Friday, October 31, 2003 Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal

TICKETS: Billboard Music Awards return to MGM Grand on Dec. 10

The Billboard Music Awards return to the MGM Grand Garden arena on Dec. 10. It is to air 5-7 p.m. live on the East Coast on Fox. Scheduled performers include Beyonce Knowles, No Doubt, Evanescence, Clay Aiken, Shania Twain, Pink, Sting, R. Kelly and Foo Fighters. Seats cost $40, $75 and $175.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at the box office, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, and through Ticketmaster. To charge by phone, call 474-4000. Fans can get numbered wristbands 6-9 a.m. Saturday. After that, a number will be called, and fans will line up sequentially behind the person holding that numbered wristband.

Korn and Limp Bizkit rock the Hard Rock on Nov. 10. Prices are $40. Tickets go on sale at noon Saturday at the box office, 4455 Paradise Road.

Puddle of Mudd plays Nov. 16 at the Hard Rock. Prices are $22. Tickets go on sale at 1 p.m. Saturday at the box office and through Ticketmaster.

Kenny Rogers' "Christmas From the Heart Featuring the Toy Shoppe" goes to Buffalo Bill's Star of the Desert Arena in Primm on Dec. 20. Tickets -- $19.50, $29.50 and $39.50 -- go on sale at noon Saturday at the Primm hotel and through Ticketmaster.

Gene Loves Jezebel performs Nov. 7 at the Boston. Tickets are on sale for $12 at the Boston, 1030 E. Flamingo Road, and through Ticketmaster. For more information, call 368-0750.

Wayne Wonder performs Nov. 29 at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Prices are $20, or $22.50 on the day of the show. Tickets went on sale this week at the box office and through Ticketmaster for the all-ages show.

Bill Gaither and the Gaither Vocal Band perform March 17 at the Thomas & Mack Center. Tickets went on sale this week for $22.75 and $37.75 at the box office, East Tropicana Avenue and Swenson Street, and at UNLVtickets.com outlets (at Vegas malls and Stations Casinos). Or charge by phone at 739-3267.

M.O.P., Scratch and the Ranjahz perform at the "Juice" promotion at the House of Blues on Nov. 16. Tickets went on sale this week for $20, at the box office and through Ticketmaster.

The Mandalay Bay Events Center on Dec. 20 plays host to the "Brian Boitano Skating Spectacular," featuring musical guest Brian McKnight, with skaters Kristi Yamaguchi, Steven Cousins and others. Tickets -- $30, $45 and $65 -- go on sale Saturday at the hotel's theater box office and through Ticketmaster. To charge by phone, call 632-7580.