Articles tagged ‘Las Vegas Music Scene’
Country Music Awards: May 23 at MGM Grand
By Kelly Amabile | December 19th, 2005 |
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It was announced this week that the 41st Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards will be held this coming May at the MGM Grand. This will be the fourth year that the awards will take place in Vegas, but the first year that the show will be held at the MGM Grand. Fans will [...]
Pretty Vegas Baby! INXS at Mandalay Bay
By Kelly Amabile | December 19th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
INXS is gearing up to kick off a 31-stop tour on January 18 with new frontman J.D. Fortune, who won a CBS reality show competition this past fall to replace the late Michael Hutchence. The band’s new record Switch (which includes the single Pretty Vegas) has sold 75,000 copies in its first week, which is [...]
G. Love & Special Sauce at House of Blues
By Kelly Amabile | December 19th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
Philly trio G. Love and Special Sauce will perform at the House of Blues next month. Garrett “G. Love” Dutton, James “Jimi Jazz” Prescott and Jeffrey ‘Houseman” Clemens bring their funky Philadelphonic Sound to Vegas, surely singing songs from their latest release, 2004’s The Hustle, which marked the band’s sixth release and it’s first [...]
New Year’s Day: Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Returns
By Kelly Amabile | December 19th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
The outrageously funny Vince Vaughn returns to Vegas for New Year’s weekend and everyone’s wondering if a particularly lucky lady will be at his side as he parties it up on the Strip. Vaughn’s popular Wild West Comedy Show will appear for two nights at different Vegas venues, with tickets for one night on sale [...]
New Year’s Eve: Goo Goo Dolls at House of Blues
By Kelly Amabile | December 19th, 2005 | 1 Comment »
The Juliet Dagger will open for the Goo Goo Dolls in a New Year’s Eve concert at the House of Blues. Better Days, the first single from the band’s forthcoming, still-untitled ninth studio album was released in November and the video for the song appeared earlier this month. The completed new album should be [...]
Kenny Loggins & the Pointer Sisters at Aladdin
By Kelly Amabile | December 18th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
It’s almost 2006, but why not celebrate in old-school musical style over New Year’s Eve weekend in Las Vegas? Kenny Loggins will headline the Aladdin Theater next week after wrapping up a busy year, during which he released a new album with Jim Messina (former Buffalo Springfield member), almost 30 years after their 1976 breakup [...]
New Year’s Eve: Matchbox Twenty at the Joint
By Kelly Amabile | December 15th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
Rob Thomas takes a break from his solo career to join his band in Vegas for a New Year’s celebration. Matchbox Twenty will perform live together for the first time since December 2003, playing back-to-back shows on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Thomas has just completed touring the US to support his successful [...]
Kenny Rogers to Perform at Primm Valley
By Kelly Amabile | December 15th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
The most legendary Gambler of them all returns to Vegas next month. American icon Kenny Rogers will appear for one night in January at Primm Valley’s Star of the Desert Arena. The super successful top selling male artist will perform a selection of hits from his career 61 albums. And he’s not done yet — [...]
Aerosmith and Lenny Kravitz in Vegas
By Kelly Amabile | December 15th, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Another batch of Aerosmith/Lenny Kravitz tour dates were recently announced, including a stop in Vegas at the MGM Grand. Tickets go on sale this Saturday, December 17 at 10 a.m. for the February 2006 rock ‘n roll double whammy appearance. The “Rockin’ the Joint” tour takes its name from Aerosmith’s latest album, a dual-disc release [...]
New Year’s Eve: Hootie and the Blowfish
By Kelly Amabile | December 14th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
The name of Hootie & the Blowfish’s latest album seems a perfect fit for Las Vegas. The band will perform hits from their fifth studio album, Looking for Lucky, during a New Year’s Eve concert at the Silverton. Darius Rucker and the rest of this popular South Carolina band will also entertain New Year’s revelers [...]
