A 98 Degrees holiday show in Henderson
Jisthe member of 98 Degrees who lives in Las Vegas. Thus, he understands how to play with house money — at the tables and onstage.
“That’s honestly a great way to put it,” Timmons says, referring to the boy band that came to fame in the late 1990s and still draws throngs today. “We’re in this thing that was extremely successful 20-plus years ago. Now it’s like, ‘Let’s just keep going with it.’ The only thing now is to have a ton of fun.”
The reunited lineup of Timmons, Justin Jeffre and brothers Nick and Drew Lachey will play a holiday-themed show at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Green Valley Ranch Grand Events Center. The performance follows the 2017 release of their first full Christmas album in nearly 20 years, “Let it Snow.” The groupalsotouredayearago and might launch a tour next summer. It just seems the 98 Degrees heat wave never subsides.
“Thisissodifferentthan what we go through individually,” says Timmons, who has attempted to bring the adult production “Men of the Strip” to residency in Las Vegas. “It’s a lot different than creating something from the ground up — taking the intimidating path like putting up a new male revue to entertain a crowd in Las Vegas.”
While “Men of the Strip” went dark in Vegas in 2017 after a short-circuited attempt to move into the Tropicana, Timmons remains a popular figure in the city’s entertainment community. He is continually on the cusp of a new production — and expect another in 2019, centered on a new boy-band concept, to perform a showcase in March at the Orleans Showroom.
Meantime, he’s cruising with his friends of two de- cades, still sporting the 98 Degrees tattoo on his right bicep. (He had that done when the group signed its first record deal with Motown in 1997.)
I asked Timmons if he’d ever felt genuine fear over his safety during the band’s heyday. “It was a crazy time, and we went from not being able to catch a cold to having the fans almost flipping our van over.”
“One girl posed as an NBA reporter and made it into our dressing room with a cameraman,” Timmons said. “She was going to interview us, but then someone noticed that the camera’s ‘record’ light wasn’t on and there was no tape in the camera. The credential was fake. We called security and she had this quasi-meltdown, right there in the dressing room.”
Timmons adds, “The thing about 98 Degrees is, we went through all of that together. It’s more than being business partners or members of the samegroup.thereisarespect for each other personally, having these experiences. It’s just the course of our lives.”
Recover this way
Joe Perry has fallen ill, but Aerosmith forges on.
The venerable rock band’s upcoming residency at the Park Theater was briefly, and it turns out needlessly, called into question due to an unexpected incident Saturday night: Perry was taken to a hospital from a Billy Joel concert.
You might have seen the coverage of Perry’s health scare after he performed with Joel at Madison Square Garden. Perry and Joel cut loose with “Walk This Way,” and afterward the 68-year-old guitarist experienced trouble breathing.
Perry was treated with oxygen and a breathing tube backstage before being transported to a nearby hospital.
The dramatic retelling of that saga in New York led fans (especially those in Las Vegas) to question whether the band would be able to fulfill its dates next year at the Park Theater. It will.
Perry had been suffering from allergies and congested lungs leading to Saturday’s performance. Those close to the band consider the coverage of the event blown far out of proportion. Perry himself tweeted, “Doing Well, thanks for all the love and support!” as he was released Monday.
“Deuces Are Wild,” Aerosmith’s highly anticipated residency, is thus unaffected. The series opens April 6 and runs for 18 shows on select dates in April, June and July.
Baby Choudhry
Life is Beautiful and Emerge Music + Impact festival founder Rehan Choudhry and his wife, former KSNVTV Channel 3 anchor Jessica Moore, have welcomed their first child. Nico Moore Choudhry was born Nov. 8. The family lives in New York, where Moore now works at WCBS-TV.
The couple wanted a shorter first name (which, as friends have noted, sounds like a rock star) to complement the longer last name. Moore remains Jessica’s onair name. Little Nico’s stats at birth: 8 pounds, 7 ounces. Labor time: 34 hours. The couple say the entire experience has been life-changing, and we believe it.
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