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Mama Zeus delivers

An album years in the making tops the latest roundup of Vegas music releases:

YouTube launching music service amid royalties dispute

YouTube will launch a new subscription music service, the company acknowledged Tuesday after being dragged into a public dispute over royalties that will result in the blockade of some independent artists’ music videos.

4 new CDs you need

Four recommended new CDs released this week:

Madonna attends Tupac-inspired musical

Madonna attended a preview of “Holler If Ya Hear Me” in New York City on Monday, a broadway musical inspired by the late rapper’s music. Shakur died in 1996 at age 25.

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Can’t get to EDC? Watch it from home

For the first time, the Electric Daisy Carnival will be broadcast live online via the website for promoter Insomniac Events.

Electric Daisy Carnival by the numbers

With the Electric Daisy Carnival just days away, just how big an undertaking is the three-day event? Here’s a look at the numbers.

Guns N’ Roses comes up roses in Las Vegas

Guns N’ Roses is doing well during its second residency at The Joint at the Hard Rock, according to Billboard’s Boxscore. Here’s a look at the numbers for G N’R and other Las Vegas shows.

Death metal band names inspire reflection

What’s in a name? Lots of shredded corpses, in this case. When it comes to awesomely over-the-top band monikers, few genres of music can compete with death metal.

Top-notch battle of bass to be waged on Strip

If you’re a fan of low frequency sounds capable of vibrating your flesh right off the bone until you’re little more than a puddle of human, you’ve got a decision to make come Thursday when there’s a pair of shows rivaling for your patronage on the eve of the Electric Daisy Carnival.

Tickets: Diana Ross returning to Las Vegas

Iconic singer Diana Ross headlines The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Sept. 19. Tickets are $49.50, $59.50, $79.50 and $99.50 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Other performers headed our way: Hip-hopper Iggy Azalea, comedian Aziz Ansari and punk lifers Social Distortion.

Night life of a different sort one of this weekend’s highlights

When you hear the phrase “Vegas night life,” you probably don’t think of kangaroo rats, scorpions and pocket gophers. Unless, of course, you’re exploring the “Vegas Night Life” animal show at the Springs Preserve.

Winwood to touch on various points of career during concerts

The concert-tour gimmick of performing a hit album all the way through wouldn’t really work for Steve Winwood. Few people can remember everything he’s done, or pick a favorite.

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