Walfredo Reyes Jr., who famously backed Debbie Reynolds when he was still a teenager, says Chicago doesn’t rehearse. “Their thing is, ‘You learn the songs.’”
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The Plaza CEO said of Mark Wahlberg, “Obviously we love having Mark there, and the energy he brings.”
Vegas favorite Bruno Mars has booked six more shows at his favorite Vegas venue, Dolby Live.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are not scheduled to visit Southern Nevada on their current tour, but that needle could still be threaded.
“U2: UV Achtung Baby Live At The Sphere” was revealed in superlative fashion, with a quick but dazzling commercial in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LVII.
The Lowden family’s latest venture, an 8,650-square-foot jazz club and restaurant, shares the same neighborhood (artistically and geographically) as The Smith Center.
The marvelous night for a moondance returns in September at Zappos Theater.
Carlos Santana has added 16 shows through November at House of Blues, where he’s already logged 300-plus shows.
Perez Hilton has moved to Vegas from L.A. Credit a run with the Chippendales for that inspiration.
ABC’s “Black in Vegas” features interviews with Usher, Smokey Robinson, George Wallace, Luenell, Ne-Yo and and Clint Holmes.
Rene-Claude LaMarre’s theater concept sprouted from the writer-director’s “Chocolate City” movie franchise.
The multicolored, 56-foot-long sign has not been illuminated in a quarter century. “Lido” was a hallmark Las Vegas Strip show from 1958-1991.
Carlos Santana hasn’t played House of Blues since November: “I hope I can remember who I am, and what to do with it.”
Saying, “sometimes a journey must end for a new one to begin,” Brendon Urie says Panic! At the Disco is disbanding.
James Taylor has booked an extended engagement at the Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in June.