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| Panic At The Disco |
Life
is Beautiful Festival launched its second year in Downtown Las Vegas on Friday,
October 24, 2014, attracting tens of thousands of people to explore the
15-block music, food, art and learning event.
Highlights
of Day One were:
· Kanye West performing to an uproarious
crowd, which included his A-list wife – and birthday girl - Kim Kardashian, her mother Kris Jenner and
sister Khloe.
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| The Weekend |
· The Weeknd performed at his first
festival in more than two years and serenaded the crowd with a sexy rendition
of Beyonce’s hit single, “Drunk in Love.”
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| Girl Talk |
· An energetic crowd danced to the
masterful musical mashups of Girl Talk, who ended his set with an explosion of
confetti.
· Hometown artists Jenny Lewis and
Panic! At The Disco returned to Las Vegas for performances on the Western and
the Ambassador stages, respectively.
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| Pussy Riot |
· Punk rock political activists Pussy
Riot spoke to an overflowing audience inside The Western Hotel, where they
discussed finding laughter in even the most dire of situations.
· Duff Goldman added some spark to his
banana fosters demo during Chefs on Stage, adding Grand Marnier, Vegas Rum and
Everclear to light the pan on fire under the Vegas desert sky.
· Artists and festival guests indulged
in a 130-lb. tuna hand sliced by Blue Ribbon Sushi Chef Toshi Ueki and enjoyed
by Chefs Bruce and Eric Bromberg, Jonathan Waxman, Marc Forgione and José
Andrés, who fed each other the delicacy.
· During his Chefs on Stage
demonstration, Jet Tila used his smartphone to record a special message with
his audience for his Cutthroat Kitchen co-star, “Hi Alton Brown, we love you.
From, Life is Beautiful.”
· Rumored to be in attendance were DJ
Steve Aoki and boxer Floyd Mayweather (in separate parties).
Pussy
Riot photo Credit – Powers Imagery
Panic
At The Disco photo credit – Film Magic
The
Weekend – photo credit Jeff Kravitz Film Magic
Girl
Talk – Jeff Kravitz Film Magic
