Mark Davis was in a gala and Rolling Stones mood after an active weekend in Las Vegas.
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Iconic rockers Pearl Jam will perform two shows in Las Vegas later this year.
Donny Osmond, familiar with the Strip, will sing the national anthem at Saturday’s F1 race.
LGBTQ icon Carson Kressley is being honored at the Silver State Equality Awards event at Kaos Nightclub.
“Strike Force Five” is being pared for a one-night benefit performance to help sidelined Hollywood pros.
The “Jersey Boys” legacy, and music of the Four Seasons, continues to thrive in Las Vegas.
“I think every Vegas show is built to take on these evolutions,” co-producer Baz Halpin said in a recent phone interview. “So this is our first step of an evolution. We’re quite pleased with it.”
Jonas Brothers, whose live performances prompt the verbal concession, “OK, I get it,” are set to return to Dolby Live at Park MGM.
“Bat Out of Hell” is so talent-laden, it survived an interloping experience by yours truly.
Usher led his girlfriend, Jennifer Goicoechea, to the stage in Wednesday’s show. Her birthday was Thursday.
The headliner showed up as planned — at 2:45 a.m. The party cannons went off, full blast. Chris Brown certainly knows how to create an entrance.
Sting added six shows next April to his “My Songs” residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
Travis Scott and Morgan Wallen are making career comebacks, but there is more in store for the BMA’s in Sunday’s return to Vegas.
In Las Vegas, Sonny Turner revived the Platters’ heyday in performances at Suncoast Showroom.
Gus Mancuso’s contemporaries remember him as one of the greatest musicians ever to play Las Vegas.