F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix: Kylie Minogue to headline closing race after-party
Pop superstar Kylie Minogue is going for gold in the US with a star performance at a ritzy event to celebrate the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
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Pop superstar Kylie Minogue is cementing her reputation as the new queen of Las Vegas with a star performance at a ritzy event to celebrate the F1 Grand Prix.
Minogue will headline the closing race after-party when the exclusive Amber Lounge event makes its US debut during the Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023 weekend on November 18.
The event is being held at Voltaire, the 1000-seat live music venue at the opulent Italian-inspired Venetian Resort on the famed Las Vegas strip where Minogue is currently performing a residency.
General admission prices for the Amber Lounge start at $1,500 per person with VIP table packages available from start at $2,000 per person.
Organisers say guests will be treated to opulence, extravagance, immersive entertainment and luxury service.
Minogue will be supported by DJ Jellybean Benitez, well-known for this work with music legend Madonna.
The Aussie star’s Vegas success comes as she told of her joy over being nominated for a Grammy for hit single Padam Padam, her first recognition from the Recording Academy of the United States since 2009.
AUSSIE STARS TELL OF GRAMMYS JOY
Aussie pop prince Troye Sivan and global DJ and producer Dom Dolla are celebrating their first Grammy nominations as they gear up to contest this week’s homegrown ARIA Awards.
An ecstatic Sivan is up for two Grammys for Best Pop Dance Recording and Best Music Video for his smash hit single Rush.
“My first GRAMMY nomination…and second. A life long dream, no joke,” Sivan posted in reaction to the historic nominations.
Australian producer Styalz Fuego, who worked on Rush, is also included on the nominations roll.
Dance king Dom Dolla, who has been commanding sold out audiences around the world this year, received a Best Remixed Recording nomination for his work on the track New Gold by Gorillaz featuring Tame Impala & Bootie Brown.
“Can’t believe it. Thank you @gorillaz & @tameimpala for giving me a chance. This is an absolute dream come true,” Dom Dolla posted.
Unfortunately for Aussie indie pop star and Eurovision contestant Montaigne, her Grammy nomination was spelled incorrectly.
Jess Cerro, who records as Montaigne, is also a mad gamer and helped compose the score for the video game Stary Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, which received a Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games nominations - but her name was written as Jess Serro.
“So cool that our queer musical game about Greek gods is now in the big leagues. so proud to be a part of this team and to have done this work,” Cerro posted.
“Btw yes my name is spelt wrong, we’re getting it changed.”
The biggest Aussie nominee from behind-the-scenes is Melbourne-born producer and engineer Catherine Marks who produced the debut album The Record from American indie supergroup Boygenius featuring Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker.
The album and two of its songs won six nominations while Marks herself is also nominated in the Best Engineered Album, Non Classical.
The FnZ production team - Michael “Finatik” Mule and Isaac “Zac” De Boni - are also back on the Grammys nominees list up for Best Rap Song for their work on Rich Flex by Drake and 21 Savage.
And Australian guitar supreme Tommy Emmanuel is also in the running for a Grammy for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella for his recording of the Johnny Cash classic Folsom Prison Blues with The String Revolution.
‘PINCH ME’: KYLIE MINOGUE ECSTATIC
Minogue’s Padam Padam received a nomination in the Best Pop Dance Recording category, while music from Margot Robbie’s blockbuster Barbie movie is also expected to clean up at the February 4 gala.
Minogue won her first and only Grammy in 2004 for Come Into My World, and was nominated in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2009.
MY HEART IS PADAM-ING SO FAST RIGHT NOW #GRAMMYs ðŸ¤ðŸ˜ â¤ï¸PADAM PADAMâ¤ï¸ is nominated for 'Best Pop Dance Recording'! 🫨 Thank you SO much to EVERYONE 🥹â¤ï¸ðŸ˜˜ @RecordingAcad@inawroldsen@areyoulostboypic.twitter.com/Vg965V6MrR
— Kylie Minogue (@kylieminogue) November 11, 2023
Minogue took to Twitter/X to express her pleasure at the recognition, which comes hot on the heels of her successful Las Vegas residency.
And on TikTok, Minogue posted video of herself dancing with glee over her comeback nomination: “Pinch me...was yesterday a dream?”
Minogue’s triumphant return to the world’s most famous music accolades comes as
Taylor Swift looks set to make music history. She broke one Grammy Award record with her Anti-Hero nomination for Song of the Year, and will break another if Midnights wins Album of the Year.
The megastar is the first songwriter in history to receive seven nominations in the songwriter category, beating out legends Sir Paul McCartney and Lionel Richie who both have six.
Swift is among pop’s superstar women to dominate the nominations for the 66th Grammy Awards, alongside Lana Del Rey, Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo and SZA, who with nine nominations received the most nods this year.
In-demand producer Jack Antonoff scored six nominations for his work with both Swift and Lana Del Rey, the baroque pop singer whose album Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd earned her several nominations.
SZA — the acerbic, R&B risk-taker whose layered tales of romance earned her acclaim with her debut Ctrl in 2017 and saw her top the charts again with 2022’s SOS — is poised to reign over the gala, with nominations spanning the categories.
And Bridgers, one-third of the supergroup boygenius with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus, earned seven nominations while the collective group earned six, both in the top fields as well as in the rock categories.
The already decorated Eilish has six chances for a Grammy thanks to her work on Greta Gerwig’s summer smash Barbie film, whose soundtrack that also features Dua Lipa earned nominations in the major categories and the visual media fields.
If Swift’s Midnights wins Album of the Year, it would be a record-breaking fourth win of the prize for the 33-year-old who’s already on top of the music world.
The eight album of the year contenders include SZA, Rodrigo, Boygenius, Cyrus and Batiste, Lana Del Rey and Janelle Monae.
Record of the Year
“Worship,” Jon Batiste
“Not Strong Enough,” Boygenius
“Flowers,” Miley Cyrus
“What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie,” Billie Eilish
“On My Mama,” Victoria Monét
“Vampire,” Olivia Rodrigo
“Anti-Hero,” Taylor Swift
“Kill Bill,” SZA
Album of the Year
“World Music Radio,” Jon Batiste
“The Record,” Boygenius
“Endless Summer Vacation,” Miley Cyrus
“Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd,” Lana Del Rey
“The Age of Pleasure,” Janelle Monáe
“Guts,” Olivia Rodrigo
“Midnights,” Taylor Swift
“SOS,” SZA
Song of the Year
“A&W” — Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey & Sam Dew, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
“Anti-Hero” — Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
“Butterfly” — Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
“Dance the Night” (From “Barbie the Album”) — Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Dua Lipa)
“Flowers” — Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein & Michael Pollack, songwriters (Miley Cyrus)
“Kill Bill” — Rob Bisel, Carter Lang & Solána Rowe, songwriters (SZA)
“Vampire” — Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Oliva Rodrigo)
“What Was I Made For?” [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”] — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best New Artist
Gracie Abrams
Fred Again
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
Coco Jones
Noah Kahan
Victoria Monét
The War and Treaty
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Flowers,” Miley Cyrus
“Paint the Town Red,” Doja Cat
“What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie,” Billie Eilish
“Vampire,” Olivia Rodrigo
“Anti-Hero,” Taylor Swift
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Thousand Miles,” Miley Cyrus featuring Brandi Carlile
“Candy Necklace,” Lana Del Rey featuring Jon Batiste
“Never Felt So Alone,” Labrinth featuring Billie Eilish
“Karma,” Taylor Swift featuring Ice Spice
“Ghost in the Machine,” SZA featuring Phoebe Bridgers
Best Pop Dance Recording
“Baby Don’t Hurt Me,” David Guetta, Anne-Marie and Coi Leray
“Miracle,” Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding
“Padam Padam,” Kylie Minogue
“One in a Million,” Bebe Rexha & David Guetta
“Rush,” Troye Sivan
Best Rock Album
“But Here We Are,” Foo Fighters
“Starcatcher,” Greta Van Fleet
“72 Seasons,” Metallica
“This Is Why,” Paramore
“In Times New Roman …,” Queens of the Stone Age
Best Alternative Music Album
“The Car,” Arctic Monkeys
“The Record,” boygenius
“Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd,” Lana Del Rey
“Cracker Island,” Gorillaz
“I Inside the Old Year Dying,” PJ Harvey
Best Rock Song
Boygenius — Not Strong Enough
Foo Fighters — Rescued
Olivia Rodrigo — Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl
Queens of the Stone Age — Emotion Sickness
The Rolling Stones — Angry
Best R&B Album
“Girls Night Out,” Babyface
“What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe),” Coco Jones
“Special Occasion,” Emily King
“Jaguar II,” Victoria Monét
“Clear 2: Soft Life EP,” Summer Walker
Best R&B Song
Coco Jones — ICU
Halle — Angel
Robert Glasper ft. SiR & Alex Isley — Back to Love
SZA — Snooze
Victoria Monét — On My Mama
Best Rap Song
Doja Cat — Attention
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice ft. Aqua — Barbie World
Lil Uzi Vert — Just Wanna Rock
Drake & 21 Savage — Rich Flex
Killer Mike ft. André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane — Scientists & Engineers
Best Rap Album
Drake & 21 Savage — Her Loss
Killer Mike — Michael
Metro Boomin — Heroes & Villains
Nas — King’s Disease III
Travis Scott — Utopia
– With AFP
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