Opryland’s FUSE: Hottest ticket in town proves lukewarm
Indeedy, the big VIP opening for Gaylord Opryland Resort’s “Vegas-style nightclub,” FUSE, kinda fizzled.
Yes, host Kid Rock and special guest (and reality TV star/model/one-time Playboy pin-up) Kim Kardashian — both paid to be there Sunday night — did show up for the gig. And I thought Kim was particularly sweet during her first visit to Nashville.
And a shout-out to Kid Rock’s Nashville publicist-to-the-stars, Kirt Webster, who hooked up an early interview so we could make deadline.
But about half of the “confirmed” Nashville celebs were no-shows (at least on the red carpet).
That includes Backstreet Boy Nick Carter (in town making a solo album), one-time Titans star Eddie George, model/TV host Niki Taylor and singers Billy Ray Cyrus, Keith Anderson, Jay DeMarcus from Rascal Flatts, Emmylou Harris (can’t really see her in da club anyway), Keith Anderson, Hal Ketchum, Lorrie Morgan, Chuck Wicks (Stealing Cinderella) or Joe Nichols.
And let’s not even talk about the list of alleged “maybe” invitees like Snoop Dogg, Mario Lopez, Whitney Houston or Daily Fuentes. Not one showed, again, not on the red carpet anyway.
Who was there, besides Kid and Kim? Placekicker Rob Bironas and several other Titans; a couple of guys from Lonestar; American Idol alum Diana DeGarmo (looking hot!); Ty Herndon; Intern Adam from 107.5 The River; HGTV personality Sparkle Josh Johnson (who indeed was sparkly); country singer Danielle Peck; Michael Tait (who reports dc Talk is on indefinite hiatus); and Miss America 2004 Erica Dunlap, among others.
Oh, and let’s not forget some News 2 posse, including morning anchor Julie Kroenig, Amy Napier Viteri, Tiani Jones, Stephanie Langston, and others.
More, including lots o’ pictures, coming in later….
UPDATE
I’ve heard from several folks who saw Nick Carter there. I didn’t spot him on the red carpet, but, in fact, the Backstreet Boy was in da house.
on July 14th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Imagine that, a bunch of B list stars didn’t show up at a C list night club in a hotel that’s about as uncool as hotels comes. Not at all surprising.
on July 14th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Nick was there…there are pics on Intern Adam’s site.
on July 14th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Too bad i didnt come across this blog before. Great stuff you got here. Thanks.
on July 14th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Yeah - Nick was there - http://www.MusicCityUpdate.com - they’ve got the pics
on July 14th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
As tho the club itself isn’t embarassing enough.
on July 14th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
I give the club 6 months max!
on July 15th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
There seemed to be a big crowd there of non Celeb types.