NE-YO Kicks Off 2010 at The Pearl Concert Theater

January 2, 2010

Grammy-award winner Ne-Yo performed last night at The Pearl Concert Theater inside the Palms Casino Resort (Photo: © Erik Kabik/ RETNA/ www.erikkabik.com).

A great show to kick off the year… a slick, sexy and cool performance from Ne-Yo and his show-stopping lead dancer Lisa Rosenthal. He opened the show with Because of You, Stay and then a tribute to Michael Jackson with Off The Wall. Ne-Yo has some great MJ moves, too!

— Erik Kabik

In 2006, Ne-Yo hit the R&B scene with a style all his own – a mix of classic sounds with a modern twist. His debut album In My Own Words hit #1 on the Billboard 200 and solidified his role as an artist to watch. The Las Vegas native’s sophomore album, Because of You (2007), also peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200 and brought Ne-Yo much acclaim when we won Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 2007 Grammy Awards.

Ne-Yo performs at The Pearl Concert Theater

Photo: © Erik Kabik/ RETNA/ www.erikkabik.com

Photo: © Erik Kabik/ RETNA/ www.erikkabik.com

Photo: © Erik Kabik/ RETNA/ www.erikkabik.com

With Ne-Yo’s third disc The Year of the Gentleman, the Las Vegas native and premier songwriter has constructed a suite of songs that shows exactly what he means by class. Written over the course of travels through Europe and his own fascination with the hometown boys known as the Rat Pack, Ne-Yo explains, “For me, the sharpness of Sammy and Sinatra is the kind of style I strive for in clothes and music. The Year of the Gentleman is named in honor of those guys.”

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