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EDM’s Vegas stars set to shine

Three Grammy nominees will DJ on the Strip this weekend. Zedd performs Saturday at Light nightclub. Calvin Harris spends Friday at MGM’s Hakkasan. And Sultan and New Shepard will be at XS in the Wynn Las Vegas on Friday.

Music, not just porn stars, will be featured at clubs this week

Club revelers will see porn stars at several clubs this weekend, because Vegas is again hosting the porn awards (the Adult Video News awards) and the porn convention (the Adult Entertainment Expo).

World premiere of ‘The Tempest’ leads spring season at The Smith Center

A new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” from Las Vegas’ own Teller leads a spring season at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts. The diverse schedule also includes John Legend, Renee Fleming, Patti LuPone, Lily Tomlin, Joshua Bell, Diana Krall and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Raucous Beta Bomb ready to detonate

“Pretty.” “Safe.” Timothy Styles looks as if he swallowed a bug as he says these words, sitting outside a southside Starbucks on a chilly Tuesday evening, hoodie pulled over his head to defend against the cold.

Locals Only: Olympic fever

If you’re anything like us, every four years you find yourself glued to a TV at 3 a.m. watching a couple of regular-looking folks sweep a patch of ice with brooms while thinking to yourself, “If that’s all it takes to be an Olympian, I’m there!”

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Christie’s traffic jam fiasco parodied by Fallon, Springsteen

Appearing on NBC’s “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” Gov. Chris Christie’s favorite rock star, Bruce Springsteen, joined the comedian in a “Born to Run” parody called “Gov. Chris Christie’s Fort Lee, New Jersey Traffic Jam.”

Jackson brothers returning to Strip

It won’t be a family tell-all, but the Jackson brothers — Jermaine, Tito, Marlon and Jackie — will share rare insights when they return to the Strip in April for the first time in 20 years.

 
Justin Bieber’s home searched by police after egg-tossing incident

Detectives searched Justin Bieber’s home looking for surveillance footage that might serve as evidence the pop star was involved in an egg-tossing vandalism case that caused thousands of dollars in damage to a neighbor’s home, an official said Tuesday.

Is ‘DJ’ a dirty name? Depends on who you ask

My college economics professor used to tell this dumb joke: What does a guy have to do to be called an economist? Answer: Simple — he can just call himself an economist, because anyone can. Ha? No, it’s not funny, but it’s true. The world of DJ-producers is similar.

TICKETS: Daughtry coming to Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan

Radio-friendly rockers Daughtry headline The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Feb. 14. General admission tickets are $35, reserved seats are $45 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com and Ticketmaster outlets.

Rye Rye channeling M.I.A.

M.I.A. does more than just co-write, produce and guest on several tracks on “Go! Pop! Bang!,” the frenzied debut from rapper/fashion plate Rye Rye, she serves as big sister and creative muse for the 23-year-old Baltimore native.

Valley High Grad masters many genres as drummer with Zac Brown Band

Descended from three generations of percussionists, and carrying on the family trade with country arena-fillers the Zac Brown Band, Daniel de los Reyes is a product of Vegas lounges and showrooms — at least the area behind the velvet curtains.

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