Las Vegas Weekly

June 12, 2010 · 1:55 PM

Photos: Mayor declares June 11, 2010, as ‘Sgt. Pepper Live Day’

By Don Chareunsy

Geoff Emerick, Tom Petersson, Robin Zander, Mayor Oscar Goodman, Rick Nielsen, Bill Edwards and Marilyn Winn at the Paris on June 11, 2010.

Photo: Denise Truscello/WireImage

By Don Chareunsy, Vegas DeLuxe editor

Mayor Oscar Goodman declared yesterday “Sgt. Pepper Live Day” on the day Cheap Trick’s Sgt. Pepper Live kicked off a limited run of a show in tribute to one of The Beatles’ most beloved and popular albums, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Cheap Trick members Robin Zander, Tom Petersson and Rick Nielsen were on hand to receive the proclamation, and legendary Beatles producer Geoff Emerick, show producer Bill Edwards and Paris President Marilyn Winn also attended the ceremony. Emerick received a key to the city from Goodman.

In return, Cheap Trick, Edwards and Emerick presented the mayor with a bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin. The mayor is a fan of Bombay Sapphire martinis, so the gift could not have been more perfect.

Tonight is media night at Sgt. Pepper Live. Check back tomorrow right here at Vegas DeLuxe for a write-up of the show and a photo gallery from contributing photographer Tom Donoghue.

Thanks to Christopher Rauschnot @24K Media on Twitter for his video of the ceremony posted on YouTube.

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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