Las Vegas

UTG TV: The Maine Spill All About New Music, The Free For All Tour

Every music fan dreams of the day when they’re handed FREE tickets to see their favorite band. Well, The Maine are making their fans’ dreams come true. Heading into eight years of touring together, the humble band from Arizona are finally seeing their vision come to life. Currently they are touring the US with a […]

UTG TV: Young Rising Sons Discuss Their Hustle In The Music Biz

Breaking into the music industry can be a tricky and lengthy process for most bands. Young Rising Sons have been at it for more than five years and are starting to get the recognition they deserve. The New Jersey natives just inked a deal with Interscope Records, which isn’t surprising to fans of the band. […]

Warped Tour Changes Venue For Las Vegas Date

This year’s Warped Tour has already experienced its fair share of venue changes over the last few months, and now they’ve announced another small change. For the Las Vegas date, which is June 19, the festival will be moving to UNLV Intramural Fields. It was originally scheduled to be at the Luxor. Tickets that were […]

The Killers Pay Tribute To Lou Reed

The band covered a song in honor of the late Velvet Underground singer at a homecoming show in Las Vegas at Life Is Beautiful Festival on October 27. Killers vocalist Brandon Flowers addressed the audience saying that Reed was a direct inspiration for the song “All These Things That I’ve Done.”  The band played a […]

UTG PREMIERE & REVIEW: Apex Of Apathy – “Sleeping Pills” & “Somewhere Green”

Las Vegas experimental post-hardcore outfit Apex of Apathy have been on Under The Gun’s radar since the beginning of 2013 due to their fantastic debut full-length, The Flying Machine, an exploration within a wide range of sounds from multiple genres. Thus, it is truly a pleasure to dig into their forthcoming Saltwater EP and exclusively […]

WHOA: Fun. And Queen Will Join Forces At iHeartRadio Festival

Thank you, Clear Channel Media & Entertainment. Not only did you give me the opportunity to work alongside Albany’s #1 radio personality D. Scott in the studio at KISS FM 102.3 WKKF, but you now have brought perhaps the most interesting collaboration in recent years into fruition for this year’s iHeartRadio Music Festival. As of […]

Drake Added to iHeartRadio Festival

Streaming is taking over the world of music — or maybe it just seems so. Among all of the Spotify, Pandora, and other updates, radio is still thriving and celebrating its success in numerous ways. One of these most famous ways, the iHeartRadio Festival in Las Vegas, will now see Justin Timberlake, Elton John, and […]

UTG INTERVIEW: Apex Of Apathy

Earlier this year, Las Vegas experimental post-hardcore act Apex of Apathy released one of the most promising full-length debuts of 2013 with The Flying Machine. Including sounds from not only post-hardcore, but genres such as pop-punk, progressive rock, and alternative rock as well, the album was a seriously satisfying listen that burst at the seams […]

MUSIC VIDEO: Flo Rida Ft. Future – “Tell Me When You Ready”

Flo Rida brings out Future in the visuals for his brand new single “Tell Me When You Ready.” No word yet where this song will end up but it looks like Flo has something up his sleeve. This Gil Green-directed clip heads out to Las Vegas for fun and excitement, with girls and endless amounts […]

MOVIE TRAILER: The Hangover Part III

It’s here: the trailer for The Hangover Part III has been unleashed onto the internet today, and we’re coming full circle. The wolfpack hits Las Vegas one last time in the wake of Alan’s father’s death, and as you can imagine, things get a bit out of hand. From the little plot details we’ve been […]

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Billie Joe Armstrong Talks Substance Abuse, Recovery In Rolling Stone Interview

Green Day front man and songwriter Billie Joe Armstrong recently sat down with David Fricke of Rolling Stone Magazine to dish about his substance abuse and subsequent recovery. It’s a fairly incredible story, if only for the fact that there really wasn’t any public indications of Armstrong’s issues prior to his outburst at back in […]

Flag (members of Black Flag), The Damned, Bad Religion Announced For Punk Rock Bowling

Flag (members of Black Flag), The Damned, Bad Religion and many more bands have been announced for this year’s fifteenth annual Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas! The festival takes place May 24 through the 27. This line-up also includes Subhumans, Lagwagon, Swingin Utters, the Bouncing Souls, Lower Class Brats, and D.R.I. More to be […]