January
4. Chameleon Queen releases new album Namaqua.
25. Killers guitarist Dave Keuning releases solo debut Prismism.
February
8. Lady Antebellum begins its Pearl residency.
14. Black Camaro releases new album Protocol of Dreams.
17. Be Like Max releases new album Save Us All.
March
2. Las Vegas' House of Blues turns 20.
6. Robbie Williams begins his Encore Theater residency.
15. Dizzy Wright releases new album Nobody Cares, Work Harder.
31. Cass McCombs headlines Beauty Bar's final show.
April
6. Aerosmith begins its Park Theater residency.
19. Shamir releases new album Be the Yee, Here Comes the Haw.
26. Panic! At the Disco's Brendon Urie guests on Taylor Swift single "Me!"
May
17. Janet Jackson begins her Park Theater residency.
17. Cromm Fallon releases new album Electric Bloom.
24. Bad Phantom releases new album Moon Garden.
31. Christina Aguilera begins her Zappos Theater residency.
17-19. Electric Daisy Carnival stages its ninth Las Vegas Motor Speedway edition.
24-27. Punk Rock Bowling turns 21 at Downtown Las Vegas Events Center.
June
May 31- June 2. Emerge returns for a second installment, this time at the Hard Rock Hotel.
8. Celine Dion plays the final show of her Colosseum residency.
22. Vegas-based Geykido Comet Records celebrates its 20th anniversary with a Dive Bar show.
28. Slump Lords release new album Maryland Hark Way.
July
12. The Laissez Fairs release new album Marigold.
19. Jerk! releases new album Attack.
20. Rapper Common plays the Smith Center's Reynolds Hall.
August
14. Def Leppard begins its Zappos Theater residency.
14-16. Psycho Las Vegas moves to Mandalay Bay for its fourth edition.
30. The reunited Curl Up and Die plays the Bunkhouse.
September
5-8. The Big Blues Bender moves to the Hard Rock Hotel for year No. 6.
6-7. Elton John brings his tour to Vegas, for what he says will be his final shows here.
7. Sonia Barcelona releases new album Bitter Melon.
7. Caesars Palace debuts its upgraded Colosseum for a Keith Urban show.
20-22. Life Is Beautiful takes over the streets of Downtown for the seventh straight year, while the iHeartRadio Festival plays inside T-Mobile Arena.
27. The Eagles perform the first of three Hotel California shows at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
October
9. Journey begins its residency at the Colosseum.
18-19. Las Rageous returns to Downtown Las Vegas Events Center.
24. The Rhyolite Sound releases new album Mojave Gold.
November
1-3. Hip-hop fest Day N Vegas debuts at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds.
7. Madonna angers the crowd by taking the stage at midnight for the first of three Colosseum shows.
15. The Killers announce new album Imploding the Mirage, due this spring.
18. Donny and Marie Osmond close out their long- running Flamingo residency.
23. Kurumpaw releases new album Biónico Cósmico.
27. Slayer plays its penultimate show, at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
December
6. Shania Twain begins her Zappos Theater residency.
6. Lo Dino releases new album Nostalgia.
6-7. The Amazon Web Services-produced Intersect debuts at Las Vegas Festival Grounds.
8. Elvis Presley tribute artist Trent Carlini dies at age 57.
