The queen of Las Vegas is abdicating. After nearly five groundbreaking – and highly profitable – years, Celine Dion is voluntarily flinging herself off her Colosseum throne and heading back out into the world of international touring, new albums and possible additional parenthood. So what has her reign meant for Las Vegas? We’ll talk live to Brian Burke, the artistic director of Celine’s A New Day as well as the Wynn production, Le Reve.

 Plus, Steve is in New York attending to a family health crisis, so Miles is joined in the studio by Amy of "Grits to Glitz." In Banter, they wonder about the prospects of a Donnie-and-Marie show at the Flamingo, Caesars raises its betting limits, Bette's got a new name and Amy shares her favorite and least favorite Vegas shows.

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Last week he talked mostly about business. This week, Steve Wynn talks about entertainment, revealing the details of his aborted deal with Bette Midler and disclosing just what he and Andrew Lloyd Webber have been doing together in recent months. In Banter: MEGACENTER, the Palazzo delay, more silliness from the free-ticket services, the Plaza v. Plaza scrum and Sig&Roy's possible return.

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If there was still a need to convince anyone that Las Vegas is now a major-league fine dining destination, the Michelin Guide put that to rest this week. Sixteen of the 127 restaurants included in the first Las Vegas edition from the world’s most respected food guide received stars, a higher percentage than San Francisco or Los Angeles. We speak this hour to the guide’s director, Jean-Luc Naret (NAR-AY) about the results. Plus, a somewhat crabby “View� host Joy Behar banters with Steve ahead of her appearance at The Comedy Festival at Caesars Palace.

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Mark Loizeaux, the owner of Controlled Demolition Inc., discusses the coming implosion of the New Frontier and all the others that he and his family, have done and are set to do. Plus, he reveals what's next!

Her voice isn’t beautiful in a conventional way, but Bonnie Tyler’s scratchy rasp is full of a desperation and angst that has turned her into an icon and her biggest hits into anthems that never go out of style. Tyler, who this month does her first performance in Las Vegas since she sang “Holding Out For A Hero� for a David Copperfield special in the early 1980s, chats with Steve this hour about those kooks who lip-synch to “Total Eclipse of the Heart� on YouTube, running into Bruce Willis after he discussed her songs in the film “Bandits� and how her unusual voice got to be the way it is.  Here’s a hint: It wasn’t whiskey and cigarettes after all. Plus, listener feedback, the trivia question, the poll and a special INTERVIEW edition of the Top Secret Tourist Tip of the Week.

In Banter: More on the MGM Mirage mess, fancy/slutty uniforms at some PHo restaurant, Robert Goulet's death, David Copperfield's voice mail and more.

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