This week’s 5 best bets for Vegas entertainment

Leslie Jones

It’s been a lightning-rod summer, and comic actress Leslie Jones has taken much of the heat. Between Twitter trolls and inexplicable rage about the “Ghostbusters” movie, Jones somehow still manages to keep enough comic perspective to bring her stand-up to The Mirage at 10 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $43.59 to $65.39; call 702-792-7777.

Chris Isaak

How can the dude sing such sad songs and be so funny in between them? Isaak brings his retro-sounding hits and newer tunes from the recent album “First Comes the Night” to The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel at 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $39.95 to $175; call 888-929-7849.

New Edition, Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds

It’s fair to ask whether they can still hit the notes. But the other question is, can you? When New Edition drops “Candy Girl” or “Cool It Now” will your high-pitched shrieks match your teen scream of the mid-’80s? Grown-up emotions also will be addressed in solo numbers from Johnny Gill and Ralph Tresvant — not to mention co-billed Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds — in the 9 p.m. Friday show at the Hard Rock Hotel. Tickets are $59.95 to $225; 888-929-7849.

Earl Klugh

Air-conditioning helps, but a sweltering summer night also needs the fluid jazz-guitar mastery of Earl Klugh, able to take the tension out of even the longest, hottest summer when he plays at 8 p.m. Saturday at Aliante Casino. Tickets are $43.93 to $83.17; call 702-692-7777.

UB40

Take one dose classic British reggae-pop band, add water and alcohol (in proportions left to your judgment) and you have the makings of a great party on the Strip. UB40 — which takes care in its billing to note the inclusion of founders Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey Virtue — visits Mandalay Bay’s outdoor beach stage at 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $39.50; call 800-745-3000.