/ 16 August 2023

Kylie’s in hot demand in Vegas, a cotton-eyed distraction, and introducing the Bublé Fighters…

Kylie Minogue in Padam Padam music video

It’s not just Taylor Swift who’s in mega demand… Kylie Minogue’s Vegas residency has sold out and crashed the website – the cabaret club-style venue holds an audience of just 1,000, so tickets for her 20 shows have been hard to get.

The dance anthem Cotton Eye Joe was annoying in 1994. And it was almost tournament derailing for women’s tennis world #3 Jessica Pegula after it blasted over the speakers of the final of the Montreal Open at a critical moment. Yesterday she said she was “ just glad that I overcame it”.

And introducing you to the new superband – the Bublé Fighters… Its genesis has quite a backstory, but its impact is real. As Chief Fooey Dave Grohl said yesterday, “there’s no such thing as taking a joke too far”…

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