As if one international star wasn’t enough. Rumour had it that following Avril Lavigne’s concert last month, she’d be taking the opportunity to hold the after-party, and her 24th birthday celebrations at the Bellini Lounge.

The bar, located on the casino floor of The Venetian Macao, was also supposed be to graced by another diva of a different genre and era - none other than songbird Mariah Carey herself.

Obviously this created quite a buzz, as the crowd that gathered on the night curiously peered into the cordoned off area by the Bellini Lounge stage. What would Mariah wear, would she bring her dog, Jack and most importantly, would Mimi and Avril get into a cat fight?

With two divas known for throwing tantrums when they aren’t the center of attention, another niggling thought was whether there’d be enough oxygen in the room left for the rest of us with both of the big voiced ladies in it.

Unfortunately, we never got to find out the answer to any of these questions. Throughout the night, we were teased with insider news and SMSes about Miss Carey’s whereabouts.

She was at high roller Paiza Club The View at Venetian’s sister casino Sands, and then apparently had the munchies and stopped off at Morton’s. We can only imagine she had a good meal, because after chowing down she headed back to her suite and called it a night.

Here’s a very grainy picture of Miss Carey at Sands, courtesy of a friend’s iPhone.  Those things really don’t do so well in dim light huh?

As for Miss Lavigne, she treated us to a live performance along with her hubby Sum41 singer Deryck Wibley, who sang In Too Deep once again (he had sung it during Avril’s concert earlier). If he seemed overly enthuiastic, it may be because Sum 41’s own members are on a break to pursue their own interests. In Wibley’s case, that may be gatecrashing his wife’s concerts.

The birthday girl herself treated the crowd to some breakdancing moves (she ain’t that bad!), which beat her drumming skills hands down.

She also treated the crowd at Bellini to her current hit Girlfriend. For those that had attended the earlier concert, it would be the third time they had heard the song in that night.

We’re not sure if Avril took advantage of the free flow of champagne for ladies every Friday at Bellini Lounge, but the crowd were certainly bouncing off the walls with energy.

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