This Is Real: Vince Neil To Headline 'DrinksGiving'
Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 03:22PM
Vince Neil will headline "DrinksGiving" during "Blackout Wednesday" on November 24. Yes, that's the day before Thanksgiving for all fellow Americans reading this. From Vegas Publicity:
On Wednesday, Nov. 24, Fremont Street Experience will throw an epic drink-fest and block party encompassing the entire destination with its inaugural DrinksGiving celebration and free concert featuring Mötley Crüe front man Vince Neil. Tourists, locals, and rock fans alike are invited to celebrate DrinksGiving on Blackout Wednesday in Downtown Las Vegas with soon-to-be announced drink specials, pub crawls, drinking games and more.
'Fremont Street is the place to party in Las Vegas, and we are always exploring new ways to give our guests the experience of a lifetime,' said Andrew Simon, president and CEO of Fremont Street Experience. 'DrinksGiving is going to be the ultimate Blackout Wednesday event in Las Vegas.'
I swear, you can't make this shit up. It doesn't seem like a great idea to have Vince headline such a show, but hey. I don't run his PR. Of course, Vince did kill Razzle from Hanoi Rocks all those years ago while driving drunk.
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Reader Comments (7)
Thing is, Neil is a brand nowadays. I hear you: "Him, everything is a brand now! Crue is a brand!" And you, whoever you are, are right. And they were b(r)ands back in the day too. But there are varnished and tarnished brands. Me, personally? I think Neil is tarnished. That despite all the people who still pay to see him, send him well wishes, and all the rest.
I give him a pass on the fact that he lost a child. A child. But that is where it stops. At some point, that response to people who poke fun at him only serves as an excuse. And, if it is, that is one of the saddest excuses you could make. But I also realize that could be part of the whole spiral he has been involved in for years now. Heck, even some of those in the b(r)and he is pretty much only known for (yes, he had solo albums) do the same thing.
Again, sad. Would I ever buy Mustaine's wine? No. Would I ever buy Slayer's booze? No. Would I buy Maiden's beer? I have. If you need to question why I made those choices, feel free to ask (and we can put aside the fact that McBrain is a recovering alcoholic who also owns a bar and grill in Florida). But Neil is a special case in that sort of discussion. People enable his behavior and he thrives off of it. This event is a case in point. And why not have him host a party in Vegas? I mean, the punchline writes itself. And I bet it will be fun for those who attend. Thing is, and I am still keeping my self-imposed ban going here, Neil is the punchline. On some level, that must tear him up inside. But, in an equally sad way, that is also what contributes to who he is nowadays.
Me? I love Fremont Street. But I wouldn't attend this event if you paid me to do so. And that isn't just a boastful brag from behind my knuckle-dragged keyboard. In a way, it points to just how much I love the b(r)and that Neil was/is involved in. It also points to why I stopped making a lot of jokes about him a year or so ago.
But you forgot one key thing … Neil can’t sing!
Unless this appearance showcases Neil with restored vocal capability and the ability to annunciate every word, his PR will only be exacerbated beyond how horrible it already is.
And when it comes to jokes about Neil, as of now, the jokes are even more on him (Not HIM!) these days. Then again, I suppose he could always try to make “urine out of wine” by repackaging himself with a Residency at Circus Circus (which once housed his clown show of a restaurant) and call the show “Vince Neil The Clown”.
This is because, for quite some time, his performances have consisted of his rolly-polly self barreling across the stage blurting out unintelligible sound effects and half-formed words that barely resemble his once sterling impression of Alvin from “Little Alvin & The Chipmunks” - that is, if he can even make it through his set.
I know it’s harsh criticism, but for all this guy’s belligerence toward fans (i.e. unapologetic F-Bomb-laced tyraids against autograph seekers on Shiprocked! back in the day), public disorderly conduct, drunk driving (actually killing and permanently injuring people) and all around general a*sholishness, he is reaping the karma he has sowed.
Still, if he’s gotten back into “fighting” shape, both physically AND vocally a la Elvis’s Comeback in ‘68, suckers like me would come back to see him, or Crüe for that matter. That is, if they would even take him back at this point, unless he cleans himself up.
But as it stands now, if he’s not going to care, why should we? Unless, maybe, he’s hoping YouTube videos of this sad charade of an upcoming show will go viral because, in the words of P.T. Barnum, “There’s no such thing as bad publicity”.
p.s. And more accolades to HIM for coining the clever and twistful term “B(r)ands”.
Jack (I am done with clever twists on your name, at least for now), I certainly agree with your first point. And, never having met Neil, I take you at your word on your second point. But, I have to ask: could your third point be part of the problem? Knowing how to party isn't really a skill. And, as time passes, it is an ability that tends to cut into all the other things in your life you should be doing. And I say that as someone who 'knows how to party' (or, at least, I think I do). But I also know that the party . . . has . . . to . . . stop, at some point. My point? If life is a party, then it really isn't. It is a problem.
And I see your point. Neil has lived the rock lifestyle that others only watch from afar. But, to me, for every Neil there is a Glenn Hughes. And I mean that to say, there is a person who lives that life and then finds a way to thrive afterwards. There are also those who find ways to keep it going, and going good, long past the point that it seems humanly possible. But who are those people? I am searching for an example. The best I can come up with is the recently deceased Pete Way. And he was felled by the after-effects of an accident, of all things!
Gary, I think Nicholas Charles Dingley haunts Neil almost as much as his dead daughter. I think Neil is surrounded by ghosts of his past, or shadows of what his and other people's lives could have been. As I noted previously, I think those traces of sadness are what have led him to where he is now. And hosting this event on Fremont Street is a way to push all of that to the side, make some coin, and avoid thinking about any of it. When you are the center of attention then you don't have to focus on yourself.