New Years Eve Stories
Welcome to 2024: Las Vegas delivers on New Year's bash- Visitors exchanged hugs and kisses, shouted “Happy New Year” and blew on horns in joyous celebration. Metro Police didn’t report any major incidents ... more
Las Vegas ready to ring out 2023, ring in 2024- Las Vegas will ring in the new year as it always does: with an array of bespoke shows and other entertainment opportunities, in addition to multiple, massive displays of fireworks. more
Caution urged, but Las Vegas New Year’s Eve fireworks still on- More than 300,000 revelers are expected on the Strip and downtown Las Vegas for the return of New Year’s Eve fireworks, despite rising case levels of COVID-19. Even though fireworks were canceled last year ... more
Despite virus, thousands celebrate New Year's in Las Vegas- Hello, 2021. While the party on the Las Vegas Strip was slightly different than past new year celebrations, the end result was the same: A festive countdown and joyful ringing in ... more
Even with pandemic, officials expect large crowds for New Year's Eve in Las Vegas- Las Vegas Boulevard, from Spring Mountain Road to Mandalay Bay, will go on a soft lockdown at 7:30 p.m. and be completely shut down to traffic by 8 p.m. more
Hundreds of thousands ring in the new year in Las Vegas- This is how you throw a party. About 400,000 revelers ushered in a new year on the Las Vegas Strip with a festive countdown, punctuated with couples kissing and rejoicing for a new year as fireworks burst overhead ... more
I finally got to see the Las Vegas New Year’s Eve fireworks- Here we were in supposedly one of the best cities to celebrate, and while we watched one show live, we were talking about the one we saw earlier on Facebook. more
NYE 2014 Guide: Nightclub parties in Las Vegas- From big-name beatmeisters (Zedd! Calvin Harris!) to celeb-studded soirees (Iggy! Miguel!), where to get your party on this New Year's Eve. more
Event guide: New Year's Eve Weekend 2012- With New Year's Eve falling on a Monday this year, Las Vegas parties will run all weekend long. more
NYE 2012 Las Vegas Party Guide- Celebrate the start of 2013 with chart-topping bands, A-list DJs and more! more
Hot Spots: NYE weekend in Las Vegas- Three nights of A-list DJs and massive parties before the countdown even kicks off. more
Las Vegas rings in the New Year with a pyrotechnic orgy- Eight Strip properties are participating in the fireworks show this year, the newest addition being the Tropicana. more
Hot Spots: New Year's Eve edition- Kardashians, Black Eyed Peas and EDM, oh my! more
- Notable Nevadans share New Year's resolutions, hopes for a brighter 2011
- New Year’s Eve is about looking forward to the new year and making a few self-improvements along the way. And like many others in the Las Vegas Valley, notable residents have their own set of changes they hope to achieve in 2011. more
Chatting with 30 Seconds to Mars guitarist Tomo Milicevic- Milicevic discusses his affection for Vegas, concert finales, and something different to look forward to for their NYE show at the Palms. more
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Felix Grucci: A man at the center of the New Year’s Eve pyrotechnic storm
A total of $500,000 was spent to fire 96,000 blasts from the rooftops of seven Strip resorts for more than 300,000 people, making New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas the nation’s grandest spectacle. Read more...
Are Fergie and Josh Duhamel expecting their first child?
By Robin Leach
Last year, the superstar singer was ducking my impertinent questions about her engagement and upcoming wedding to handsome … Read more...
Strip Scribbles: Matthew McConaughey’s two consecutive nights at Cirque
By Robin Leach
It’s difficult to believe, but actor Matthew McConaughey and stunning girlfriend Camila Alves went unrecognized when they purchased margaritas at … Read more...
UFC + LAX = 4eva
It’s a marriage made for Vegas: UFC and LAX have tied the knot. Read more...
