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New CDs you need

Drive-By Truckers’ “English Oceans” is among a couple of new CDs we can recommend.

Cyrus dares audience to try and look away

As a sturdily constructed African-American lady in spandex and a little person in a tight red leather get-up with a cone-shaped brassiere pistoned their rear ends up and down like human crankshafts, the costumed primate in question did what you do at a Miley Cyrus performance: you dance, and look out for the purple shark doing the same.

Bill Murray raises dough, recalls eating some

I felt like I was watching Bill Murray resurrect his funny “SNL” character, Nick the lounge singer, on Thursday when he helped raise $544,000 to fight the illness that put his dear friend, Vegas chef Kerry Simon, in a wheelchair.

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Las Vegas man to appear on ‘The Voice’

A Las Vegas man is hoping to hit the national stage this season on NBC’s “The Voice.”

More than a tribute, ‘Georgia on My Mind’ explores Ray Charles’ world

When it came time for the autobiography subtitled “Ray Charles’ Own Story,” Charles chose a down-to-earth name befitting a singer who belonged in any and every musical family: “Brother Ray.” Clearly, Ray Charles was — and is — a man for all musical seasons.

The Ataris revisiting their past

“Being grown up isn’t half as fun as growing up,” the Ataris once sang.

TICKETS: Lorde adds show

New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde has added another show at the Boulevard Pool at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on April 15. Tickets are $40 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com and Ticketmaster outlets.

Arts briefs: Music and dance, Feb. 28-March 6

Good times roll for Mardi Gras: Locals can “laissez les bon temps rouler” (translation: let the good times roll) at two separate Mardi Gras events this weekend.

On Budget: Free shows

Love/Hate

Tower of Power’s cult following to get full package this weekend

Tower of Power is a band that defines “cult following.” It’s able to fill small showrooms such as the South Point 40 years after “So Very Hard to Go” was played on Top 40 radio.

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