It’s just like Almost Famous, isn’t it? (Via myspace.com/searchlightmusic)

Local act Searchlight, which landed a song on the Resident Evil: Extinction soundtrack (working title: Exile on Zombie Street), leads the way during Live Revolution at Revolution Lounge inside The Mirage tonight. We’re not promising that the show will devolve in a shambling zombie attack, but they’re really only one degree of separation away, aren’t they? Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Kimbo Slice will punch you if you don’t listen to Dirt Nasty. (Via myspace.com/dirtnasty)

The Karate Dog star Simon Rex will take over Prive inside Planet Hollywood Resort tonight under the guise of his alter ego, Batma– er, Dirt Nasty, along with Andre Legacy. It’s pretty much your only chance you have to say you saw someone from Scary Movie 4 drop rhymes until Timbaland produces Ana Faris’ first album. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Don’t even think about it. Nate Dogg totally has his back. (via myspace.com/warreng)

Regulators, mount up. Warren G lets you know what’s up with the two-one-three tonight at Jet inside The Mirage when he dials it back to the mid-’90s for a dose of West Coast g-funk that hasn’t been seen since Dr. Dre grew to 30 feet tall and rampaged through Fremont Street. Or was that just one of our completely awesome fever dreams again? Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

You know why you don’t see a roof in this pic? Because it was rocked. Clean off.

Diablo’s Cantina at Monte Carlo moves into Round 2 of its $10,000 Rock the Roof battle of the bands contest tonight, lining up Sarah’s Downstairs, Valentine and Rule of Thumb at 9 p.m. Incidentally, we’ll be playing solo Rock Band at 9 p.m. for a grand prize totalling $1.92 in stale pretzels and beer in front of a transfixed audience of one confused cat who’s sick of the sound the drums make. Just kidding! We’d never own a cat. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

The bathingist nightclub out there. (Photo by Aaron Garcia | SpyOnVegas.com)

Lavo inside The Palazzo continues its roll-out with its weekly Wednesday night affair: Label Junkie. The club dedicates Wednesdays to showcasing a local retailer, with fashion show spotlights cropping up throughout the venue. DJ Crooked spins, except when Steve Aoki is here once a month. He had his turn last week, so the turntable reins are handed back to the resident. We’d plan on showing everyone a thing or two about fashion, but due to a tragic Clorox incident, all our clothes right now are white, and it’s after Labor Day. We don’t want to be gauche. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Are these guys even old enough to get their learner’s permits yet? (Photo by Erik Kabik)

Panic at the Disco celebrates the birthdays of Ryan Ross and Spencer Smith tonight at Blush inside Wynn Las Vegas just days before they’ll play at the MTV Video Music Awards where they’re nominated for Best Pop Video for “Nine in The Afternoon.” We hope you got the boys something nice. We recommend matching sweater vests. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

In Soviet Russia, day off takes you.

Happy Labor Day! What are you doing sitting at home reading the Internet for? Go outside or something. Sheesh. Do we have to tell you to do everything? Oh, we do? Well, lucky for you, we have events on tap. Much like the industrious Soviet people, we never rest. Mostly because we’re still terrified of Stalin. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Joel Madden: Church DJ. (Via myspace.com/joelpac)

Joel Madden — he’s the non-Paris Hilton-dating half of Good Charlotte, for those of you keeping score at home — spins at The Bank inside Bellagio at 10:30 p.m. Madden has to put food on the table for Nicole Ritchie somehow. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Katy Perry will cut you. (Via myspace.com/katyperry)

Are you sick of that “I Kissed a Girl” song yet? No? You sure? It’s been on an awful lot. Still into it, huh? All right, well, now’s your chance to see it performed live before Katy Perry fades away to join Dexy’s Midnight Runners and EMF in the dustbin of pop music history, as she kicks off Rok’s opening weekend at New York-New York. She hits the pink carpet at 11 p.m. Bring cherry Chapstick, ladies, and maybe she’ll pen a Sapphic ode to you, too. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Megan and Whiteboy, sittin’ in a tree … (Via myspace.com/megan_hauserman)

Torrid kicks off Labor Day Weekend by wallowing in good, old-fashioned, reality TV bottom-of-the-barrel goodness by bringing in eliminated I Love Money castmembers 12 Pack (David Amerman) and Heat (Jason Rosell); and Megan Hauserman, who as far as we know, isn’t done yet. But if she wasn’t getting the axe, would she be out in public with these two also-rans? Someone go get our magnifying glass and deerslayer cap. There’s investigation to be done. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone