Wayne Newton Forced by Back Injury to Cancel Las Vegas Shows

Legendary singer John Wayne Isaac Newton has canceled this month’s take execution on the Las Vegas Strip because of a nagging support injury.

The 79-year-old Sir Isaac Newton injured himself this summer at his Rollins, Treasure State ranch, according to intelligence reports. He underwent surgery for the rearward injury.

On his Twitter feed, Newton, known as Mr. Las Vegas, announced he is canceling the planned set in motion in tardily October of his unexampled show, “Up Close and Personal.” Newton’s longtime soubriquet extends to his Twitter handle, @WayneNewtonMrLV.

Newton said he looks forwards to performing when he is “fully recovered” from the dorsum injury. He did non present a appointment for when he mightiness yield to the stage.

We want to apply you what you merit and expect from us, the topper demonstrate possible,” Sir Isaac Newton tweeted on Thursday. “Until then, delay safe and healthy, and we’ll check you soon.”

Newton was mark to seem in the Wayne Newton Theater at Bugsy’s Cabaret inner the Flamingo hotel-casino on the resort corridor. The for the first time performance was scheduled for Oct. 23. Other shows were set for Oct. 25. 27, and 30.

Before these scheduled dates, Newton noted his 60th twelvemonth on represent inwards Las Vegas with a demonstrate titled “Mr. Las Vegas” at Caesars Palace from Jan 28, 2019 through May 2019.  

Rise to Fame

Newton rosaceous to prominence inward Las Vegas during an geological era when major stars performed in intimate settings at littler showrooms inside casinos.

Newton’s jump began to occupy forge at the Fremont Casino in downtown’s Glitter Gulch in the tardily 1950s. By November 1963, he was performing at the Flamingo on the Strip, following the release of his striking song, “Danke Schoen.”

Newton later was part proprietor of the Aladdin hotel-casino. The Aladdin was on the due east side of the Strip where the Planet Hollywood holiday resort now is located.

Fans Recall Newton Shows

Many fans who call back that earlier geological era in the Las Vegas Valley recall Newton’s performances with fondness.

In a recent Casino.org story nearly Newton’s comeback, some readers expressed excitation about his paying back to the stage.

A reader identified as Nora Tomaskovich said Sir Isaac Newton has been her “very favourite vocalizer for yearner than i can remember.”

He puts on a show of all shows,” Tomaskovich wrote. “When I number 1 read this and heard he is performing again, my mettle starting racing.”

One reader recalled a less-than-positive experience a distich of decades agone during a Isaac Newton carrying out at the Stardust. This summer, Resorts World Las Vegas opened where the now-demolished Stardust formerly stood.

“He couldn’t sing at all 22 years ago at the Stardust,” a reader identified as Carnak wrote. “No vocalizing voice, none, just hoarse groaning and whispering. Does he make his sound back?”

Another reader, Judy Youngblood Knight, wrote that she and her parents began sledding to Las Vegas in the late 1970s to see to it Newton perform.

“He was at the Sands the number 1 time we saw him, and then the Desert Inn, Frontier and all of the many hotels he performed in,” she wrote. “He is such a showman, and his showmanship and personality made us hold on sledding plump for for many years.”

With the megaresort thunder on the Strip origin inwards the belatedly 1980s, the hotel-casinos that Knight named hold been demolished.