Photos from last night: Minus the Bear, Cursive at the Hard Rock Cafe
Posted: 7 months 1 week ago Comments PermalinkLast night, indie bands Minus the Bear and Cursive -- both frequent Vegas visitors -- played the Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip, a show that had been moved from the delayed Fremont Country Club.
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Guns N' Roses: Nov. 2, The Joint
Posted: 7 months 2 weeks ago Comments PermalinkDuring the onslaught of promotion for Guns N' Roses 12-date run at The Joint, members liked to say the band would be doing things it hadn't done before. I've only seen GNR once before, but the...
Play-by-play: Eddie Vedder, Nov. 1, The Pearl
Posted: 7 months 2 weeks ago Comments PermalinkAfter an invigorating opening performance from Glen Hansard (The Swell Season, the movie Once), Eddie Vedder walks on The Pearl stage and, with his acoustic guitar, launched right into his band...
The XX not rescheduling after Cosmo rainout
Posted: 7 months 3 weeks ago Comments PermalinkFor over 2,800 people, The XX's Oct. 10 show at The Cosmopolitan's Boulevard Pool was a memorable, sublime concertgoing event ... until about a half-hour in, when the English trio was rained off...
The good, the bad and the ugly: Bob Dylan, Oct. 27, Mandalay Bay
Posted: 7 months 3 weeks ago Comments PermalinkThe good: Solid setlist. This is what keeps Dylan loyalists coming. He picks the best of his third-comeback era — "Thunder on the Mountain," "Beyond Here Lies Nothing," "Things Have Changed" (for...
Morrissey postpones November show at Cosmopolitan
Posted: 7 months 3 weeks ago Comments PermalinkTrue To You webzine reports today that English singer Morrissey has postponed his entire U.S. tour due an illness in his family. This includes his Nov. 23 show at the Chelsea Ballroom inside The...
Aural hangover: The Melvins, Oct. 23, LVCS
Posted: 7 months 3 weeks ago Comments PermalinkI always figured this job would eventually make me deaf. And the devolution of my hearing was expedited at last night's Melvins show at the Las Vegas Country Saloon, on Fremont Street.
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Madonna: Oct. 13, MGM Grand Garden Arena
Posted: 8 months 1 week ago Comments PermalinkMadonna has always been a wee bit condescending toward Sin City. Last night at her usual local stomping ground, the MGM Grand Garden, she implored her nearly sold-out throng to participate, adding...
The XX get rained off the stage at Cosmopolitan
Posted: 8 months 1 week ago Comments PermalinkIt was too good to be true. Thousands packed into the fourth-story Boulevard Pool at The Cosmopolitan to see London trio The XX Wednesday night, a massive showing for an indie rock concert on the...
'So' good: Peter Gabriel, Oct. 5, Planet Hollywood
Posted: 8 months 2 weeks ago Comments PermalinkFor his introduction to Las Vegas, Peter Gabriel couldn't have seemed more at home. Upon casually strolling out onstage — house lights on — he explained the structure of the show. Then, he and...
