Weezer performs during Night 2 of the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival at MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014, in Las Vegas.
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Resorts World Theatre resident headliner and recent Las Vegas Weekly covergirl Katy Perry took in “Awakening” at Wynn Las Vegas last week, the stunning new production show in the renovated theater formerly home to “Le Reve.” Perry tweeted: “It was next level tech/dancing costumes whole bit. Like a Burning Man meets Avatar meets 5th Element meets the craziest magic tricks.” The show’s producer and director Baz Halpin also worked on Perry’s show “Play,” and the pop singer also congratulated her collaborator on another Vegas job well done.
Comedian Eddie Griffin will wrap up his years-long run at the Sahara this week, with his last show at the Sahara Theatre set for Wednesday, March 1. “I would like to thank Sahara Las Vegas and their management team,” Griffin said in a statement. “I have enjoyed entertaining guests from all over the world these last few years.” Griffin, who continues to tour the country virtually every weekend, has called Las Vegas home for more than a decade and performed at the Rio for seven years before starting up at Sahara in 2018. Don't be surprised to see him pick up a new midweek gig at a different Vegas venue soon.
Two big tours have announced Vegas stops this week. Indie rock favorite Weezer is set to bring its summer tour, aptly named the Indie Rock Roadtrip, to Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood’s Zappos Theater on September 1. Riding shotgun will be Spoon and White Reaper, and tickets go on sale Friday, March 3 at via Ticketmaster. And the N.Y. State of Mind Tour, starring the Wu-Tang Clan and Nas, touches down at MGM Grand Garden Arena on October 21. These tickets also go on sale March 3 at axs.com.
Here are your other Vegas entertainment event announcements this week: Filipino pop-rock outfit Parokya Ni Edgar plays the Sahara Theatre on March 25; Gorillaz will take over Zappos Theater for a concert on April 12; comedian Hannah Berner makes her debut at Encore Theater on May 26; Jeff Dunham has unveiled dates for his comedy residency at Zappos Theater and he’ll be back onstage on May 28, July 16, September 3, October 22, November 12 and December 8; Nurse Blake brings his new Shock Advised comedy tour to the Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan on July 29; Little Feat will perform at the Smith Center with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band on August 2; blues guitar legend Joe Bonamassa will play the Chelsea on August 4; funnyman Deon Cole moves to a new room in Vegas when he lands at the Theater at Virgin on August 19; the When We Were Young Festival has added a second date, October 22, to its second-year event at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds; sax player Boney James returns to the Smith Center on October 28; and Mexican rock singer Siddhartha visits the House of Blues on November 9.
“Lucha VaVoom” — the long-running Los Angeles variety show that combines Mexican masked wrestling, burlesque, comedy and more — is setting up shop at the House of Blues Las Vegas. Its initial nine-show run starts April 27-28 at the Mandalay Bay music hall and tickets are already on sale for October dates as well. For more info, visit houseofblues.com.
