Jeff Civillico crisscrosses the valley for interviews and hosts the weekly, hourlong show “The Weekend in Vegas.” Then he performs his own show at Flamingo.
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A touring act popular in Australia, “Band of Magicians” relies on performers’ teamwork and interaction.
Wayne and Jerry Newton were known as the Newton Brothers, a hot lounge act at the Fremont in the late-1950s. Their relationship fractured, and was repaired just before Jerry passed away Aug. 10.
A rowdy rocker—both in song and in person—is helping Criss Angel generate awareness and funding for his new charity.
Steve Wynn took a shine to Michael Monge during a dinner performance in Palm Beach, Fla. and moved the crooner to Vegas in 2014. Monge is now seeking a new gig.
The Kats! bureau at this writing is a condominium deck high above the Las Vegas Arts District. Below this perch, a guide on a double-deck tour bus is informing passengers via loudspeaker that they will soon pass Gold & Silver Pawn, where the History channel TV show “Pawn Stars” is filmed.
John Katsilometes, whose musings on the Las Vegas social scene have spanned multiple publications and endeared him to readers for nearly two decades, will return to the pages of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
“Absinthe” will move from Roman Plaza at Caesars Palace to the theater at the Cosmopolitan’s Rose. Rabbit. Lie.
John Di Domenico’s Donald Trump called out to Carrot Top’s crowd, “Look at this turnout! Isn’t this incredible?”
The gentlemen at Dude Perfect have made the world’s highest basketball shot, from 854 feet high, off The Strat’s 108th-floor SkyJump platform.
“I don’t think we’ve even discussed who goes first, because I’m like, ‘I’m not worthy! I’m not worthy!’ to him,” Nikki Glaser says. “I’m like ‘Wayne’s World’ to him.”
Weezer most recently played the Strip at the NFL Draft event in April and was also at the iHeart Radio Music Festival in September 2021.
We knew Delisco some time ago in Las Vegas, as a capable entertainer who won the TV show, “The Entertainer.” The country now knows Delisco not in a showroom, but a courtroom in Washington, D.C.
Silk Sonic, the funk duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, premieres at Dolby Live on Feb. 25-26.
Gary Waddell, the iconic Las Vegas broadcaster who spent 32 years at KLAS Channel 8, has died. He was 77.
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