Saddle up Vegas country fans, a new fest is riding into town this fall. The Giddy Up Music Festival will be city’s first country fest since 1 October.
Music
Lady Gaga, “Peter Pan” and the Nevada Women’s Film Festival highlight this week’s entertainment lineup.
Morrissey checks in again, with an announcement (possibly) under hypnosis.
Banned by Nathan’s, Joey Chestnut is expected to defend his Siegel’s Bagelmania World Eating Championships victory next January.
Generation-spanning superstar Tom Jones will headlining two shows at Encore Theater in September.
Barry Manilow is taping his annual Westgate Christmas show for network TV.
Sammy Hagar and the Circle — bassist Michael Anthony, guitarist Vic Johnson and drummer Jason Bonham — are reviving Van Halen favorites at Pearl at the Palms.
James Trees of Esther’s Kitchen says, “I’m super-surprised that the city jumped on the paid parking so fast. I thought it was in very poor taste.”
Sidelined Las Vegas stagehand Meg Leighton said that if her colleagues were called upon, “We would be ready to jump in.”