VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: EDC Reveals Lineup, Different Kind of Will Smith Hits

The lineup for this year’s Electric Daisy Carnival — announced on Thursday –includes electronic dance music superstars Afrojack, Dom Dolla, Martin Garrix, Armin van Buuren and Fisher among its 250 acts.

The full lineup for the upcoming Electric Daisy Carnival is very full and listed in alphabetical order. (Image: Insomniac)

Also featured with be back-to-back performances from Alison Wonderland and Kaskade, Illenium and Slander, and the Martinez Brothers and Loco Dice. Of course, Tiesto will also spin — as he has at every EDC since it moved from LA to in 2011.

The event, which sold out months ago, returns to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway from May 16-18 with 16 stages of non-stop music and a projected audience of 525K.

From Slapping Back to Rapping

Will Smith was the Fresh Prince in DJ Jazzy Jeff &… (Image: House of Blues)

Will Smith — the A-list actor who fell to the D-list after unjustifiably slapping comedian Chris Rock over a joke he cracked at the 2022 Academy Awards — will attempt to pretend that never happened at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay on March 20.

“An Evening with Will Smith: A Live Journey Through His Musical Hits” promises to showcase the four-time Grammy-winning rapper’s gentler roots.

Expect to hear “Getting’ Giggy wit it” and “Wild Wild West,” as well as songs from his first album in 20 years.

Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14 via Ticketmaster.com.

Warning: Don’t everyone bolt for the bathrooms during the new songs or Smith may slap you.

Kygo to Open New MGM Grand Club

Kygo, Norway’s current dance music superstar and co-founder of the Palm Tree Crew brand, will debut his first daytime residency at the MGM Grand’s new Palm Tree Beach Club.

Kygo (real name: Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll) will be the first artist to perform at the Tao Group Hospitality-run day club, which takes over the 60K square-foot space formerly occupied by Wet Republic Ultra Pool.

Opening day for both Kygo’s residency and the beach club will be May 3. Tickets can be purchased here.

Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers entertainment, dining and gaming news in Las Vegas.

Corey spent six years covering the Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he also wrote the most popular humor column in the city’s history. (For “Fear and Loafing,” he tried out 176 Vegas jobs, including poker player, blackjack dealer and Follie Bergere dancer.)

Corey has won more than 100 local, state and national awards for his journalism, which has also appeared in Rolling Stone, New York Magazine and the New York Post.

Corey is a New York native whose hobbies include playing guitar, trying to be a better husband, and arguing with strangers on Facebook.

Contact Corey at corey@casino.org.

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