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Garth Brooks is taking his intimate one-man Las Vegas show to live television.
A news release issued Monday says CBS will broadcast Brooks’ performance at the Wynn Las Vegas live on Nov. 29.
Brooks came out of retirement in 2009 for a series of occasional gigs at Steve Wynn’s invitation. Brooks formally ended that run after three years, but has played occasionally since then. The broadcast will be his final performance of the show, which has mostly been Brooks with just his guitar exploring his musical influences with fans.
Brooks has mostly been out of music since 2001, when he became a stay-at-home dad. But fans remain fervent, helping to set a record viewership for the Academy of Country Music Awards earlier this year when Brooks performed with George Strait.
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Craig Ferguson, the host of the "The Late Late Show" on CBS, is getting another TV gig.
Ferguson will host a game show called “Celebrity Name Game,” in which celebrities team with contestants to identify famous figures.
The show will be launched for national syndication next fall; it was developed by Courteney Cox’s and David Arquette’s company, Coquette Productions. “Deal or No Deal’s” Scott St. John will serve as its showrunner.
The series, based on the board game “Identity Crisis,” is being produced by FremantleMedia North America and Debmar-Mercury (Lionsgate’s television distribution and syndication company), which previously worked together on “Family Feud” with Steve Harvey.
Associated Press
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Country singer Lee Clayton is 71. Guitarist Denny Laine (Wings, Moody Blues) is 69. Singer-actress Melba Moore is 68. Guitarist Peter Green (Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac) is 67. Actor Richard Dreyfuss is 66. Actress Kate Jackson is 65. Actor Dan Castellaneta ("The Simpsons") is 56. Singer Randy Jackson of The Jacksons is 52. Drummer Peter Timmins of Cowboy Junkies is 48. Actress Joely Fisher ("Ellen") is 46. Rapper Paris is 46. Singer S.A. Martinez of 311 is 44. Actress Winona Ryder is 42. Actor Trevor Lissauer ("Sabrina the Teenage Witch") is 40. Actress Gabrielle Union is 40. Actor Brendan Fehr ("CSI: Miami," "Roswell") is 36. Bassist Chris Baio of Vampire Weekend is 29.
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