Backstreet Boys, Green Day and Heart brought the heat at the first night of iHeartRadio Music Festival.
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Green Day could park it here for a dozen shows or so, no problem.
The Area 15 director of cool (stuff) spun the story of aliens trekking to Area 15 after being “rescued” from the original “ Alienstock” and “Storm Area 51” events.
“Ah, man, it’s absolutely surreal,” Roberts said about an hour before the Bud Light Area 51 Celebration in the core of downtown Las Vegas.
Smokey Robinson is back at Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas on Friday and Saturday nights. At age 79, Robinson still finds joy in performing his hits for a live audience.
In the made-for-Vegas story line, Emily Simpson asked Jennifer Romas and Westgate officials if she could dance in the topless revue “Sexxy.”
Paul Oakenfold sparked the current DJ-in-residency culture in Las Vegas with his “Planet Perfecto” series at Rain at the Palms.
Expect the requisite complement of Las Vegas-related superstars, and also a record turnout for the Daytime Stage on Saturday at Las Vegas Festival Grounds.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is named in a $60 million lawsuit filed in the notorious Kevin Hart sex-video scandal from September 2017.
The Cirque du Soleil show has a splashy plan to celebrate its 10,000 the show, performing four scenes at the Fountains of Bellagio.
Drake is performing Dec. 30 at XS Nightclub, and has opened his OVO (October’s Very Own) Pop-Up boutique at Wynn Plaza.
Over the years, The Amazing Johnathan has proven he knows no bounds when it comes to staging practical jokes.
Christina Aguilera, Lionel Richie and Billy Idol are peering into 2020 in Las Vegas.
Brandon Flowers of Las Vegas-born rock band The Killers inducted the Cars in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year.
Carlos Santana is singing because, “Eric asked me, eye-to-eye, ‘When are you going to sing?’ ”
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