

I'm with Funk on Perez, doesn't do it for me...at all.

Might work for the VR guys though, an egoless no name who'd just be happy getting the gig.

Yeah, I feel Franky is like a very poor man's Weiland

Cool guy, does well with the covers but I dont think he is the guy

courtney for VR.

completely left field and it would get a ton of publicity for them

Agreed.

That would be about as cool as it could get. :yes:

She's spontaneous human combustion.

Unfortunately..

It'll never happen, she makes Weiland look stable..

she needs cash so why not?

that would actually be interesting.

I love her voice.  That Celebrity Skin ROCKED, her voice is so cool!

Franky can hit some high notes, but which version do you guys prefer?  The above or this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPK2mzKH4LY

Don't give a fuck what anybody says

Scott is awesome looks/moves cool as fuck and one of the best frontmen of the last 20 years.

Yeah Franky doesn't come close

BTW LoL@ people who say Slash hasn't done shit since GNR

Slither is amazing

I can't believe people want Courtney Love in VR.  Are you kidding me?
She's just a talentless, pig-faced waste of blood and organs.

Frankie is not bad, I dont know-his look just does not do it for me, I know that should not count, but oh well

Absolutly, one more thing, she doesn't even sing. I still think that Sebastian Bach is the best choice for Velvet Revolver.

If Courtney Love got the VR gig, I'd no longer be a VR fan.

cool to see Courtney with Slash. I'd love to see a duet with Axl.

I really don't think you have anything to worry about.

Immigrant Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxNbzv1Uwbw

War Pigs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjcWLvP-FoA

Fucking Shit, War Pigs was off the CHARTS!!!!!!!

Its So Easy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuagBnDWoHY

the more i see of franky, the more i feel like he's not the guy for VR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5AmxgOSxcs