This year is shaping up to be a busy one for Dierks Bentley. The husband and father of three attended the Grammys, performs back-to-back concerts at The Chelsea tonight and Saturday and returns to town April 2 to host the ACM Awards for the second consecutive year.
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Hundreds of people will have their heads shaved this weekend for the 11th anniversary St. Baldrick’s Day fundraiser to help fight children’s cancer. Our man-about-town colleague RJ columnist John Katsilometes will go bald for the fifth consecutive shave-a-thon.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Daryl Hall & John Oates are partnering with multiplatinum-selling British duo Tears for Fears for a 29-city North American tour that will stop at T-Mobile Arena on July 21.
“An American in Paris,” the most awarded new musical of 2015 and winner of four Tony Awards, plays The Smith Center from April 11-16. Jerry Mulligan and Lise Dassin will be played by Garen Scribner and Sara Esty, respectively, who performed the leading roles on Broadway.
Hypnotist Anthony Cools, who puts his mind-bending talents to work on volunteers at his theater at Paris Las Vegas, is bringing one of Canada’s fastest-growing pastimes south of the border. Axe Monkeys Las Vegas is now open and among the first and largest indoor axe-throwing ranges.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Strip headliner John Fogerty will serve as grand marshal for the 2017 Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. John, a Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee and leader of Creedence Clearwater Revival, will make the call for drivers to start their engines March 12.
There were cheers and tears during the premiere of The Backstreet Boys’ “Larger Than Life” residency at Axis at Planet Hollywood on Wednesday night. The cheers were nonstop for the 90-minute show even though it started 30 minutes later than planned.
Former fighter and Silver Star-awarded Marine turned Fox Sports commentator Brian Stann and TV personality Nicole Dabeau co-host The Ninth Annual Fighters Only World Mixed Martial Arts Awards at The Venetian. Who will win for the year’s top fighter, knockout and upset?
The theatrical and cultural phenomenon “Hamilton” triggered an extraordinary reaction when season tickets for the new 2017-2018 Broadway Season at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts went on sale after the reveal of the eight productions from August through next May 2018.
Celebrities including Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Kim Kardashian, Kendall and Kylie Jenner, Katy Perry, Drake, Flo Rida, Hailee Steinfeld, Scott Disick, Jason Derulo, Jerry Seinfeld, Salma Hayek and Mel B are fans of locations at Planet Hollywood, MGM Grand and Paris Las Vegas.
The Backstreet Boys take us back in time to the 1990s boybands with the premiere of their residency “Larger Than Life” at Axis at Planet Hollywood, then host an after-party at Chateau Nightclub at neighboring Paris Las Vegas.
When you’ve sold more than 130 million albums worldwide and fans stick with you through decades, you have every right to hold onto the title of Bestselling Boyband of All Time. The crowning glory arrives tonight for The Backstreet Boys when they premiere their resident show “Larger Than Life.”
With NASCAR at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and March Madness looming, The Mint 400 off-road race starts the heart pumping and adrenaline flowing one week earlier than normal. More than 60,000 spectators are expected for the weekend festivities.
Director Raj Kapoor can list on his high-profile resume Shania Twain, Mariah Carey, The Academy Awards, John Fogerty, The Backstreet Boys and, upcoming, The Chainsmokers, Coldplay and Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.
It’s an embarrassment of musical riches and difficult to know where to start in this extraordinary preview of the 2017-2018 Broadway Season at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts being unveiled tonight to patrons, sponsors and season ticketholders.