Las Vegas lounge streams live music – Video
 
Las Vegas lounge streams live music – Video

Las Vegas Rock n Roll lounge Backstage Bar and Billiards is streaming live concerts as a way to keep workers employed and fans satisfied as Vegas returns to normalcy. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Downtown club takes live music to live stream
 
Downtown club takes live music to live stream

Backstage Bar & Billiards is bringing live music to the people by weekly live-streamed shows, while keeping some of their employees in work and fundraising for local causes.

Little Richard dead at 87 – VIDEO
 
Little Richard dead at 87 – VIDEO

Little Richard, the pioneer and rock ‘n’ roll originator, died on Saturday, May 9. His son, Danny Penniman, confirmed the news but the cause of death is unknown. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A local hospital nurse plays his saxophone during his day off
 
A local hospital nurse plays his saxophone during his day off

Jose Kuykendall, a local hospital nurse, plays his saxophone during a sunny Tuesday at Sunset Park. Kuykendall plays to relax and to keep his mind active while practicing social distancing. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

John Prine, country-folk singer, dies at 73 – VIDEO
 
John Prine, country-folk singer, dies at 73 – VIDEO

John Prine died due to complications caused by COVID-19 at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee on April 7. The singer-songwriter is counted as one the favorite artists by the likes of Bob Dylan and Kris Kristofferson. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas Academy of the Arts Wind Symphony: Virtual Band Project
 
Las Vegas Academy of the Arts Wind Symphony: Virtual Band Project

In the first week of the CCSD closure, students took the time to individually record their parts to a conducting/click track that Mr. Seaton sent them.
After the remote recordings were finished, teachers combined the recordings and syncing the video to create, “Down a Country Lane”

Lady Gaga delays new album release – VIDEO
 
Lady Gaga delays new album release – VIDEO

The pop star was planning to drop her sixth LP, “Chromatica,” on April 10, but she’s made the “tough decision” to push back the launch following the coronavirus outbreak. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Post Malone reveals his face tattoos are due to being ‘ugly’ – VIDEO
 
Post Malone reveals his face tattoos are due to being ‘ugly’ – VIDEO

In a new interview with ‘GQ,’ the 24-year-old admitted his body art is linked to insecurity issues. [The face tattoos do] maybe come from a place of insecurity, to where I don’t like how I look .., Post Malone, via ‘GQ’. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Intersect drone light show – VIDEO
 
Intersect drone light show – VIDEO

The Intersect Music Festival in Las Vegas featured a special drone light show. (Samia DeCubas)

MGM Announces Route 91 Site Plans
 
MGM Announces Route 91 Site Plans

MGM Resorts International has announced its plans for converting the Route 91 Harvest music festival site, where 58 people lost their lives in the 2017 shooting on the Las Vegas Strip. (Mat Luschek / Review-Journal)

Cat’s Meow comes to Las Vegas
 
Cat’s Meow comes to Las Vegas

New Orleans-based karaoke chain opens new location in Neonopolis. (Jason Bracelin/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Inside Life is Beautiful
 
Inside Life is Beautiful

Craig Asher Nyman explains how Life is Beautiful festival is booked and talks about this year’s line-up. (Jason Bracelin/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Five must-hear John Prine records by the decade
 
Five must-hear John Prine records by the decade

“John Prine” (1971): Prine’s debut is a folk classic with oft-covered standard “Sam Stone” and more. “German Afternoons” (1986): “Speed of the Sound of Loneliness” is among the stand-outs on this album written when Prine’s marriage was falling apart. “In Spite of Ourselves” (1999): This album of duets with some of Prine’s favorite female singers was his first release after cancer surgery. “Fair & Square” (2005): “Long Monday” is yet another heart-wrenching ballad from a master of them. “The Tree of Forgiveness” (2018): Prine’s latest release is among the year’s best.

Life Is Beautiful Setup
 
Life Is Beautiful Setup

Workers preparing Fremont street for this weekend’s Life is Beautiful festival, on Wednesday, September 19, 2018. Mat Luschek/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Avicii’s Family Said He ‘Could Not Go On Any Longer’
 
Avicii’s Family Said He ‘Could Not Go On Any Longer’

Avicii’s Family Said He ‘Could Not
Go On Any Longer’ The Bergling Family released a statement about their son Tim, better known as electronic-dance DJ Avicii, saying “he wanted to find peace.” Avicii, who was 28 at the time, was found dead in Muscat, Oman on Apr. 20. The Bergling Family The Bergling Family Avicii suffered from acute pancreatitis as a result of excessive drinking and underwent surgery in 2014 to have his gallbladder and appendix removed. The DJ canceled a series of shows in order to recover and announced his official retirement from live performing in 2016.

Avicii’s Autopsies Did Not Reveal Anything Suspicious
 
Avicii’s Autopsies Did Not Reveal Anything Suspicious

Avicii’s Autopsies Did Not Reveal Anything Suspicious Sweden broadcaster SVT revealed on Monday that there were no signs of foul play in the death of the Grammy-nominated DJ. Avicii, born Tim Bergling, was found dead in Oman on Friday. He was 28 years old. On Friday, his publicist, Diana Baron, released a statement: Diana Baron No details about his cause of death were provided.

Avicii Dead at 28
 
Avicii Dead at 28

Avicii Dead at 28 The Swedish DJ, whose real name is Tim Bergling, died on Friday afternoon in Muscat, Oman, according to his publicist. Diana Baron, Avicii’s publicist Diana Baron, Avicii’s publicist Avicii had retired from performing live music in 2016 for health reasons. Last year, he posted a statement on his website saying that just because he wasn’t doing live performances didn’t mean he would stop making music. Avicii

Prince death investigation coming to an end
 
Prince death investigation coming to an end

Prosecutors in Minnesota plan an announcement Thursday on the two-year investigation into Prince’s death from a drug overdose
Prince was 57 when he was found alone and unresponsive in an elevator at his Paisley Park estate on April 21, 2016. An autopsy found he died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl.
Search warrants unsealed about a year after Prince died showed that authorities searched his home, cellphone records of associates and his email accounts to try to determine how he got the drug. The county attorney has scheduled a morning announcement at which time charges could be filed.

Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer Prize for ‘DAMN’
 
Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer Prize for ‘DAMN’

Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer Prize for ‘DAMN’ The organization announced the honor
on Monday, The Pulitzer Prizes described the album ‘DAMN’ was nominated for multiple Grammy awards and went on to win best rap album of the year at the Grammys. Across Lamar’s platinum-selling major label albums,

Vegas Stripped: The Music Man
 
Vegas Stripped: The Music Man

A career in education wasn’t something that University of Nevada, Las Vegas professor Dr. Stephen Caplan had seriously considered when he began playing music professionally. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)