Usher is to play T-Mobile Arena in December, seizing demand after his boffo Super Bowl LVIII performance.
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Wu-Tang Clan at Voltaire at The Venetian was the most in-demand private concert during this year’s annual CES convention.
Usher’s Super Bowl halftime show trailer features Lebron James, but no shots of Las Vegas
Rod Stewart opted against playing Saudi Arabia, posting, “I’m grateful that I have a choice whether or not to perform in Saudi Arabia.”
“O’s” silver anniversary celebration is Sunday night at the Bellagio Theatre.
Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top has partnered with Morris Day on a song. Now he’s joining him onstage.
Darren Aronofsky’s giant elephant video is a tease to The Sphere’s “Postcard From Earth.”
“This will be a show that is leaning toward the interactive magic element,” Blaine says. “It will still have some of the pieces that could go very wrong. But let’s hope that that doesn’t happen.”
George Strait and Chris Stapleton are playing Allegiant Stadium during peak cowboy season in Las Vegas — in 2024.
Cliff Atkinson is looking to the future, but fondly recalls a famous signature bar from yesteryear. The bar may return.
Keith Thompson says of his “God Lives in Glass” masterpiece, “I have never written anything like this.”
The restaurant Liberace founded, Tivoli Gardens, is returning to life at its original location in the same strip mall where Liberace Museum once stood.
“BattleBots — Destruct-A-Thon” extension is an explosive development, robot-wise, on the Vegas entertainment scene.
Raiders owner Mark Davis said of Sheldon Adelson and his father, Al Davis, “They were both focussed, single-minded men.”
“U2: UV Achtung Baby Live At The Sphere” was revealed in superlative fashion, with a quick but dazzling commercial in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LVII.