Country music's takeover of Las Vegas has begun. Yes, Garth Brooks has ended his three-year run there, but Shania Twain just launched her shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. Friday night (Dec. 7), Tim McGraw and Faith Hill launch Soul2Soul, Vegas style, at The Venetian, which is hosting several wounded military veterans and their families for the show's opening. Tickets are on sale now for Soul2Soul, which runs on select weekends through April 2013.

TIM MCGRAW and FAITH HILL drew some pretty big star power to their Saturday night Soul 2 Soul show at the Venetian in Las Vegas.  According to the "Las Vegas Sun", BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and his wife PATTI SCIALFA were there . . . and TOM HANKS and his wife RITA WILSON also caught the show.