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Kenny Rogers Since the release of Kenny Rogers’ first-ever Christmas album back in 1981 titled Christmas, Rogers has embarked on an annual Christmas & Hits Tour where he performs holiday favorites and a large selection of hits at concerts across North America. Rogers announced late last year on NBC’s Today show that the world tour he is currently on would be his final time performing around the globe. So this year’s 35th edition of his annual Christmas & Hits tour, with special guest Linda Davis, will indeed be his last. After more than five decades of touring and entertaining the world, Rogers’ farewell tour, “The Gambler’s Last Deal,” is underway and expected to run into 2017 due to popular demand. “Christmas has always been a special time of year to me,” Rogers said. “The feeling I get performing on the Christmas tour is one of the things I’ll really miss about not being on the road. We will be sure to take extra time to cherish some moments on...

*** * STARS WITH A HEART **** Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers is teaming up with the Bergen Performing Arts Center and the Englewood Fire Department in Englewood, New Jersey, with the help of sponsors Fisher-Price and Mattel, to collect toys this holiday season for children in need in Bergen County, New Jersey, including areas severely hit by Hurricane Sandy. Always an important event in the community, the annual holiday toy drive will carry special significance this year taking into account the devastation Hurricane Sandy caused throughout the state of New Jersey. Rogers, who brings his 23-city Christmas and Hits Tour with special guest Billy Dean to the bergenPAC on Wednesday, December 19, will match monetary donations up to $10,000 to purchase toys for the drive. In addition, Fisher-Price has generously donated 200 toys, and Mattel is offering a special discount on toys purchased with monetary donations raised during the drive, assuring that every donation rece...

**** THE LAS VEGAS GOSSIP **** Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers In Concert Kenny Rogers performed at Nevada Wild Fest at the Henderson Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nevada the other day. This legend really knows how to give a great performance. Photos By: Scott Harrison / Retna Ltd.

Kenny Rogers Country singing star Kenny Rogers has put his six-bedroom Atlanta, Georgia mansion on the market for almost $8 million, and he’s also throwing in his furniture.Kenny is building a new estate near Athens, Georgia and he wants everything there to be brand new, so he’s trading in all the fixtures and fittings from his current home so he can make a clean break.The Italian-style home comes complete with crystal chandeliers, a gym, four-poster beds and flat-screen TVs.