“Girl From the North Country,” poet laureate Ada Limón and Avril Lavigne highlight this week’s entertainment lineup.
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Belle de Nuit’s series of speciality acts added spice to Voltaire since opening in November.
Nicki Minaj on Wednesday announced she will perform a show on the Las Vegas Strip later this year.
The rapper, actor and Raiders fan is coming to Las Vegas, but this show will not be on the Strip.
Dead & Company is adding dates this summer to its hit Las Vegas residency celebrating the Grateful Dead’s enduring legacy in rock history.
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.
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has been an early critic of the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger, in the face of the Swift episode. The lawmaker says she wants the 2010 merger “unwound.”
Cynthia Kiser Murphey gave birth to a son about two months before the opening, and had to tend to the baby as the Palms was launched.
Usher parked it with “Backstory Pass,” while Carrie Underwood summoned high tide at Resorts World.
Brad Garrett’s new room seats about 210 for comed, and he can pack about 85 ticket-holders into the lounge at the entrance.
Piff the Magic Dragon says of his extension at Flamingo, “I now hold the record for longest run of any magic-performing dragon with a magic Chihuahua.”
Sting opens his Colosseum residency Friday. But first, he was at “Absinthe,” as was Steve Buscemi.
RuPaul takes two shows for the vacationing Jimmy Kimmel. He’ll be back soon.
The National Finals Rodeo, Las Vegas’ annual rite-of-winter, is back for more sellouts at Thomas & Mack Center in December.
Sidelined Las Vegas stagehand Meg Leighton said that if her colleagues were called upon, “We would be ready to jump in.”