Usher parked it with “Backstory Pass,” while Carrie Underwood summoned high tide at Resorts World.
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Bob Anderson has achieved the improbable, bringing his Sinatra revue to New York City. Now he wants Broadway.
Wayne Newton is coming back to the Strip for the first time since March 2020.
Shania Twain has added 16 shows, and the Doobie Brothers have announced eight, at Zappos Theater.
Cirque’s most lavish show, “Ka,” returns with a fourish to MGM Grand.
Jen Kramer is unique as a trailblazer among female magicians, and also as a Yale graduate who headlines at the hotel where Elvis once starred.
Terry Bradshaw says of his revived stage show at Luxor, “It’ll be an immaculate reception of entertainment.”
Dennis Rodman spent two days during the 1998 NBA Finals in Las Vegas. Predictably, it was a party.
Superfrico, ‘Italian American Psychedelic,’ is opening with ‘Opium’ in September.
Cirque had been prepping for an October return of “Ka,” to fill out its schedule. COVID has other ideas.
Giles Martin chatted with Paul McCartney on Sunday. On Saturday, Kevin Hart hijacked Usher’s show at the Colosseum.
You might not know Liberty Loft at New York-New York, but several Vegas entertainers do. One is Terry Fator.
Rod Stewart celebrates his 10th anniversary upon his return to the Colosseum, having launched the series in August 2011.
Cirque’s ‘O,’ and ‘Mystere’ are selling at twice their pre-pandemic clip, and “MJ One” and “Love” are set to open simultanously.
Las Vegas is packing some pow and wow into the July 4th holiday. A classic Las Vegas Strip fireworks spectacular is planned on that date, with pyro erupting off seven resort rooftops.