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July 4, 2007 - 9:00 pm

Fourth features

outdoor concerts

You say you love fireworks but came to Las Vegas for a different kind of stargazing?

A couple of outdoor concerts still let you keep an eye to the sky for whatever might be bursting in the air.

Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, the Steve & Eydie of classic rock, fire up the Mandalay Bay Beach, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, at 9 p.m. Tickets are $50.50 to $56; call 632-7580.

A bit farther south, the Silverton, 3333 Blue Diamond Road, hosts "American Idol" finalist Bucky Covington in a free poolside show at 8 p.m. Call 914-8557.

-- MIKE WEATHERFORD

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