The Backstreet Boys are headed to the world-famous Sphere in Las Vegas.
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John Katsilometes’ man-about-town column appears on daily on page 3A. Katsilometes moved to Las Vegas from Northern California in 1996 and spent two years with the RJ before moving to the Greenspun Media Group in 1998, where he served as an editor, magazine writer and columnist. He returned to the RJ in August 2016. He has won numerous state and regional awards, including the 2013 Nevada Press Association Journalist of the Year honor, and has been awarded three times for column writing by the Best of the West contest.
Backstreet Boys announced a series at Sphere; the band has a history in Las Vegas.
The Venue at The Orleans offered afternoon and late-night shows, but is shutting down by March 16.
We expect Lady Gaga to be back in Las Vegas. The question is what type of show we would see.
The crowd at Westgate’s Super Bowl party was OK, but the game was a dud.
Micky Dolenz rode a wave of international success with The Monkees, a tour that continues, even today.
Country superstar Blake Shelton continues his residency at the Colosseum through Feb. 15.
Cirque du Soleil, the leading production-show company in Las Vegas, has announced job ‘abolitions’ as part of a major restructuring across several divisions.
“Kelly Clarkson: Studio Sessions – The Las Vegas Residency” runs at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
Dennis Bono’s show has sustained an audience of Las Vegas entertainment fans of a certain age, and about 11 million who tune in to his Sunday radio broadcasts.
The strength duo of Misha Furmanczyk and Lukasz Szczerba is leaving the show. They opened with the comedy-circus production in April 2011.
The Ryan Whyte Maloney Band will led by veteran Vegas vocalist Michael Dean, who frequently performed with the lineup.
“Kimberly Akimbo,” starring Carolee Carmello, runs from Wednesday through Sunday at Reynolds Hall.
“Counting Cars” star Danny Koker made a sizeable donation to the Janie’s Fund gala in Los Angeles.
Steven Tyler sang live at the Janie’s Fund Gala in Los Angeles where he auctioned off a piano played during Aerosmith’s “Deuces are Wild” residency in Las Vegas.