Up + Downtown Festival

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  Foo Fighters

  Downtown Stage, Las Vegas NV, October 26

  PUBLISHED Oct 27, 2014

  Have we reached peak Grohl? With a new album, TV show and an appearance on 60 Minutes, the Foo Fighters leader seems everywhere at the mome...

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  Outkast

  Downtown Stage, Las Vegas NV, October 25

  PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2014

  From the moment the Atlanta duo appeared onstage — stationed in a giant cube, surrounded by Stankonia's black and white American flag...

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  Lionel Richie

  Downtown Stage, Las Vegas NV, October 25

  PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2014

  If there's one name that stuck out like a sore thumb in Life is Beautiful's lineup, it was Lionel Richie. The king of '80s-lite, Richie's s...

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  TV on the Radio

  Ambassador Stage, Las Vegas NV, October 25

  PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2014

  The mild-mannered nature of the band's members makes it easy to forget what a formidable force TV on the Radio are onstage. A summer spent...

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  Girl Talk

  Downtown Stage, Las Vegas NV, October 24

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2014

  Say what you want about mash-up DJ Greg Gillis, aka Girl Talk, but onstage, dude knows how to party. Inflatable hands and sneakers and a ba...

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  The Weeknd

  Downtown Stage, Las Vegas NV, October 24

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2014

  What a difference a few years makes. Three years after making his tentative stage debut, Abel Tesfaye, aka the Weeknd, is a surprisingly ef...

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  Kanye West

  Downtown Stage, Las Vegas NV, October 24

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2014

  It was ironic that Kanye West's tour stop in Las Vegas — a city hardly known for its restraint — would lack the ostentatious de...

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  High Kicks

  Yellowhead Brewery, Edmonton AB, October 12

  PUBLISHED Oct 13, 2014

  High Kicks, the Calgary bass and drums combo of Matt Doherty and the Dudes' Dan Vacon, were in for a challenge following up the spirited ha...