Sources familiar with booking at the venue pinpoint an August/September launch of a 26-show series for Queen with Adam Lambert.
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John Katsilometes’ man-about-town column appears on daily on page 3A. Katsilometes moved to Las Vegas from Northern California in 1996 and spent two years with the RJ before moving to the Greenspun Media Group in 1998, where he served as an editor, magazine writer and columnist. He returned to the RJ in August 2016. He has won numerous state and regional awards, including the 2013 Nevada Press Association Journalist of the Year honor, and has been awarded three times for column writing by the Best of the West contest.
Outdoor music festivals are returning to the Las Vegas Strip this year — and at least one plans to honor the memories of those affected by the Oct. 1 shootings at Route 91 Harvest.
Marty Allen, a showroom and TV favorite for more than a half-century who gained national fame with stage partner of Steve Rossi, died on Monday in Las Vegas. He was 95.
For a night, Vic Damone ruled the strep. That is not a typo.
“Inferno” knows what it is. The new production that opened Thursday at Paris Theater on the Strip is indeed a flaming spectacular.
Star chefs Guy Fieri, Bobby Flay, Gordon Ramsay, Giada De Laurentiis and Steve Martorano contributed to the dinner menu and introduced a series of headliners throughout the three-hour program, which drew an all-invite crowd of 2,500 first responders, friends and family.
Kiss mainstay Gene Simmons stopped into the Rio in VegasVille on Saturday on his cross-country tour delivering “The Vault.”
Todd Fisher is presiding over an estate sale for the ages, selling off much of the memorabilia collected over the years by his mother, Debbie Reynolds; and sister, Carrie Fisher.
Splicing the artificial from the authentic is the challenge of “Opium,” opening March 13 at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
In his reign as the architect of the Vegas mega-resort, Wynn merged his personal wealth and his zeal for business with his passion for live entertainment.
Australian Bee Gees, a little show honoring a big act, celebrated its seventh anniversary in residence at Excalibur hotel-casino Saturday night.
As NBC color man Cris Collinsworth lamented the officials’ decision, saying, “I think they have to overturn this call!” Zach Ertz’s entourage remained resolute. That was a touchdown, Philly fans, clear as a bell.
Bob Griese didn’t wager on the game, but he’s having a time of it. He did say the Eagles would score on their first possession, and he was right.
“Viva Las Vegas” is everywhere, still, in this city. Vegas’s own rock superstars The Killers might well perform their version of the song Saturday night in their first show at MGM Grand Garden.
Elvis Costello’s dates were pulled off the Wynn Las Vegas website earlier today, and no return dates have been announced or posted.