Justin Timberlake’s the kind of guy who’s just so damn smooth, he could land a lady at her mother’s funeral.
Music
If you thought John Legend was digging back into music history for the ’60s-activist collection “Wake Up!,” wait until you hear the soundtrack for “12 Years a Slave.”
Thirty years after first furiously demanding a Pepsi on “Institutionalized,” the signature track on Suicidal Tendencies’ self-titled 1983 debut, frontman Mike Muir is still requesting said beverage in song.
A prog-rockin’ Christmas concept album, full of raging symphonic licks, bombastic singing, lasers and … fire!
Shania Twain may look back, but she doesn’t look down. At least not when she’s on an airborne motorcycle, making the grandest of entries by descending about 40 feet to the stage of the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
On this day of expressing gratitude, here are some of the things that I’m most thankful for, musically speaking, from the past year:
The former lead singer of British rock band Lostprophets has pleaded guilty to a series of sexual offenses, including trying to rape a baby.
Toy company, GoldieBlox is fighting for its right to parody the popular Beastie Boys song “Girls.”
Saturday’s Las Vegas Philharmonic program shared a theme, “Love of Country,” but spanned three centuries in the process. Two Beethoven works were composed in the early 1800s, a little-known piece by American composer George Walker dates from 1946, and Peter Lieberson’s “Remembering JFK” had its premiere in 2011.
Las Vegas may want a commitment from Michael Buble, but it will settle for a one-night stand.
This is the challenge that Drake wrangles with on his latest disc, the equally absorbing and obnoxious “Nothing Was the Same”: How does he revel in his success without becoming dulled by it?
If Frank Sinatra was still around and looking for songs to cover, would he croon Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky”? If our only gauge is Michael Buble, then the answer is yes.
On the eve of Thanksgivukkah, will Alice Cooper’s Wednesday show be Hallowgiving or Thanksoween? Who better than the first ghoul of rock to slice up some turkey with a guillotine?
Screaming Females feature but one female and she doesn’t scream, although her guitar does upon occasion.
Pop rockers Maroon 5 return to the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Dec. 30 and 31. Tickets are $99.50, $124.50, $174.50 and $224.50 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ticketmaster outlets.