This week’s 5 best bets for Vegas entertainment
The Go-Go’s
Sometimes we are actually angry when farewell tours don’t keep their promise. But we’d be happy if The Go-Go’s got us on a technicality: No more touring, but what about a summer residency at the perfect Mandalay Bay outdoor beach stage where they return for maybe one last time Saturday? Best Coast and Kaya Stewart support the 9 p.m. Friday show at Mandalay Bay Beach. Tickets are $39.50; call 800-745-3000.
Journey, Doobie Brothers, Dave Mason
It’s a big bay: The otherwise diverse-sounding Journey, Doobie Brothers and Dave Mason dubbed their summer tour San Francisco Fest 2016 to reflect the common geography of their roots. Journey welcomes back drummer Steve Smith, while the Doobies make it funkier with Little Feat keyboardist Bill Payne when they share Mandalay Bay Events Center with Dave Mason at 7 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $49.51 to $199.50; call 800-745-3000.
Chris D’Elia
Show-business survival demands versatility. Chris D’Elia found his sitcom “Undateable” canceled — “and honestly it’s Trump’s fault,” he tweeted in May — and he’s no longer a regular on “Ten Minute Podcast.” But he still has stand-up, not to mention his rapper alter ego who hails from Primm, Chank Smith. D’Elia plays The Mirage at 10 p.m. Friday and 9 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $43.59 to $54.49; call 702-792-7777.
Michael Franti & Spearhead
A heated election summer could use the positive vibrations of a cool “Soulrocker.” Good thing that’s the name of the new album from contagiously upbeat Michael Franti and his eclectic funk-rock-soul Spearhead, whose single “Once A Day” declares, “Everybody oughta hug somebody, at least once a day,” and apparently wasn’t played at the GOP convention. You can hear it at 7 p.m. Saturday at Brooklyn Bowl at The Linq. Tickets are $35 to $50; call 702-862-2695.
Seth Grabel
Tiny stages didn’t prevent spry, relentlessly energetic magician Seth Grabel from spinning in a metal hoop at the Clarion or doing gymnastics in the Royal Resort. So the South Point’s Grandview Lounge is going to feel like the “Ka” stage by comparison. See the “America’s Got Talent” alum at 4 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $15; call 702-797-8055.