The famous downtown Las Vegas music festival is turning into a two-night affair in its first year of sole ownership by Rolling Stone.
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On a Vegas weeknight, Lady Gaga’s “Jazz + Piano” show returned to Park MGM, and Flavor Flav joined Brian Newman on stage at NoMad Library.
Megan Thee Stallion, “Loud & Proud” wrestling, Las Vegas Restaurant Week and the Punk Rock Tattoo Expo top this week’s lineup.
Spots where Elvis Presley reflected and Frank Sinatra reclined are among the hidden spaces, places and items to be found in Las Vegas theaters.
The Sphere’s Jim Dolan says of the famous Las Vegas venue’s audiovisual technology: “We’ve only scratched the surface.”
Tegan Summer is in acquisition mode. VegasVille’s newest mover-slash-shaker is amassing licensing deals the same way coin collectors snap up silver nickels.
Pink Martini music director Thomas Lauderdale says, “I never thought I would say this,” he says, “but it would be fascinating to do a run in Las Vegas.”
Jewel is at the center of “One Night For One Drop” event on Friday night at MJ One Theater at Mandalay Bay. On March 30-31, she is headlining at Encore Theater.
Austin “Chumlee” Russell weighed upwards of 320 pounds as recently as five years ago, then dropped to 225 in 2014, and has crept back up ever since.
Jerry Lopez brought a pair music stalwarts to the stage Monday night, keyboard master Tom Shulman of Spyro Gyra, and percussionist/drummer Walfredo Reyes of Chicago.
Cosmopolitan CEO Bill McBeath says, “‘Opium’ is going to have a lot of the nuances and unexpected elements that have been synonymous with Spiegelworld programming.”
Sources familiar with booking at the venue pinpoint an August/September launch of a 26-show series for Queen with Adam Lambert.
Kiss mainstay Gene Simmons stopped into the Rio in VegasVille on Saturday on his cross-country tour delivering “The Vault.”
Todd Fisher is presiding over an estate sale for the ages, selling off much of the memorabilia collected over the years by his mother, Debbie Reynolds; and sister, Carrie Fisher.
Australian Bee Gees, a little show honoring a big act, celebrated its seventh anniversary in residence at Excalibur hotel-casino Saturday night.