Miranda Lambert is familiar with Las Vegas, whether starring on stage or collecting awards.
The Academy of Country Music Awards show has signed the former Planet Hollywood resident headliner to its 61st ACM Awards telecast May 17. Kacey Musgrave and Little Big Town are also among the latest performers announced.
The show is set for May 17 at the MGM Grand Garden and is produced by Dick Clark Productions. Tickets are at AXS.com. Awards nominees are to be announced on Thursday. Additional performers and presenters will follow.
Lambert headlined “Velvet Rodeo” at Zappos/Bakkt Theater from 2022-2024. She has performed at several ACM Awards shows, most recently the 2020 event from Nashville.
On the topic of country stars …
Keith Urban is back at BleauLive Theater on Oct. 16-17, announced Monday morning by promoter Live Nation Las Vegas (tickets on sale 10 a.m. Friday Pacific time at ticketmaster.com). Urban is the rare artist to headline residencies at three Strip venues, Caesars Palace’s Colosseum, Zappos Theater (PH Live today) at Planet Hollywood and BleauLive Theater.
May we recommend …
We’re percolating — percolating, I tell you! — about David Byrne’s one-off at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on April 20, leading to Cyndi Lauper’s five-show run from April 24-May 2. A stretch of brilliance from a pair of superstars that I, for one, have not seen live. Unreal. That’ll change as the Colosseum continues to present world-class concert productions.
And also …
Sin City Showdown Demolition Derby at the Plaza’s Core Arena from 4-10 p.m. through Friday. This is the painfully easy-to-decipher automotive competition from Stirrin’ Dirt Racing. The company is not just the largest demolition derby promoter in the West, it’s the only one I know of. Family-friendly event; tickets at the door. Go to plazahotelcasino.com for intel.
Cool Hang Alert
Doc Rock & The Asylum All-Stars play Fat Cat at Downtown Grand at 8:30 p.m. Sunday. The show is linked to Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Festival. “Doc Rock” is sax master Rocky Gordon, a fine musician and bandleader and also the father of Vegas broadcast great and vocalist Mikalah Gordon.
This is a 17-piece big band with Gary Fowler, from the esteemed UNLV jazz department, on vocals. Tickets are $15 at the door, 21-over only, to fatcatlv.com for intel.
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