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R&B star The Weeknd just announced that he will play The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Dec. 30.

The country music icon’s “Vegas on My Mind” engagement will take place Jan. 28 to Feb. 4. Tickets go on sale Friday.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, one of the last links to the early days of the Beat poetry movement, never doubted the artistry of Bob Dylan or his worthiness of the Nobel prize.

With sirens blaring, the hard rock/hip-hop supergroup took the Mandalay Bay Events Center stage with fists clenched, held aloft, hurling themselves into songs that were the musical approximation of said gesture: defiant, aggressive, white-knuckled, unflinching.

This week’s lineup for budget-minded music fans includes Brujeria at LVCS, Health at The Bunkhouse and Same Sex Mary at the Plaza.

The ’80s R&B throwback takes up residency at the new Park Theater at the Monte Carlo on Dec. 30 and 31 and March 11 and 12. Tickets go on sale Friday.