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Elton and Britney staying on in Vegas, with J-Lo potentially on the way
By Aly Barchi | Published on Friday 24 October 2014
It’s time for a go on the ‘popstars with Las Vegas residencies’ fruit machine of news, as present-day Vegas headliners Elton John and Britney get an extension and a ‘cash injection’ respectively, and gossip circulates that potential-Vegas-attraction-to-be Jennifer Lopez may or may not be in talks to take a paid vacation in Sin City herself.
So, point one. It’s been confirmed that Elton John’s big ‘Million Dollar Piano’ show at Caesar’s Palace, which premiered in 2011, will go on for another three years. John will also replace Celine Dion on a series of her headlining dates in early 2015, whilst she takes time off to care for her husband Rene Angelil, who has throat cancer. It’s unclear when (and even if) Dion will be back in the Vegas spotlight, and it’s also highly likely she won’t appear as initially billed at the Caesars Palace’s Colosseum arena on New Year’s Eve, a show that’s at the moment still pending a headline act.
Next, it’s relative Las Vegas newb Britney Spears, who’s been given a raise for ‘allegedly’ miming all her greatest hits at the Planet Hollywood-based Axis arena over the past year. Spears – who first revealed scant details of her ‘Piece Of Me’ residency by, basically, vomiting in a helicopter – has brokered a deal with Planet Hollywood promoters to play more shows (140 over two years as opposed to the initially-agreed 96), and be paid more per show. TMZ reports that Brit will bank $475,000 for each date she does, over $150,000 more than was stated in her original contract. Which isn’t half bad, as pay rises go.
Third and last, Jennifer Lopez might possibly be ‘doing a Celine/Britney/Elton’ and getting her own show, also at The Axis, soon. TMZ claims J-Lo is in the ‘final stages’ of sealing a deal with a $350,000 per show paycheque attached. Yeee-haaa, I sure hope some of that’s true! Let’s all maybe wait on official confirmation before booking our flights, though.
