Backstreet Boys, Green Day and Heart brought the heat at the first night of iHeartRadio Music Festival.
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Tiki Jay One says of his work at Luxor, “The whole idea is to try to make it look like it’s an element on the street.”
Lady Gaga’s dual residencies are extending through next spring on the Las Vegas Strip.
Celebrating a positive visit to the doctor, Carolyn and Oscar Goodman are a tiki twosome at Frankie’s in Las Vegas.
A ZZ Top-themed musical backed by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard is being developed.
Lady Gaga’s Haus of Gaga is looking for sales reps, while the superstar played a corporate gig Monday at Mandalay Bay.
In a rite of spring, Derek Stevens, a devout Michigan graduate, has some serious cabbage riding on the NCAA hoops tournament.
Donny & Marie opened on the Las Vegas Strip in September 2008. They are closing Nov. 16.
“Elvis Presley’s Heartbreak Hotel in Concert,” charting the Kings early years, opens at Harrah’s Showroom on April 15, performing 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Mondays (dark Tuesdays) with additional 3 p.m. performances Sundays.
A bevy of famous folks filed into On The Record to party with the Wonder Twins of Vegas nightlife, Mark and Jonnie Houston.
Tony Bennett arrived in Las Vegas on Saturday and spent much of Sunday in rehearsal, where word is that Gaga’s mood matched her stage name. Those who observed the run-through said she was “reverential” to her frequent stage partner.
A band known for producing great album rock in the days when vinyl ruled actually recorded “The Mission” as if it were a vinyl release.
The Lopezes were delivered their Dodgers cake amid the requisite pyrotechnics (sparklers, specifically) and join a list of Apex birthday celebrants that includes Matt Goss, Emily Ratajkowski, Tinashe, Ne-Yo, Scott Disick, Travis Barker, Rick Ross, Serayah, Ajiona Alexus, Scheana Shay and Blake Griffin.
Jason Aldean, onstage when the shooting started on Oct. 1, said Friday night prior to the iHeartRadio Music Festival’s opening night that he would be interested in a Las Vegas residency.
Salt-N-Pepa, Rob Base (best-known for the dance hit “It Takes Two” with the late DJ EZ Rock) and All-4-One are headliners over the first month in “I Love The ’90s — The Vegas Show” at Paris Theater.