Raiding the Rock Vault is completely ready to rock in the Rio. Its return day is June 17. The rock musical is the 1st residency clearly show in The Duomo enjoyment location and restaurant opening just off the on line casino floor.
Owned by Vegas lawyer (and also rock musician) Tony Srgo and operated by Damian Costa and his Pompey Amusement organization, Duomo is a rock-built, 300-seat dwell songs location with a 1980s-style arcade. There is a connected fast-casual Italian restaurant Cupola Café.
The menu was conceived by longtime Las Vegas chef Mimmo Ferraro, whose relatives established Ferraro’s Italian Cafe Wine & Bar. A centre bar also is additional to the blend, open up independently from the ticketed displays in the venue. Costa programs to fill a comprehensive night of ticketed entertainment at The Doumo, with Rock Vault the anchor.
Renderings for “The Duomo,” set to open June 26 on casino ground of @RioVegas. Proprietor Tony Srgo w/ Damian Costa’s Pompey Leisure partnering. A 300-seat audio location, Cupola Cafe from Mimmo Ferraro, classic arcade. Toured it a several days ago. #CoolHang #RJNow @reviewjournal pic.twitter.com/EI5sE9hmzu
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The rock show will complete 8 p.m. Fridays through Mondays in the 300-seat club. Tickets array from $74-$129 (in addition expenses). Tickets are on sale Friday at Ticketmaster (raidingtherockvault.com/tickets). Darkish considering the fact that March 2020, Rock Vault will lastly stop a 28-thirty day period hiatus.
The show’s rotating lineup of rock stars and their affiliated bands/demonstrates and halls of fame incorporate:
Howard Leese [Guitar], Heart, Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame, Bad Organization.
Hugh McDonald [Bass], Bon Jovi, Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame.
Rowan Robertson [Lead Guitar], Dio.
Robin McAuley [Lead Vocals], MSG, Survivor.
Cian Coey [Lead Vocals], Meat Loaf, Dweezil Zappa.
Blas Elias [Drums], Slaughter, Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Michael T. Ross [Keyboards], Lita Ford, Missing Individuals.
Phil Soussan [Bass], Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol, Very last in Line.
Todd Kerns [Lead Vocals], Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators.
John Bisaha [Lead Vocals], The Babys.
Jay Schellen [Drums], Sure, Asia, Badfinger.
Doug Aldrich [Guitar], Whitesnake, Dio, The Lifeless Daisies.
Tony Franklin [Bass], The Business, Whitesnake, Blue Murder.
Christian Brady [Lead Guitar], Hellyeah.
Z Maddox [Lead Guitar], “Rock of Ages.”
Jason Boyleston [Guitar], Paul Rodgers Band.
Megan Ruger [Lead Vocals], “The Voice.”
Paul Johnson [Lead Vocals], “Rock of Ages.”
Dan Grennes [Bass], Billie Joe Armstrong, Melissa Etheridge.
The manufacturing taps into these kinds of rock legends as Rolling Stones, The Who, The Doorways, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Totally free, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, Boston, Kansas, Aerosmith, Van Halen, AC/DC, Pat Benatar, Foreigner, Heart, Journey, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake, among others.
Moving into its 10th year as a Vegas residency, the show’s level of popularity and sustainability are inarguable. RTRV ran from March 2013 to December 2014 at Hilton/LVH/Westgate, then moved to Tropicana Theater, then to Vinyl at Really hard Rock Resort (24 Oxford at Virgin Motels Las Vegas today) in 2015, in advance of relocating to the Rio in January 2020.
Rock Vault was prolonged envisioned to be again at the Rio. The lodge hardly ever bothered to just take down its promotional signage inside of the resort, even by means of the pandemic shutdown of entertainment. All those signs referenced its aged next-amount venue at Masquerade Tower, Club 172, which now is closed.
“We respect the lots of e-mails and requests for information been given during the lockdown and search ahead to welcoming all our friends and friends back to rock in The Duomo, an remarkable new and expanded location at the Rio,” Rock Vault producer Sir Harry Cowell stated in a statement.
Closed considering the fact that March 2020, Rock Vault is at as soon as a band and a tribute clearly show, having received that class in the Best of Las Vegas audience poll every single calendar year since 2014, the 12 months just after it opened at then-Las Vegas Hilton (now Westgate). Rock Vault in fact won the 2021 Very best Of readers’ award soon after remaining dim an whole 12 months in Las Vegas.
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