Jon Anderson’s songs are often about peace and harmony. The ongoing politics of the band Yes? Not so much.
Avenged Sevenfold is a new-school metal band with an old-school swagger and a fondness for hooks every bit as outsized as a proper rock god’s ego. Their latest disc is called “Nightmare,” and that’s most assuredly what it must represent for those with refined sensibilities: This is leering, sneering hard rock where subtlety is but a dream. See Avenged Sevenfold at 8 p.m. Saturday at The Joint at the Hard Rock, 4455 Paradise Road. Tickets start at $39.50; call 693-5583.
Leonard Cohen has one of those voices that could make a pineapple emote, cavern-deep and choked with longing. He sings of loves lost and found with an almost off-handed grace, his words soothing and stinging in equal measure. Call it uneasy listening. See Leonard Cohen at 8 p.m. today and Saturday at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Tickets are $49.50-$250; call 731-7333.
The Las Vegas Garden Railway Society’s annual Christmas model-train exhibit is now on display at Jim Marsh Automotive at 8555 W. Centennial Parkway.
WASHINGTON — When House Democrats met behind closed doors on Thursday and took a voice vote on President Barack Obama’s tax deal, it was decidedly lopsided against the agreement.
CARSON CITY — Former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Richard Bryan has agreed to chair a team of six lobbyists who will work for free in representing the Nevada System of Higher Education at the 2011 Legislature.
Las Vegas dedicated the first of three planned solar panel carports Thursday, but patriotism almost got the event canceled before it started. Mayor Oscar Goodman noted that a sample solar module on display was assembled in Mexico.
WASHINGTON — Advocates for online poker were increasingly pessimistic Thursday about the prospects for passing legislation this year that would make the game legal, according to Capitol Hill and industry officials.
Here’s my interview with Kevin Spacey, who was at Planet Hollywood Resort for the premiere Wednesday of “Casino Jack,” which is based on disgraced super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
KINGMAN, Ariz.– Eight Vagos motorcycle club members were arrested early Wednesday during a law enforcement sweep in western Arizona.