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Her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs were losing at the time, so she probably needed it Here’s one important thing we learned during Super Bowl LVIII: Taylor Swift knows how to slam a beer like a champ. Late in the second quarter of the big game between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers, and with her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s Chiefs losing 10-0 — and the Chiefs fumbling and dropping the ball all over the place, leading to a sideline meltdown from her beau that nearly…

Kendrick Lamar won an Emmy for performing at the Super Bowl halftime show and days before this year’s big game, the rap prince gave a memorable performance in Las Vegas. Lamar performed at the Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team 2024 season launch in Sin City, working the stage built like a catwalk on Thursday night. Wearing a suit and bright neon sneakers with a pic in his hair, he ran through a number of his hit songs, including “Humble,” “Alright,” “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe,” “Swimming Pools (Drank),”…

Try to shake it off, Swifties. The players are gonna play-play-play on Sunday, but Las Vegas learned how to parlay pro football’s Big Game into big crowds and bigger profits long before the Strip landed Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium. From street vendors selling $40 T-shirts to resale brokers getting more than $30,000 a ticket for the best remaining seats, the Super Bowl between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs is estimated to draw 330,000 people to Las Vegas and pump as much as $700…

The Wu-Tang saga started in the streets of Staten Island and now it continues on the Vegas Strip. The legendary group is embarking on their Wu-Tang Clan: The Saga Continues… residency at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas this week with four shows. The first two will be this weekend, in tandem with Super Bowl weekend also happening in Las Vegas. RZA says that the residency is a litmus test not just for them, but for the lasting power of the hip-hop residency. “There’s not a lot of shows that service the hip-hop crowd ,”…

On Wednesday, a man who nicknamed himself “Pro-Life Spider-Man” was arrested for climbing Las Vegas‘ high-tech Sphere. Local police had responded to reports of “an individual scaling a building near the 200 block of Sands Avenue,” who was later identified as Maison Des Champs. The 24-year old was booked into the Clark County Detention Center and charged with destroying property of another and conspiracy to destroy private property. Des Champs has been detained before, including an arrest following his climb up Las…

The latest attraction (?) to hit the Sphere in Las Vegas is an anti-abortion activist, who was arrested Wednesday, Feb. 7, after climbing to the top of the venue.  Las Vegas police confirmed the climber had been arrested around 11:30 a.m. local time after responding to reports of “an individual scaling a building near the 200 block of Sands Avenue.” The LVMPD did not immediately return Rolling Stone’s request for more info, or an arrest report, though the climber appears to be a man named Maison DesChamps, who…

A man climbed to the top of the Las Vegas Sphere on Wednesday just days before the Super Bowl takes place in the city, according to local news outlet KTNV. The man, Maison DesChamps, was videotaped crawling up the side of the 367-foot Sphere by nervous onlookers. He posted a reel saying he climbed the building to raise money for an anti-abortion rights project. Onlookers nervously recorded the situation on social media.'More People Need to Know About This History': A Black Astronaut Speaks About Race and SpaceThe Las…

The musician will perform at Dolby Live at Park MGM from April 12 through 27 Mariah Carey recorded The Emancipation of Mimi 20 years ago, setting the stage for her grand comeback in 2005. It had only been three years since she released her ninth album, Charmbracelet, but she had made a career-defining transformation as a musician during that time. In celebration of its forthcoming anniversary, Carey has announced Mariah Carey: The Celebration of Mimi Live in Las Vegas. The eight-show Las Vegas…

U2 hit the 2024 Grammys stage Sunday night for what producers called a history-making performance. The Irish rock group performed “Atomic City” from the Sphere in Las Vegas, marking the first-ever broadcast performance from the new venue. Introducing the band, Grammys host Trevor Noah noted it was the first time that TV cameras had been allowed inside the new venue, located at the Venetian Resort. The band hit the stage for a lively performance that included flashing, multicolored lights and also…

What "Final Tour"? Bob Weir, John Mayer, and company reconvening for lengthy stay at cutting-edge venue less than a year after parting ways Dead & Company’s “final tour” wasn’t the end of the road for the Grateful Dead offshoot, as the John Mayer-featuring band has confirmed they’ll reconvene this spring for a lengthy residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere. The group — featuring Dead legends Bob Weir and Mickey Hart alongside Mayer, bassist Oteil Burbridge, keyboardist Jeff Chimenti, and drummer…