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Hey everyone, Tour Manager here with a rundown of some of your best bets in Las Vegas entertainment to look forward to this weekend.

Thursday, October 20

• It’s all about “Pumped Up Kicks” as indie rockers Foster The People return to Las Vegas and play poolside at The Cosmopolitan.  Tickets are $30.80.

Friday, October 21

Like its namesake, Absinthe, the show on the Strip at Caesars Palace, can make you feel like you took a psychoactive drug. Suddenly, you’re addicted. After all, how do you explain the hard-to-believe acrobatics that take place, including tightrope walkers doing keg stands and a roller skating dynamic duo spinning on a nine-foot diameter stage without knocking out an audience member’s tooth? Perhaps that’s what happened to The Gazilionnaire, the ringleader of the show sporting a gold front tooth and gold shoes.

INDYCAR, the sanctioning body of the IZOD IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights, will culminate with the crowning of its champions on Oct. 16 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  You can purchase tickets online HERE, or by calling 1-800-644-4444.

Hey everyone, Tour Manager here with a rundown of some of your best bets in Las Vegas entertainment to look forward to this weekend.

Thursday, September 29

• Gavin Rossdale and Bush are back with a new album and all their hits as they take the stage inside The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel.  Chevelle and Filter are also on the billing making for a great night of music.  Tickets start at $35.50.

Friday, September 30

She’s known as the Empress of Soul, and for a little longer, Gladys Knight is belting out her R&B tunes at the Tropicana. The seven-time Grammy Award-winning performer doesn’t come off like the diva she is, giggling with the audience and picking on her older brother Merald “Bubba” Knight, one of the original members of the Pips and performing with her in the show dubbed "A Mic and a Light.” The Trop even renamed the Tiffany Theater the Gladys Knight Theater while she’s in the house through October.

Entertainment will be at an all time high in Las Vegas this weekend as the two day iHeart Radio Music Festival gets underway today at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.  The music festival features an amazing collection of today’s top musicians including Jay-Z, Coldplay, Alicia Keys, The Black Eyed Peas, Bruno Mars, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson and Jane’s Addiction, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler, Kenny Chesney, Nicki Minaj, Rascal Flatts, David Guetta and Sublime with Rome.  Special performances by Usher, Sting and Jeff

Hey everyone, Tour Manager here with a rundown of some of your best bets in Las Vegas entertainment to look forward to this weekend, including the iHeart Radio Music Festival at MGM Grand.

Thursday, September 22

• Rising indie rockers Smith Westerns play a free show at The Boulevard Pool at The Cosmopolitan.

Friday, September 23

Just when you thought Elvis Presley couldn’t get any bigger in Las Vegas, along comes Cirque du Soleil to give the King of Rock and Roll his biggest tribute yet. He may have performed his last show in Sin City in 1976, but he’s back on stage in “Viva Elvis” at Aria at CityCenter.

This weekend Vegas is going to be electric with many happenings but if you are into fitness and health, be sure to make your way to The Orleans to check out the Joe Weider’s Olympia Weekend which culminates with the 2011 Mr. Olympia competition.  Make sure to head on over early in the day to check out the Olympia Expo for the latest and greatest in bodybuilding, nutrition, workout equipment and more.

Hey everyone, Tour Manager here with a rundown of some of your top bets in Las Vegas entertainment to look forward to this weekend.

Thursday, September 15

• Rising indie rockers The Joy Formidable take the stage for a free show out at The Boulevard Pool at The Cosmopolitan.   Showtime is set for 9 p.m. and it’s free.