“Rock of Ages,” an ode to the Boubon Room on the Sunset Strip, played up the double entendres during its closing show Sunday night at the Rio.
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Invoking memories of another NBA star who fancied VegasVille, Kevin Durant of the Warriors hit multiple nightclubs and toasted the arrival of 2017.
New Year’s Eve at Caesars Palace was electrifying (with Calvin Harris) and also a dance party (with Backstreet Boys).
Lady Gaga rationed her stage time and exuded star quality in a high-priced show at Encore Theater.
Under an image of George Michael, Elton John performed “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me” at the Colosseum at Caesars on Wednesday, and is expected to continue the tribute this weekend.
Music director and pianist Joey Singer worked with Debbie Reynolds for 30 years, and never saw her give anything but her absolute best.
Clint Holmes is closing his show at Palazzo Theater, joining more than two dozen Vegas shows that have closed this year.
Lava Hot Springs is far below freezing — until you dip into the water.
Richard Bell stopped in unannounced at the D Las Vegas on Saturday night. At 7-feet-8 inches, Bell didn’t go unnoticed for long.
Louie Anderson was between gigs when he got a call from Louis C.K. offering him a role in an upcoming sitcom. Anderson accepted, then learned the details.
Lady Gaga has played Cosmopolitan with Tony Bennet in December 2014, and Wynn Las Vegas as part of a CBS-TV special honoring Frank Sinatra. She’s back at Wynn again Dec. 30.
Beloved around the community, Muriel Stevens wrote for the Las Vegas Sun from the early 1970s through the paper’s shift to a morning designin 2005.
Mayor Carolyn Goodman remembers a funny night at … somewhere. Wait, yes, it was the Forum!
“Raiding the Rock Vault,” a favorite of classic-rock fans for nearly four years, is set to shake up Vinyl at Hard Rock Hotel beginning in March.
Danny Seraphine first played Vegas in 1976, with Chicago at the old Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts. He’s back this weekend for a benefit show at Orleans Showroom, and also to hit an old-Vegas haunt.
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