It turns out that what happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas. It came to Roanoke on Friday night in all its tuxedoed, slicked-back glory.

Wayne Newton came home.

Newton, the epitome of Las Vegas glitz, kitsch and fun, returned to the city where he spent part of his childhood, learned to play instruments and embarked upon a musical career that would lead from the quiet streets of Southeast Roanoke to Caesars Palace . His two-hour performance of standard songs and corny jokes also included a cameo appearance from Cheryl Burke , his partner and teacher on the new season of “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC .

Ever the showman, Newton, 65 , called Burke from her second-row seat to help him show off the duo’s new steps.

He was self-deprecating regarding his own footwork. At other times, he seemed genuinely glad to be back in Roanoke.

“Whatever I’ve become, you can take the credit and blame for,” he told an audience of 1,310 at the Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre .

The show was just his third in the Star City since his family moved to Phoenix about 1953.

“The last concert we played here was 1984,” he said. “We did such a good job, they brought us right back tonight.”

Dressed in a tuxedo with a red handkerchief providing a splash of color from his jacket pocket, Newton put on a performance more about show than song. His voice was not extraordinarily strong, and he seemed to strain for certain notes, but he was well-protected by a 16-piece orchestra — which included members of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra — and a trio of backup singers.

He opened with a medley of “C.C. Rider” and “Viva Las Vegas.” Then after a lengthy monologue, he sang “Mack the Knife,” a song made famous by the man credited with discovering Newton — Bobby Darin .

In between, Newton noted how he had just spent the night at Hotel Roanoke in a room his family could not have afforded in 1953. He acknowledged that the hotel was the site of his first public performance with brother Jerry, when the two played at a labor union party.

He even took a poke at the new Art Museum of Western Virginia , whose modern building is rising in downtown Roanoke.

“What’s that thing that looks like a spaceship?” he said, to hearty applause. “A recycled spaceship. … If that had been built in Vegas, they would have imploded it.”

Newton took a turn on piano, guitar and Dixieland-style banjo and played a decent version of “Orange Blossom Special” on fiddle. He learned most of the instruments under the late Roanoke Valley music teacher Elmer Ridenhour , whom he mentioned.

After the obligatory “Danke Schoen,” Newton accepted the key to the city from Roanoke Vice Mayor David Trinkle , who also announced that Friday had been proclaimed Wayne Newton Day.

The announcement came at 9:37 p.m., meaning it was really Wayne Newton’s night, which everyone already knew.