This Week In Vegas: The Tiger Jam
- Live with Counting Crows
Aladdin
Oct. 2
(800) 634-3424
Two of the alt-rock world's biggest acts are teaming up for this show in the newly renovated Theater for the Performing Arts at Aladdin.
- David
Sanborn, Joe
Sample, Richard Bona, Brian Blade
Blue Note at the Aladdin
Oct. 2-7
(702) 862-8307
Four thoroughly unique jazz instrumentalist masters come together to perform as a quartet in a series of shows at the Blue Note, which is quickly becoming ground zero for great jazz in not only Las Vegas, but in all of the Western U.S.
- Travis with Remy
Zero
Mandalay Bay, House of Blues
Oct. 4
(877) 632-7400
What do you get when you cross a Scottish classic-rock band with an alt-rock group from Alabama? This show at Mandalay Bay, apparently.
- Debbie Reynolds
Orleans
Oct. 5-8
(800) 675-3267
The Queen of Las Vegas (because I said so, that's why) returns for her second set of shows in the last few weeks, this time at the Orleans.
- King & Queen of the Beach Volleyball Tournament
Hard Rock
Oct. 5-8
(800) HRD-ROCK
The Hard Rock's beach area, infamously popular with the tanned and taut crowd already, takes it to the next level by hosting this professional volleyball tournament. Tickets range from $5-40.
- Rodney Dangerfield
MGM Grand
Oct. 5-18
(800) 929-1111
Give him some respect.
- Jo Dee Messina
Aladdin
Oct. 6
(800) 634-3424
She's a little bit country ... oh, heck, she's a lot country, and she's tearing up the music world again with her newest album "Burn."
- Men at Work
Sunset Station
Oct. 6
(800) 654-8805
Australia seems to be in vogue now, what with the Olympics and those omnipresent Outback Steakhouses. So why not a comeback for the boys who come from "the land down under."
- Tonic with Stir
Mandalay Bay, House of Blues
Oct. 6
(877) 632-7400
If absolutely nothing else, the pairing of these two groups proves that alt-rock bands have a sense of humor.
- Tiger Jam
III with Christina Aguilera, LeAnn Rimes, Seal
Mandalay Bay
Oct. 7
(877) 632-7400
That's Tiger as in Woods, the golf legend, who is hosting the third annual charity concert to benefit his Tiger Woods Foundation and other children's charities.
- Steven Wright
Las Vegas Hilton
Oct. 7-8
(800) 222-5361
My favorite line from this non sequitur-loving comedian: "I went to a restaurant that said they served breakfast any time. I ordered French toast during the Renaissance."
Continuing:
- The Four Tops at the MGM Grand through Oct. 4. 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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Q.The El Rancho began life as the Thunderbird in 1947. What was the name of the hotel from 1977 to 1981 before it became the El Rancho?
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