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Forget about the glitz and glamour; all Mariah Carey needs to do is to sing her songs

About five songs into the premiere of Mariah Carey’s residency Friday at Park MGM, the first time I had seen the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter-actor-producer perform live, I leaned over to my wife ...

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Forget about the glitz and glamour; all Mariah Carey needs to do is to sing her songs

About five songs into the premiere of Mariah Carey’s residency Friday at Park MGM, the first time I had seen the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter-actor-producer perform live, I leaned over to my wife ...
Tool’s immersive experience satisfies Las Vegas audience

Maynard James Keenan wasn’t feeling good. He admitted as much Sunday to the audience at the comfortably packed T-Mobile Arena, the final stop on the “Tool Winter Tour 2024.” If Keenan wasn’t feeling good though, the crowd sure was …
Thee Sacred Souls spread the love on stage at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas

The seven-member San Diego musical voyage painted the room with sound, delving into the depths of their discography and moving the crowd from joy to tears.
Five Thoughts: Depeche Mode at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (December 1, 2023)

For the second time this year, the groundbreaking synth-pop band graced the stage of T-Mobile Arena, packing a stamina-filled two and a half hour set with several decades' worth of hits.
Kenny Loggins leaves Las Vegas on a high note with farewell tour stop

Kenny Loggins, the Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter, stood Friday at the center of the stage at Pearl Theater at the Palms and marveled at the room, which he was playing for the first time — and likely the last time — in his storied career of more than 50 years.
U2's residency at Las Vegas' new Sphere unites technology and showmanship

U2’s show at Las Vegas’ new Sphere, an 18,000-seat venue dominated by a concave, 16K-resolution screen, isn’t so much a game-changer for U2 as it is a leveling-up.
Recapping Las Vegas' 2023 Life Is Beautiful festival

This years' iteration, the festival's 10th, once again suffused Downtown Las Vegas in music, light and energy ... and a few surprises.
Carrie Underwood sticks to successful formula in resuming Resorts World residency

It would seem that Carrie Underwood and Resorts World Las Vegas go together, to quote the title track from her latest album, “like jet black and a Cadillac, like Tennessee and a bottle of Jack, Dolly and a tape deck on the way back.”
McGill, Nevada's Schellraiser Music Festival is a homegrown treat

A curious thing happened at the Schellraiser Music Festival: Attendees stood (or sat) on cool grass shaded by tall trees and actually listened to bands playing live music.
Highlights of Las Vegas' inaugural Sick New World fest included Kittie, Deftones

Nostalgia ran rampant at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds as Sick New World—the heavy metal fest featuring mainstays from the late-’90s/early-’00s—kicked off its inaugural year.
Five Memorable Moments from Las Vegas' 2023 Lovers & Friends festival

The hip-hop and R&B throwback fest upped the ante for its second year.
Vegas makes it on Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘yes’ list, and vice versa

As expected, Carpenter was a dynamo on stage. Wearing a bluejean blue dress with an accent chain and knee-length black boots, she strutted, danced and swayed about on the stage at the Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.
Depeche Mode's March 30 show at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena was pure joy

If the 40-plus-year-old band is aging out of this job, no one’s said it to their performance.
In Las Vegas residency at Park MGM, Maroon 5 provides many special moments for its fans

Perhaps the most special moment — poignant even — came with the band’s tribute to its former manager, Jordan Feldstein, who unexpectedly died of a pulmonary embolism in 2017 at age 40. As a heart appeared on a video board behind the band with the word “Jordi” inside it, frontman Adam Levine explained that “losing him was the hardest thing I’ve ever been through.”
Keith Urban, no matter the Strip venue, keeps his audience rocking

Who could sit while Keith Urban, the four-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist extraordinaire, and his band pounded out hit after high-energy hit during the nearly two-hour sold-out show?