He’s so world-weary he doesn’t even appear in color.

Professional downer Leonard Cohen swings through the Colosseum at Caesars Palace tonight for an evening of feeling terrible about yourself and loving every second of it. If they ever wanted to seriously address the issue of teen suicide, they’d make every troubled 15-year-old listen to “Hallelujah.” If they can make it to the end of the song without throwing themselves off the balcony, you can feel free to tell the kid to suck it up and deal. They ain’t doing crap.

• The Chelsea Girls, featuring Allison Robertson of The Donnas, Corey Parks formerly of Nashville Pussy, Samantha Maloney, who played with Peaches, Hole and The Crystal Method, and singer Tuesdae are at Wasted Space inside the Hard Rock Hotel.
• Nene Leakes of Real Housewives of Atlanta hosts a season wrap party, DJ Five at Tao inside The Venetian.
• MGM Grand’s Hollywood Theater features Lilly Tomlin.
• The Sin City Sinners are returning to Divebar for one night.
• Feelgood’s welcomes Theory of Flight.
• The House of Blues at Mandalay Bay has Jaguares.
• Premiere goes with the Flobots, Kinetix, Rhyme N Rhythm, Outside Looking In, Dieselboy, AK1200, Dara and MC Messinian.
• Rockhouse does Going Out of Business Thursdays.
• Lavo at Palazzo has the Seduxion Latin night.
• Krave does Thurstdaze with DJ Sobe.
• Cheyenne Saloon (3103 N. Rancho Drive) welcomes Orpheus, Kovalane, Big Jesus and The Guild at 8 p.m.
• At the Freakin’ Frog, it’s Brandon Tyler and Elliot Szabo.
• The Bunkhouse brings The Quick, Sector 7G, more than Mortal and Bright Lights Big City.
• The Double Down has Dangerboner, Snake Mountain and Too Bad You’re Gonna Die.

By Jason Scavone

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