Las Vegas may be a long way from tropical cool, especially on a Saturday afternoon in June. Except, perhaps, at the Clark County Government Center, where Saturday’s 11th annual Reggae in the Desert will transform the center’s amphitheater into a musical oasis of good vibrations.
Nickelback, playing Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden, occupies two seemingly contradictory places in pop culture. On one hand, the band’s very name is a one-word summation of all that ails the recording industry. And yet, what other rock band headlines sports arenas, pushing the definition of “rock” to its poppy limits?
