This week’s 5 best bets for music in Las Vegas
311
If fireworks are lighting up the sky and 311 is lighting up the stage, it must be Fourth of July weekend. The outfit plays Saturday and Sunday at Mandalay Bay Beach with DJ Kilmore of Incubus. Tickets range from $45.42 to $90.83, and the shows start at 8:30 p.m.
Brian Wilson
On Friday at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel, Beach Boys singer-songwriter Brian Wilson will commemorate the 50th anniversary of “Pet Sounds” with Blondie Chaplin and Al Jardine. Tickets range from $34.50 to $180, and the show starts at 8 p.m.
Bryan Adams
More than three decades on, Bryan Adams is still bringing the rock. His “Get Up!” tour makes a stop in Vegas for shows Saturday and Sunday at the Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan. The shows start at 8 p.m., and tickets are $32.
Slightly Stoopid
Since first being picked up by Sublime frontman Bradley Nowell’s Skunk Records in the mid-’90s, Slightly Stoopid has been spreading smiles across the country with its laid-back reggae rock. The group returns to Vegas on Friday for a show at Mandalay Bay Beach. Tickets are $40.83, and the show starts at 7:30 p.m.
Brit Floyd
Brit Floyd recaptures Pink Floyd in its prime with one of the best tribute shows you’ll ever see. Catch the British act Saturday at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel. Tickets are $35 to $125, and the show starts at 8 p.m.
