This Week In Vegas: '80s And More
- Hootie and the Blowfish
Hard Rock
Oct. 16
(800) HRD-ROCK
The once-omnipresent radio gods have tumbled a bit in terms of record sales and stature, but they're still cranking out the tunes, as this Hard Rock show demonstrates.
- Neil Sedaka
Orleans
Oct. 17-22
(800) 675-3267
I sang "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" with Dawn Hodge in junior high. Just thought that you'd all want to know that.
- Culture
Club
Hard Rock
Oct. 19
(800) HRD-ROCK
The Boy is back with his boys as the reunited Culture Club continues on its highly successful '80s flashback tour.
- Tim Conway & Harvey Korman
Las Vegas Hilton
Oct. 19-21
(800) 222-5361
Comedy legends and "Carol Burnett Show" alumni Conway & Korman have been performing in halls around the country, including several gigs at the Hilton.
- Tom Jones
MGM Grand
Oct. 19-29
(800) 929-1111
Let's see, we have Tom Jones playing the MGM Grand and Wayne Newton up the street at the Stardust ... where's Engelbert when you need him?
- Sarah Brightman
MGM Grand
Oct. 20
(800) 929-1111
So how many of you knew that Brightman, one of the premier leading ladies of legitimate musical theater, got her first taste of stardom singing the 1978 disco hit, "I Lost My Heart To a Starship Trooper"?
- The
Romantics
Mandalay Bay, House of Blues
Oct. 20
(877) 632-7400
Big hair bands in the '80s were not all heavy metal headbangers, as this reunited pop/rock band proves.
- Ray
Romano
Mirage
Oct. 20-21
(800)374-9000
Everybody loves him, you know.
- Mr. & Mrs. Olymipa Fitness Competition
Mandalay Bay
Oct. 20-21
(877) 632-7400
I was going to compete in this, but I pulled a muscle while trying to open a pint of Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream.
- Jerry Vale
Boulder Station
Oct. 20-21
(800) 654-8805
One of the top crooners of the '60s is still going strong, nearly 50 years after his first hit.
- Phyllis Diller
Suncoast
Oct. 20-22
(877) 677-7111
I'm going out on a limb here, but there probably wouldn't be a Roseanne or an Ellen or any of the other great female stand-up comics if it hadn't been for Ms. Diller.
- Matchbox Twenty
Thomas & Mack Center
Oct. 21
(702) 895-3900
Fronted by Carlos Santana's best friend Rob Thomas, this band recently changed its name from Matchbox 20 to Matchbox Twenty. I don't know why either.
- The Knack & The Motels
Sunset Station
Oct. 21
(800) 654-8805
Speaking of big-hair '80s bands ...
- Pearl Jam
MGM Grand
Oct. 22
(800) 929-1111
You can thank ... or blame, depending upon your point of view ... Pearl Jam for helping usher in the '90s wave of grunge rock.
- Foo Fighters
Mandalay Bay, House of Blues
Oct. 22
(877) 632-7400
Speaking of '90s grunge rock, Foo Fighters was formed from the ruins of the band Nirvana after lead singer Kurt Cobain committed suicide.
- Starship
Hard Rock
Oct. 22
(800) HRD-ROCK
Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship or just plain old Starship, they ain't the same without Grace Slick.
Continuing:
- George Carlin at Bally's through Oct.
18.
Tickets: (800) 644-0777 - Rodney Dangerfield at the MGM Grand through Oct.
18.
Tickets: (800) 929-1111 - Wayne Newton at the Stardust through Oct.
27.
Tickets: (702) 732-6325
- Rita Rudner at the MGM Grand through Nov. 27.
Tickets: (800) 929-1111
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