ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Big money, no takers. The Rolling Stones recently turned down an offer of $1 million for a four-week stand at MGM’s Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. Charlie Rich turned his back on $300,000 for a one-nighter in Tokyo; he didn’t have time to do it before getting his act together for a July opening at the Vegas Hilton.
ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Big money, no takers. The Rolling Stones recently turned down an offer of $1 million for a four-week stand at MGM’s Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. Charlie Rich turned his back on $300,000 for a one-nighter in Tokyo; he didn’t have time to do it before getting his act together for a July opening at the Vegas Hilton. And Elvis refused $1 million tax-free for two nights in Sydney, Australia. When . El declined a similar offer from a London promoter, one of those jerkwater obssesive British fanatics — a guy who’d legally changed his name to Elvis Presley — protested by streaking a local housing estate.
