VIDEO: Vegas Star Melody Sweets Presents the Series Premiere of 'Sweets' Spot'
Melody Sweets will reveal the new series on February 14.
Las Vegas' foremost singing burlesque star, Melody Sweets is no stranger to the "big reveal"-and on February 14, you're invited to witness her biggest one yet: the world premiere of her soon-to-be-available web series, Sweets' Spot.
Imagine a sexier, more swingin' Martha Stewart set in a naughty Pee-wee's Playhouse, and you've got an inkling of what awaits you inside the Sweets' Spot. In each episode, Melody bakes a different, decadently delicious creation that inspires her outrageous, otherworldly friends to cause hilarious chaos.
Created by Melody Sweets, Melissa King-Jules, and Anaïs Thomassian (Penny Pibbets in Absinthe), the six-episode web series features an all-star cast of singularly talented burlesque, comedy, and variety artists, including Piff the Magic Dragon (AGT), Voki Kalfayan (Gazillionaire in Absinthe), Miss Behave (Miss Behave Gameshow), and was shot entirely in Las Vegas by Light Forge Studios.
The first episode, "Girls Just Want to Have Sweets," will air Tuesday, February 14, where Melody is joined by special guests, Sabina Kelley, Hazel Honeysuckle (Absinthe), Skye Dee Miles (Midnight Skye at The Palms), Kasey Wilson, Buttercup (Burlesque Hall of Fame), Darby Fox (Burlesque Hall of Fame), Heather Holiday (Absinthe), Michelle L'Amour (Lost Spirits), Bradford Scobie as the evil villain Dr. Donut, and Anaïs Thomassian as his sidekick, Hole.
Sweets' Spot will premiere on www.YouTube.com/@SweetsSpotTV on February 14, with the uncensored version available to rent or buy at www.SweetsSpotTV.com.
Dubbed "The next generation showgirl" by Vegas Seven magazine, Melody Sweets is an accomplished singer, burlesque artist, and producer. Melody made her Vegas Strip debut playing The Green Fairy, a role she created and cultivated, for Absinthe, "the #1 greatest show in Las Vegas history" (Las Vegas Weekly).
Among other projects, Melody has created, produced, and starred in a series of highly-acclaimed burlesque shows at the Spiegeltent at Caesars Palace, and multiple sold-out productions of her signature show, The Sweets' Spot Live, which premiered at the city's prestigious Smith Center for the Performing Arts.
The critically-acclaimed Sweets has been called "amazing" by music icon and Grammy Award-winner Sting, and has been featured in countless publications including The New York Times, New York Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Las Vegas Magazine, and The Village Voice among others.
An official objet d'art, Melody's portrait can be seen hanging in museums nationwide, including the Smithsonian Museum of American History, Washington, DC and the Harvard Fogg Museum. Visit sweetsspottv.com or follow us on Instagram at @SweetSSpotTV and @melodysweetsofficial to stay up to date.
Watch the trailer for the new series here:
From This Author - Michael Major
Hozier Returns With New EP 'Eat Your Young'March 17, 2023
The three-song EP marks Hozier’s first official offering of new music since his 2019 sophomore album Wasteland, Baby!, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart. Featuring songs lifted from Hozier’s forthcoming full-length album Unreal Unearth due later this year, Eat Your Young touches on the album’s exploration.
Zodiac Links Up With Vannah For New Single 'With Me'March 17, 2023
BIJOU’s esteemed imprint Do Not Duplicate Records, is thrilled to welcome back dance music’s newest enigma Zodiac with his latest single ‘With Me’. The latest from the mysterious and talented DJ and producer is a mesmerizing collaboration with captivating vocalist Vannah Pereda, and is poised to take the dance music world by storm.
Taleban Dooda Drops Defiant New Single 'Come After Me'March 17, 2023
East Tampa rapper Taleban Dooda returns with the raw and unfiltered new single “Come After Me.” The rising MC’s first solo release of 2023 finds him in a typically defiant mood as he lays down the gauntlet for haters. That project followed Dooda’s other 2022 release White Chalk & Yellow Tape, which is disarmingly cohesive from front to back.
The Flaming Lips' 'Fight Test' & 'Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell' Released on Vinyl for the First TimeMarch 17, 2023
“Fight Test” originally landed in June 2003 as the third single and opening track from the seminal 2002 Gold-certified opus Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Upon arrival, it cracked the Billboard Top 100 and rose to #28 on the UK singles chart. The Fight Test EP adorned the 6-CD box set of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: 20th Anniversary Edition.
R&B Artist Noby Drops Motown Records Debut 'It's Never That Deep'March 17, 2023
NOBY makes his Motown Records debut with the unfiltered “It’s Never That Deep.” Hailing from Alabama, the rising alt-R&B artist has already amassed a devoted fanbase with his boundary-pushing lyrics and haunting melodies — two qualities that are very much on display on his latest single, which tackles the aftermath of cheating in a relationship.
