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Top 5 costliest concerts in Las Vegas this summer

Start saving dollars for these summer concerts. And these prices aren’t for tickets on the resale market or VIP packages either, but “premium” seats whose price is reflective of actual face value.

Electric Daisy Carnival gets its own 3-D movie

“Under the Electric Sky” is a new 3-D film about the Electric Daisy Carnival that’s a headfirst plunge into the audio-visual wonderland that is the mammoth dance music festival.

Miranda Lambert leads CMT nominations

Thanks to her friends in country music, Miranda Lambert leads the Country Music Television nominations by pairing with her husband Blake Shelton, her girl group Pistol Annies and good friend Keith Urban.

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Childish Gambino raps about ’80s obscurities, geeks who get girls

Donald Glover knows well the plight of the “nerdy-ass black kid.” It’s his story, and he tells it in verse. “I used to get called ‘Oreo,’ ” notes the actor, writer, comedian and rapper on the song “Fire Fly,” recorded as his hip-hop alter-ego Childish Gambino.

Other singers populate stage and audience with Grant Griffin

Grant Griffin says surrounding himself with beautiful co-stars is a bit of a throwback to Dean Martin and the Golddiggers, except the Golddiggers didn’t “walk around with four-octave ranges.”

Deftly refined Mastodon lets you hum while headbanging

There was a time when Mastodon seemed to pattern their sound after their namesake: massive, heavy, destined to trample lesser creatures underfoot. But, like the prehistoric creature in question, that side of the band is a thing of the past.

Las Vegas rockers Otherwise ready to break big

He awoke to the screech of the RV being torn apart, the recollection of which still makes his eyes widen many months later. Ryan Patrick, guitarist for Vegas hard rockers Otherwise, was asleep in a back bunk of the band’s tour vehicle when they departed a gas station for a long night on the road.

Ticket broker StubHub producing own concerts

Stubhub, which helps brokers and fans buy and sell tickets on its website, announced Wednesday it will sell tickets to concerts that it will produce.

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