Soul and hip hop royalty hit Rockefeller Heart for the opening of Flipper’s Curler Boogie Palace on Thursday night time.
R&B crooner Usher hosted the grand opening — and despite the fact that he was set to hit the stage to carry out at 7:30 p.m., “Usher didn’t go on till after 9:30, and he solely went on for possibly one music,” a supply advised Web page Six.
Nonetheless, it was a curler skating occasion for the ages. The large bash introduced out Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre, Jermaine Dupri, Michael Strahan, Floyd Mayweather and Meek Mill, who “skated all night time… [it] was gratifying for positive,” one other supply on the occasion advised us.
At one level, Mill hit the bottom skating backwards. In the meantime, Usher led a number of dance moments within the rink — together with exhibiting off his “1, 2 Step” to Ciara’s hit music.
Downtown icon Patti Smith, Gayle King, Richie Akiva, Joey Badass, John McEnroe and his spouse Patty Smyth had been additionally on the scene.
Later visitors headed inside to the swank Le Chalet at L’Avenue the place a spy advised us that Blige was breaking it down on the dance flooring to her personal jam. “Mary J. Blige was dancing with will.i.am, Dr. Dre, D-Good and Q Tip to her personal music,” says the spy. “DJ Nikki Kynard performed ‘Simply High-quality.’”
The rink is open now until October and can host extra music performances.
Liberty Ross is behind the venture, resurrecting her father Ian “Flipper” Ross’ authentic “Boogie” rink, which was open in LA in 1979. It was dubbed “Studio 54 on wheels,” according to “Charlie’s Angels” actress Jaclyn Smith.
