Events

Yesterday iconic rockers and previous Sunset Strip Music Festival honorees Ozzy Osbourne and Slash returned to The Sunset Strip for a mega-guitar signing at the House of Blues Sunset Strip. The ten-foot tall art guitar was created by local photographer and artist Nic Adams to celebrate Ozzy’s long career. The guitar is part of the GuitarTown public art exhibit, which features 25 additional guitars placed along the 1.6-mile boulevard.
Legendary DJ Uncle Joe Benson from KLOS was on hand to introduce Ozzy, Slash and Adams to the crowd of fans.
The signing also served to kick-off the second leg of Ozzy’s U.S. tour, which launches at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles on Feb. 1. Ozzy’s longtime friend and musical collaborator Slash will open the show.
The large art guitar sculptures will be auctioned for charity this fall. For more information about GuitarTown, visit www.gibson.com/sunset-strip.

It’s been two years since we honored rock legend Ozzy Osbourne at the Sunset Strip Music Festival, and we’re happy to welcome him back to The Strip this Monday, Jan. 10, when he signs the custom, 10-foot-tall art guitar created in his honor as part of The Sunset Strip’s GuitarTown.
 
The signing takes place at 2 p.m. outside of the House of Blues, where Ozzy performed this past June to a crowd of his biggest fans. Rumor has it that he may even bring one of his close friends to the signing.
 
Ozzy’s guitar was designed by local photographer and artist Nic Adams, who has photographed bands from Rage Against The Machine and Beck to Run DMC and Iggy Pop throughout his career. The “Prince of Darkness” guitar uses photographic imagery and a modern design to celebrate Ozzy’s iconic status.
 

Despite the weather outside being quite frightful, TweetCrawl VI took over The Sunset Strip on Saturday, Dec. 18. Tweeps, dawned with their tackiest Holiday sweaters, started the evening’s events at XIV, with half-priced cocktails and a wonderful array of giveaways (including having one of those cocktails named after you)! They then hoofed their way up The Strip to the next stops, including The Den of Hollywood, The Standard, RH Bar at the Andaz hotel and culminating at The Comedy Store, tweeting with delight along the way.

The Cat Club, Viper Room and Key Club hosted after parties, where free entrance and libations awaited the late night celebrations.

A big thank you to all of the participating businesses, as well as the die-hard Twitter-verse who braved rainpocalypse 2010 to attend The Strip’s holiday party.

–Kika Davis

Photos: Brent X Mendoza

We attended events at two high-profile Sunset Strip boutiques this month that proved you can find holiday gifts without the shopping drama. 
 
We visited Nicole Miller Boutique in Sunset Plaza on Dec. 15 for an event that allowed guests to shop while supporting philanthropy all at once. The Nicole Miller Indego Africa opening reception included complimentary wine from Naked Grape, hors d’oeuvres from Sunset Strip staple Cravings and a live band that set the mood for an already festive and lively evening, but the real star of the show was the collection of special hand-woven bracelets created as part of Nicole Miller’s partnership with Indego Africa, a nonprofit dedicated to helping Rwandan women achieve literacy and business skills.