Las Vegas Weekly

September 6, 2009 · 11:56 AM

Photo Gallery: Matt Goss fans travel from overseas for Palms premiere

By Robin Leach

Matt Goss Live From Las Vegas at the Palms.

Photo: Erik Kabik/Retna/www.erikkabikphoto.com

Put Matt Goss in a white tuxedo jacket, and you’d swear a real-life James Bond had walked into the casino. No wonder the British singer’s fans were swooning when the curtain went up on his premiere show at the Palms.

Some audience members had flown in from as far away as England and other parts of Europe, and when I used Twitter during the show, I suddenly had more than 40 followers from London asking me for live song-by-song reports and photos!

You can read my tweets during the show as it happened in real time at Twitter.com/robin_leach. Click HERE for photos by Denise Truscello that we posted yesterday, plus, we have these images from Erik Kabik that accompany this story.

“The Voice” had the fully packed new Gossy Lounge cheering throughout his amazing, nonstop set of Bros hits, new original material and a couple of familiar oldies and not-so-known newbies! It was a night that captured and re-created the total feel of old Vegas entertainment -- up close and intimate with a super singer at the top of his form.

The backup nine-piece band became my instant heroes with their stunning sounds. The four new Dirty Virgin dancers in corsets and stockings with pink garter straps were enchanting, and the two backup singers, dressed in the sharpest and sexiest of flight attendant uniforms, can scan my ticket and strap me in anytime they want.

Photo: Erik Kabik/Retna/www.erikkabikphoto.com

Matt Goss Live From Las Vegas at the Palms.

The production was created and masterminded by Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin, who now has another bona-fide hit on her hands with their twice-a-week residency at George Maloof’s Palms. The hotel mogul was on hand with a bevy of bunnies from his Playboy Club for the first-night festivities.

It was all a triumph, and right after the show, Robin told me: “It all came together beautifully. Matt was fantastic. The music, the songs, the dancing, it just all worked like a winner should.”

Click HERE for Senior Editor John Katsilometes’ rundown of the evening that included a wardrobe malfunction, “Luck Be a Lady Tonight” and watermelon liqueur shots.

Photo: Erik Kabik/Retna/www.erikkabikphoto.com

Matt Goss Live From Las Vegas at the Palms.

Matt and Robin toasted each other’s success with champagne on the stage before fans wanting photos and autographs mobbed Matt. Click HERE to read my interview with the dynamic duo posted on Vegas DeLuxe on Friday.

Matt added: “It felt great for a first night. It’s here, and we’ll tighten and add now each week so it goes from great to the absolute best. I felt comfortable. I love Vegas. I loved the audience. It’s all a perfect match.”

Afterward, they went up to The Playboy Club to continue their first-night fun. If Matt had worn a white tuxedo, it would have been a scene from a 007 movie. Old-time Vegas with a modern flair has been reborn!

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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— From Vegas Deluxe

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