A tale of three romances: Criss & Holly, Maksim & Karina and Travis & Shanna
By Robin Leach
Lovebirds Criss Angel and Holly Madison flew off this morning to start a weeklong vacation at a luxury beachfront resort in the millionaire’s playground of Cabo San Lucas. Read more...
Morning Call: Josh & Fergie tie the knot in a private sunset ceremony in Malibu
By Robin Leach
Showbiz stars turned out for yesterday’s sunset Malibu wedding between superstar singer Fergie, 33, and her beau, actor Josh Duhamel, 36, exactly as we had reported over New Year’s Eve when the couple stayed here at the Palazzo after her Venetian concert and Lavo club countdown. They have been dating since 2004 and became engaged late last year. Fergie, once upon a time Stacy Ferguson, chatted with me in our exclusive video interview about being in love and how one day after touring once again with the Black Eyed Peas, she and Josh look forward to starting a family. Josh’s ... Read more...
Paris who? Benji Madden celebrates New Year with DJ set at Body English
By Robin Leach
While Paris Hilton was ringing in the New Year Down Under, former beau and Good Charlotte frontman Benji Madden was right here in Las Vegas. With a 12-strong entourage of friends, Benji partied up a storm at Body English inside the Hard Rock Hotel — and even helped give away $25,000 to the rowdy revelers. After handling the 10 to 1 countdown to usher in 2009, Benji went straight into his guest DJ set. He wound up having so much fun, he went right over his scheduled 90-minute set time. “He was in a great mood, and it looks as ... Read more...
Morning Call Exclusive Interview: Fergie talks about music, marriage and starting a family
By Robin Leach
There’s no question that pop superstar Fergie is “over the moon” happy in love with actor Josh Duhamel. There’s no doubt the handsome, lip-locked couple will tie the knot almost immediately. However, her lips were sealed about the exact date when I talked with her — even though she proudly showed me her engagement ring and chatted about marriage and starting a family! But in talking to her friends during her Las Vegas visit with Josh and their respective families, it looks as if five days from now — this Saturday, Jan. 10 — Fergie and Josh will marry and ... Read more...
Exclusive Photo Galleries: Kid Rock and ZZ Top close out holiday weekend
By Robin Leach
Just when you thought it was impossible to “top” the megastar power that lit up Las Vegas for New Year’s Eve, along come two rock music superstars in dueling battles to close out the long holiday weekend. ZZ Top and Kid Rock went into head-to-head rivalry last night, and both acts had jam-packed, sellout crowds for their sensational shows. For Detroit-born rock-rapper Kid Rock, it was his second show in less than 96 hours at The Pearl Concert Theater in the Palms. Our contributing photographer Denise Truscello was onstage and backstage for the candid shots of Palms President George Maloof ... Read more...
Morning Call: Pink & Carey Hart reunite! Will New Year bring a reconciliation?
By Robin Leach
For lovers and those in love, New Year’s Eve is a very special night! Promises and resolutions. Maybe even an attempt to right a wrecked marriage? The reunion between torn twosome Pink and Carey Hart, rock music’s reigning hot couple, was eagerly awaited by those of us with the prying eyes and the nosy tongue wagging! The reunion at the Hard Rock Hotel between the superstar singer and the tattooed motocross stunt king on the second most romantic night of the year was pulled off without a hitch. “It’s obvious that they still care about each other very much,” one ... Read more...
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New Years Eve 2008 Photo Galleries
- 01/02/09
Party at the Palms: NYE '08 - 01/01/09
NYE @ XS - 01/01/09
Celebs take last meal of '08 at Simon - 01/01/09
The aftermath - 01/01/09
New Years @ Jet - 01/01/09
A Perfecto New Year's Eve - 01/01/09
New Year's Summerlin style - 01/01/09
Robbie Knievel jumps Mirage volcano - 01/01/09
New Year's Eve around the valley - 01/01/09
New Year's Eve @ Lavo - 01/01/09
The Strip at midnight outside Palazzo
