Nightlife
DJ Profile
‘Lift Off!’
Dutch duo W&W makes an 'Impact' on the trance world
January 17th, 2013
These days, trance music isn’t just about banging it out at 138 beats-per-minute (not that we mind), nor does it make American clubbers wrinkle their noses and go running off looking for commercial house anymore, either. Dutch import W&W, a.k.a. 24-year-olds Ward van der Harst and Willem van Hanegem, are producers helping the cause, with massive support from the trance messiah himself, Armin van Buuren. Read more »
DJ Profile
Imagine That
Mark Farina doles out some proper house at Body English
January 17th, 2013
If 2012 was the year electronic dance music exploded in the U.S., 2013 is quickly shaping up to be the year that newer clubgoers will dig deeper and veterans will come out of the woodwork now that more of the underground DJs are gigging in town. One notable spinner willing to give Las Vegas another chance is Mark Farina, who’ll finally get to do his proper house thing when he commands the dance floor at Body English on January 26. Read more »
Gossip
CES Delivers Headphone Bounty
January 17th, 2013
The main event came January 10, as Ludacris hosted the Soul Headphones party at Tao, and the man who started it all, Dr. Dre, was at Marquee. The Doctor sent out Rick Ross to handle performance duties, and for half an hour he did it like some sort of entity in charge of other people, while Dre hung back with Jimmy Iovine. Read more »
Gossip
Burke and company blow off pageant-judging steam
January 17th, 2013
Somewhat less star-studded was this year’s Miss America pageant, January 12 at Planet Hollywood. But the lack of Dr. Dre and Rick Ross didn’t stop judges Cheryl Burke, Bradley Bayou, Sam Champion, Mary Hart, Daymond John, McKayla Maroney and Katie Stam Irk from hitting up Stoney’s for the official judges’ after-party, along with the winner, Miss New York, Mallory Hagan. Read more »
Night-Lites
Sniffles for Snitch, Pure gets gig-y with it, and Clubs head to Sundance
January 17th, 2013
A New Year means updates for the Las Vegas party scene, including some hellos and goodbyes. First up, we bid a fond farewell to Snitch at Ghostbar. January 30 marks the final night for the party that’s been going since 2010. In honor of the finale, the OG DJ crew of DJ88, M!keAttack and Dave Fogg are on hand. But all is not lost: A new ladies night will launch sometime in March. Read more »
Night-Lites
Britney rumor wheel spins into high gear again
January 17th, 2013
It seems like just yesterday—or at least, just 2008—since it was all but a sure thing that Britney Spears was going to be a headlining resident at the Palms. Now five years and one recently quit X Factor gig later, published reports have Brit gearing up to become a headliner at Caesars where, presumably, she’d pair with a cantankerous, three-days-from-retirement Celine Dion as they take on a shadowy group of heroin smugglers. Read more »
Seven Nights
Your city after dark
January 17th, 2013
Wine-down the week at Hyde for the new monthly event, Vino Thursdays, launching this evening. The complimentary wine tasting also features a performance from American Idol Season 11 contestant Mahi Crabbe from 7 to 9 p.m. (In Bellagio, HydeBellagio.com.) Read more »
The Beer Nut
If You're Going to Park City, Utah...
Be sure to drink this beer, these whiskeys and this cocktail.
January 16th, 2013
The annual Sundance Film Festival kicks off January 17 for two full weeks of mountainside shenanigans, and with that many New Yorkers, Los Angelenos and Las Vegans in one place, you bet your bitters there will be boozing. Read more »
Something for the Ladies
January 14th, 2013
It won't be long before Las Vegas welcomes the next projects eyeing the fairer sex. Read more »
Have You Seen the Light?
Vegas Seven’s exclusive first peek into the Light Group/Cirque nightclub
January 14th, 2013
Light appears to be a world where the vibrancy of a Cirque du Soleil show encompasses the entire space, set to the soundtrack of top electronic dance music talent. Music/Marketing Director Amy Thomson sheds, well, light, on what the experience will comprise when the megaclub opens this spring. Read more »
