Shakin' Stevens and Neil Diamond at Glastonbury was just the start of it. This is the summer of old rockers, and naturally the line up of pensionable acts playing in Las Vegas during my upcoming trip is pretty impressive:
Ringo Starr, Motley Crue, Pat Benetar and Rod Stewart.
Then there's Steely Dan, Hall and Oates, Kenny G and Liza Minelli.
OK, so that's possibly stretching the definition of "rockers" a bit too far, but you get the point.
There's also the Regeneration Tour, including such 80s awesomeness as ABC, Belinda Carlisle and the Human League.
And, of course, Elton John and Cher are in town too.
This is just during the four weeks I'm going to be there. Looking ahead to the end of August, it just keeps getting better and better with Poison, Extreme, KISS, Black Crowes, Foreigner, Judas Priest and Berlin all playing Vegas before the summer is out.
Seriously, Berlin are still together? And they have more than one song?
If only I was heading out there a few days earlier, the choice would be even more fabulous:
Boy George, Kenny Loggins and De La Soul. Plus there's a whopper night of 80s soft rock at Mandalay Bay with Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick all on the same bill.
Who knew that any of the above were still getting work?
