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Life is Beautiful goes ape in incendiary finale — VIDEO

“Virtual band” Gorillaz didnt play so much as detonated on the Downtown Stage on Sunday as the three-day Life is Beautiful music and arts festival came to an incendiary close.

Melody Sweets set to take her final shot of ‘Absinthe’

Melody Sweets announced Monday she is departing the production at Caesars Palace’s Roman Plaza on Oct. 22, as her contract with production company Spiegelworld expires.

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Art scene puts eclectic stamp on Life is Beautiful

“Art Motel,” a vacant motel at 225 N. Seventh St., transformed into an interactive art project at the music and arts festival. “All these great contemporary street artists around the world are basically putting their stamp on Las Vegas,” one artist noted.

Living large

Wheelchair bound rappers, multi-tasking DJs, an ’80s loving supergroup and more highlight the opening day of the Life is Beautiful music and arts festival.

Las Vegas has learned plenty in 5 years of Life is Beautiful

Five years of Life is Beautiful have provided many lessons about how to make life a little more bearable for downtown Las Vegas residents when a broad swath of their neighborhood is closed off and brimming with a menagerie of revelers.

Lyft offering a discount on rides during Life is Beautiful

Lyft is offering up to $10 off the cost of rides during Life is Beautiful, an offer aimed at reducing the number of impaired drivers attending the three-day music festival set for next weekend in downtown Las Vegas.

See world’s largest cucumber slicer in downtown Las Vegas

What’s being billed as the world’s largest and utterly inefficient cucumber slicer is touring Las Vegas this weekend, and it will make a stop from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday.