{"id":323671,"date":"2024-06-25T12:14:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T17:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=323671"},"modified":"2024-06-25T13:57:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T18:57:10","slug":"vegas-music-roundup-life-is-unrecognizable-thomas-rhett-countrifies-wynn-tom-jones-ticket-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/vegas-music-roundup-life-is-unrecognizable-thomas-rhett-countrifies-wynn-tom-jones-ticket-info\/","title":{"rendered":"VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Life is Unrecognizable, Thomas Rhett & Tom Jones Info, The Who to Play Sphere?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the organizers of the annual Life is Beautiful<\/strong>\u00a0Las Vegas music festival announced the lineup on Tuesday for their renamed and seriously downsized \u201cA Big Beautiful Block Party<\/strong>,\u201d the response was a giant \u201cWHO??\u201d<\/p>\n

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This 10-acre vacant lot will be the site of this year\u2019s downsized \u201cLife is Beautiful\u201d Las Vegas music festival. (Image: KLAS-TV\/Las Vegas<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Headlining the block party will be French electronic music duo Justice, <\/strong>South Korean DJ Peggy Gou, <\/strong>English DJ Jamie XX, <\/strong>British dance band Jungle, <\/strong>pianist James Blake, <\/strong>and American rock band LCD Soundsystem.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And if you suspect us of having to Google every single name other than LCD Soundsystem, your suspicions are correct.
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\n\"\"\u201cAnd the crowd went mild,” Cheri Kern commented beneath a post on the Facebook news page Las Vegas Locally.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThey had one job,\u201d added Matt Bolt.<\/p>\n

\u201cJames Blake? The guy dating the chick from the good place that plays the piano???\u201d Hailey Richard chimed in.<\/p>\n

To be fair, Justice performed at Life is Beautiful in 2018, as did Jungle in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Big Beautiful Block Party\u201d takes place September 27-28 in a parking lot behind the Plaza Hotel<\/strong> instead of on 18 city blocks along East Fremont Street — its home since launching 11 years ago.<\/p>\n

Running from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. on both days, the event promises no overlapping set times.<\/p>\n

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It turns out, dialing down the crowd capacity from 180K over three days to 50K over two was wise since booking nearly unknown talent is likely to dial down crowd demand even more than that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This is the first edition of the festival since Rolling Stone<\/em>\u00a0magazine assumed full ownership.<\/p>\n

Two-day passes, starting at $199, go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 27, via lifeisbeautiful.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

And yes, Jamie Blake is the guy dating actress Jameela Jamil from \u201cThe Good Place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking of “Who??”…<\/h2>\n

In an interview published today in NME, <\/em>Pete Townshend<\/strong> expressed interest in finishing up The Who<\/strong>\u2019s career with a run at the Vegas Sphere.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I must admit, I\u2019m interested in the Sphere,\u201d the band’s chief songwriter and guitarist said, \u201cjust as a crazy, narcissistic art school thing. It\u2019s interesting as a venue because it challenges you to beat the fabric of the theater.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Legendary crooner Tom Jones<\/strong> has announced the on-sale information for his Wynn Encore Theater<\/strong> performances we told you about two weeks back.<\/a> Tickets for the September 28-29 shows go on sale Friday, June 28 via WynnLasVegas.com.<\/p>\n

County star Thomas Rhett<\/strong> has announced a four-night stand at the BleauLive Theater<\/strong> inside Fontainebleau Las Vegas.<\/strong> Not coincidentally, the dates (December 6, 7, 13, and 14) coincide with National Finals Rodeo Week. The general on-sale starts at 6 a.m. PT Friday, June 28 at thomasrhett.com, with presales beginning at 6 a.m. PT Wednesday, June 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When the organizers of the annual Life is Beautiful\u00a0Las Vegas music festival announced the lineup on Tuesday for their renamed and seriously downsized \u201cA Big Beautiful Block Party,\u201d the response was a giant \u201cWHO??\u201d Headlining the block party will be French electronic music duo Justice, South Korean DJ Peggy Gou, English DJ Jamie XX, British […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":323674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3313,81886],"tags":[91420,23,85330,85793,84570],"class_list":["post-323671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-las-vegas","tag-big-beautiful-block-party","tag-las-vegas","tag-life-is-beautiful","tag-lineup","tag-music-festival"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nVEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Life is Unrecognizable, Thomas Rhett & Tom Jones Info, The Who to Play Sphere? 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