.KeithUrban became the latest artist to kick off a residency in Las Vegas earlier this month
There's still artists who might have some hesitancy about playing Las Vegas. What advice would you give them?
Most artists that I've talked to who live in LA, they go back and forth every night. What are you doing? So he found a tape. The only cassette that he found was a whole Hulk Hogan’s Hulkamania workout from 1985. It's a riot. So I found a copy of that and we cranked it backstage and we did this ridiculous workout with the band with Hulk. It's beyond absurd, I mean, in all the right ways. It's heightened. So I went crazy on that. And then last night, I was cranking up Elvis performing in Vegas, doing a song called “Patch It Up” with the band just going nuts. It was good inspiration.
Because of the small size of the venue, you’re able to interact with so many people, including pulling them up onstage and responding to their signs. What's the best sign you've seen since you've been in Vegas?It’s all very spontaneous. Someone last night had a sign that said “I have a scrunchie to give you. Will you accept it?” I didn't quite know what that was. Well, I know what a scrunchie is, but by all accounts [the sign was] an offering to become boyfriend and girlfriend.
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