This Week In Vegas: Righteous Brothers, Peter Frampton, WWF

Two of the biggest names in rock music and the biggest brand name in sports are coming to town this week.  Here are all the details:

• Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars
  Blue Note at the Aladdin
  Feb. 19-24
  (702) 862-8307
  
  Jazz legend Gillespie earned the nickname "Dizzy" for his enthusiastic onstage antics.  This All-Star band of jazz greats carries on his tradition more than eight years after his death.
  
  
• The Righteous Brothers
  Orleans
  Feb. 21 - March 4
  (800) 675-3267
  
  Did anyone else see the question on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" asking which of a list of "Brothers" groups weren't really brothers?  I knew the answer was these guys -- did you?
  
  
• David Copperfield
  MGM Grand
  Feb. 22 - March 7
  (800) 929-1111
  
  Claudia's ex comes to town to make things disappear.
  
  
• Sammy Kershaw
  Sam's Town
  Feb. 23
  (800) 897-8696
  
  Country singer Kershaw began performing in local clubs in his native Louisiana when he was only 12 years old.
  


• George Clinton & Parliment/Funkadelic
  Mandalay Bay, House of Blues
  Feb. 23
  (877) 632-7400
  
  The father of funk music influenced everyone from Michael Jackson to Prince.
  
  
• Peter Frampton
  Rio
  Feb. 23-24
  (800) 752-9746
  
  Useless personal reminiscence of the week -- recently I attended a taping of "The Late Show with David Letterman" and Peter Frampton played with the band all night.  Just thought you'd want to know.
  
  
• Loverboy
  Sunset Station
  Feb. 23-24
  (800) 654-8805
  
  This '80s hair-band had their biggest hit in 1981 with "Working for the Weekend."
  
  
• Bobby Rydell
  Suncoast
  Feb. 23-25
  (877) 677-7111
  
  As a child, '50s teen dream Rydell attended the same boys club as Fabian and Frankie Avalon.
  
  
• Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
  Stardust
  Feb. 24
  (702) 732-6325
  
  Big band swing lives on under the name of one of the genre's most influential conductors.
  
  
• WWF -- No Way Out
  Thomas & Mack Center
  Feb. 25
  (702) 895-3900
  
  No comment.
  
  
• Jeff Beck
  Hard Rock Hotel
  Feb. 25
  (800) HRD-ROCK
  
  One of guitarist Beck's earliest breakthroughs was replacing Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds.
  
  
• Chic
  Mandalay Bay, House of Blues
  Feb. 25
  (877) 632-7400
  
  Awwwww freak out!  Enough said.
  

Continuing:

• Tom Jones at the MGM Grand through Feb. 21.  Tickets: (800)929-1111
  
• David Brenner at the Golden Nugget through April 30.  Tickets: (800) 634-3454

For a calendar of events beyond the next couple of weeks, check out the Vegas4Visitors calendar section.

This Week's Trivia Question

Q. In honor of Black History Month: In the 1950s, segregation was the rule in Las Vegas until a casino opened near downtown that catered to the black community. What was the name of this legendary hotel? (The Answer)

The weekly trivia question is brought to you by the Las Vegas Strip Historical Site.

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