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Music
Check out an homage to Lou Reed from Joseph Arthur, swampy metal from Down and a super effort from the supergroup Killer Be Killed.
Both will hit The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and tickets go on sale Friday.
The rock band Kansas plays Red Rock Resort on Saturday as part of its 40th anniversary year. The classic rock die-hards probably would have stuck around anyway, but casinos sure made at least a fourth of their run a lot more comfortable.
From tequila rants to “The Fish Pack” … thoughts on the Jane’s Addiction show at Brooklyn Bowl on Friday (the band returns to the venue on Saturday).
Singer-songwriters Lily Allen and Janelle Monae did it, and now Las Vegas-born musician Sizzy Rocket is bringing feminism to the masses. She became an Internet sensation this past week with her cover of Beastie Boys’ hit song, “Girls.”
Avalon Landing recently made it to the final round of the Hard Rock Rising global battle of the bands competition.
Jordan Bondurant graduated from UNLV’s theater program, donated his car to a charity, and headed to New York to make it on Broadway. Eight months later, he landed a solid part in a Broadway hit. But it’s “Mamma Mia!” at the Tropicana.
Organizers have announced the dates of the inaugural Rock in Rio USA festival slated for next spring on the Las Vegas Strip. The festival is scheduled for May 8-9 and May 15-16 in 2015.
Released in 1988, “Nothing’s Shocking” is an alt-rock classic, one of the most distinct records of its day, singular in sound and vision, right down to its totemic album cover, a sculpture of naked conjoined twins with heads ablaze. At their shows at Brooklyn Bowl this weekend, Jane’s Addiction will perform the record in its entirety.
Hard rockers Five Finger Death Punch and Volbeat tag team The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel on Oct. 24, with Hellyeah and Nothing More. Tickets start at $49.50 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at The Joint box office, 4455 Paradise Road, and www.axs.com.
He calls himself the rap version of Albert Einstein, King Tut and Jon Bon Jovi, unifying, at long last, quantum theory, butt rock, 18th dynasty Egyptian rulers and gold teeth.
Ingrid Michaelson’s soccer-ball heart has been kicked around plenty.
Vegas’ funky, jam-friendly Moksha teams up with Rhyme N Rhythm and Sabriel at 8 p.m. Thursday at Brooklyn Bowl at The Linq, 3545 Las Vegas Blvd. South.
He’s a musician, has been for 20 years now — he’s just never called himself as such.
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