Nov 19 2006
Olivia Newton-John, herself a cancer survivor (she was diagnosed
in 1992) stopped by to walk the red carpet at Thursday's NCI event at the MGM
before hustling off to her show at the Luxor, where she performed as part of the
hotel's "Spotlight Series" through Saturday.
Newton-John (who turned 58 in September and man do I feel old) recalled a 1972
visit, her first, to Vegas when she opened for Charlie Rich at the LV Hilton
showroom when Elvis Presley was dark. She arrived a few days early, while
Presley was still performing. "He was singing my hit at the time, 'Let Me
Be There,' in his show and wanted to meet me, but something happened and he got
taken away. I was so disappointed."
(Special moment from Newton-John's show on Friday, during "Xanadu,"
the more fervent fans near the front of the stage made Xs out of straws and glow
sticks) ...
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