Las Vegas Weekly

July 13, 2009 · 12:04 PM

Photo Gallery: Rock star weekend with Incubus, NKOTB and The Roots

By Robin Leach

New Kids on the Block perform at The Pearl.

Photo: Thomas Myers/Retna Ltd.

The weekend turnout of rockers and pop stars for concerts and parties throughout the Strip rivaled the UFC 100 bonanza, and our fabulous Vegas DeLuxe contributing photographers managed to keep up with all of them.

Rockers Incubus, led by singer Brandon Boyd, performed at The Rogue Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel, where Erik Kabik captured them in action, while at the other end of the music spectrum, the reunited New Kids on the Block had fans screaming for more while Scott Harrison clicked on the antics -- including a high-flying Donnie Wahlberg.

Scott also juggled his high-speed schedule and made it out to The M Resort without a speeding ticket to capture the Regeneration Tour with ABC and original lead singer Martin Fry; Missing Persons with original lead singer Dale Bozzi; and Wang Chung original singers Jack Hues and Nick Feldman.

Earlier in the wild weekend, Erik Kabik was front row center for Grammy Award-winning group The Roots. They rocked the stage at the Hard Rock Hotel, and looking none the worse after a reported hospitalization, Flavor Flav joined them onstage during the encore. Back on the Strip, wife and husband Pat Benatar and Neil Girardo were at the House of Blues in Mandalay Bay.

Meantime, members of Incubus hit a VIP table at Body English at the Hard Rock after their concert, and A.J. McLean of the Backstreet Boys partied at Wasted Space. Over at The Playboy Club in the Palms, Donnie, who’s also an actor and film producer, partied with band mate Joe McIntyre. At 2:30 a.m. after celebrating with Ketel One cocktails, they treated guests to a performance of “Single.”

My good pal and neighbor Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil was at N9NE Steakhouse in the Palms with his knockout wife Lia. They enjoyed bib lettuce salad and Lobster to the N9NES with Fiji water and iced tea. Across the way was MMA fighter Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in a group of six eating Morty’s lemon chicken with sides of grilled asparagus and George Maloof’s creamed corn recipe. NBA player Ovinton Mayo and three friends also were in the main dining room.

Upstairs in Nove Italiano, Duran Duran enjoyed dinner with an entourage of 18 after their concert at The Pearl. The party, including actor Dave Foley, had the private dining room for executive chef Geno Bernardo’s family-style Italian dishes with mixed drinks, beer and wine. After dinner, Duran Duran led the group up to The Playboy Club. Frontman Simon LeBon visited his namesake restaurant, Simon, in neighboring Palms Place for a dinner and a lunch with Iron Chef Kerry Simon. Simon LeBon and a friend had lunch at Simon on Saturday.

Also at The Playboy Club were MMA fighter Diego Sanchez and six friends and actor and model Greg Vaughan, who also hit Moon before the night ended. At Rain for DJ AM Fridays, celebrity guest DJ Benji Madden rocked the house. Dressed in a T-shirt and jeans, he sipped on Ketel One cocktails while behind the wheels of steel.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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