This Week In Vegas: Rodeo And Country Music
The National Rodeo Finals are in Las Vegas this week and with it comes some of the
biggest names in Country-Western music entertainment.
- Brooks & Dunn
Las Vegas Hilton
Dec. 4-6
(800) 222-5361
My mother's favorite country and western duo takes the stage at the Hilton for a series of shows.
- BR5-49
Sam's Town
Dec. 4-6
(800) 634-6371
While many of the big country music artists are doing music that could be at home on pop radio stations, BR5-49 proudly sticks to their hillbilly honky-tonk roots.
- The 2000 Billboard Music
Awards
MGM Grand
Dec. 5
(800) 929-1111
Is it awards show season already? This one, sponsored by the recording industry standard Billboard, features performances by N'Sync, Creed, Destiny's Child, Faith Hill and Ricky Martin, just to name a few. It will be broadcast live on FOX at 8 p.m.
- Tanya Tucker
Orleans
Dec. 7-9
(800) 675-3267
Tucker is a country-western music vet, having made her debut in 1972 at the ripe old age of 14 with "Delta Dawn."
- Clint Black
Las Vegas Hilton
Dec. 7-9
(800) 222-5361
Another country-western big shot, Black's first record "A Better Man" made it all the way to #1 on the U.S. Country Music charts.
- Norm MacDonald, Jon Lovitz & Victoria Jackson
Rio
Dec. 8-9
(800) 752-9746
Three refugees from Saturday Night Live team up for a couple of comedy shows in Vegas.
- Wayne Brady
Monte Carlo
Dec. 8-9
(877) 386-8224
As one of the co-stars of "Who's Line Is It Anyway" on ABC, Brady proves his impovisational comedy and singing skills weekly on the Drew Carey hosted show.
- Prince
Aladdin
Dec. 9
(800) 634-3424
Just in case you hadn't heard, he's back to being called Prince these days. Whatever you choose to call him, he is arguably one of the greatest musical geniuses of our time.
- Los Lobos
Mandalay Bay, House of Blues
Dec. 9
(877) 632-7400
Los Lobos' Tex-Mex brand of rock and roll came to prominence with their soundtrack to the 1987 Richie Valens biopic "La Bamba."
- Lorrie Morgan
Orleans
Dec. 9-11
(800) 675-3267
Morgan's country music stardom seemed guaranteed -- not only was she the daughter of Grand Ole Opry star George Morgan, but her full name is Loretta Lynn Morgan.
Continuing:
- Wayne Newton at the Stardust through Dec. 7. Tickets: (702) 732-6325
- Carrot Top at the MGM Grand through Dec. 17. Tickets: (800) 929-1111
- Rita Rudner at the MGM Grand through Jan. 1, 2001. Tickets: (800) 929-1111
- David Brenner at the Golden Nugget through Jan. 27, 2001. Tickets: (800) 634-3454
This Week's Trivia Question
Q. When it was completed in 1969, this hotel had the tallest tower in Las Vegas at just under 300 feet tall. What was the hotel? The Answer
The weekly trivia question is brought to you by the Las Vegas Strip Historical Site.
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