After a 17-month hiatus due to the pandemic, Cirque du Soleil’s “Michael Jackson One” reopens Thursday at Mandalay Bay.
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Xavier Mortimer left Cirque five years ago. A thousand shows later, he’s doing fine.
Garth Brooks says, “I must do my part,” in heading off the latest COVID surge across the country.
Superfrico, ‘Italian American Psychedelic,’ is opening with ‘Opium’ in September.
Kiss is playing a total of a dozen shows opening New Year’s Eve weekend at Zappos Theater on the Strip.
The Strip last weekend delivered a pair of great showmen within a horseshoe’s throw of each other — George Strait at T-Mobile Arena and Brian Newman at NoMad Library at Park MGM.
Mark Davis loves classic rock and Carlos Santana. So guess who played at halftime Saturday.
Live Nation’s top executive, Michael Rapino, says, “Vaccines are going to be your ticket back to shows.”
Carlos Santana has been a Raiders fan since he lived in a commune in San Francisco in the early 1970s.
“Pawn Stars” seems to run the same schedule as the city in which it is set. The show has become a 24/7, Las Vegas phenomenon.
The Smith Center President Myron Martin said proof of vaccinations or negative COVID tests will be required of anyone entering the center’s two venues.
Concert giant AEG Presents’ directive that ticketholders get vaxed or stay away by Oct. 1 has an impact across the Las Vegas events scene.
As his charity sets up “The Event” in October, Shaquille O’Neal says Las Vegas can handle an NBA franchise.
David Perrico and Pop Strings were invited to test out Allegiant Stadium in June, and returned last weekend to evolve its performance.
Simon Cowell’s dream show features comics, danger acts, and spoken-word champ Brandon Leake.