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Fall Out Boy playing pool show

Pop punk outfit Fall Out Boy headlines the Boulevard Pool at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Aug. 15, with New Politics.

Amon Amarth paying tribute to pagan gods

During their stint on the main stage of annual heavy metal marathon the Mayhem Festival this past summer, Sweden’s Amon Amarth performed with the hull of viking ship jutting out from the stage.

Former Doors’ guitarist hits road with eclectic musical mix

The Doors were a sum of seemingly ill-fitting parts: a jazz drummer, a classically trained pianist on keys, a frontman who fancied himself as much of a poet as a singer and a guitarist weened on flamenco more than rock ’n’ roll.

On Budget: Free shows

Punk Rawk Elvis

EDM’s Vegas stars set to shine

Three Grammy nominees will DJ on the Strip this weekend. Zedd performs Saturday at Light nightclub. Calvin Harris spends Friday at MGM’s Hakkasan. And Sultan and New Shepard will be at XS in the Wynn Las Vegas on Friday.

Music, not just porn stars, will be featured at clubs this week

Club revelers will see porn stars at several clubs this weekend, because Vegas is again hosting the porn awards (the Adult Video News awards) and the porn convention (the Adult Entertainment Expo).

World premiere of ‘The Tempest’ leads spring season at The Smith Center

A new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” from Las Vegas’ own Teller leads a spring season at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts. The diverse schedule also includes John Legend, Renee Fleming, Patti LuPone, Lily Tomlin, Joshua Bell, Diana Krall and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Raucous Beta Bomb ready to detonate

“Pretty.” “Safe.” Timothy Styles looks as if he swallowed a bug as he says these words, sitting outside a southside Starbucks on a chilly Tuesday evening, hoodie pulled over his head to defend against the cold.

Locals Only: Olympic fever

If you’re anything like us, every four years you find yourself glued to a TV at 3 a.m. watching a couple of regular-looking folks sweep a patch of ice with brooms while thinking to yourself, “If that’s all it takes to be an Olympian, I’m there!”

 
Christie’s traffic jam fiasco parodied by Fallon, Springsteen

Appearing on NBC’s “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” Gov. Chris Christie’s favorite rock star, Bruce Springsteen, joined the comedian in a “Born to Run” parody called “Gov. Chris Christie’s Fort Lee, New Jersey Traffic Jam.”