The Pearl
Category: Music Venues [Edit]
The Palms Casino4321 W Flamingo Rd
Las Vegas, NV 89103 (866) 942-7777
- Price Range: $$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Parking: Garage, Valet
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Good for Kids: No
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: No
- Music: Live
- Best Nights: Tue, Wed, Thu
- Happy Hour: No
- Alcohol: Full Bar
13 Reviews for The Pearl
At the last concert here (STP) I was on the casino level(top) it was easy to get in and out but the seating was tight and the sight lines were OK and unobstructed but looking ahead all you see is scaffolding and have to look down to see the stage. Still pricey as ever. Just paid half as much for tickets to Chris Cornell @ the HOB as I did at the Pearl
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11/25/2007
1st time attending an event at the Pearl @ the Palms and it was nice. Walking around it was cool… Read more »
I can handle Las Vegas maybe for a few days every couple of years; it creeps me out... but I would go to worse places to see the Verve/Richard Ashcroft. The acoustics and design of the Pearl are amazing and worthy of great musicians. Thanks for having good taste for a change, Las Vegas, and bringing the Verve to your cool little state-of-the-art theater. Apparently Richard Ashcroft liked it so much he even put on a clean shirt; and that is a big deal for a travelling Englishman (my people travel light and go easy on the water). I never thought I would say this, but I had a practically perfect night in Las Vegas!
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*Older review of the then-newish PEARL at the Palms. Actually, it's a show review for this underground rag for which I produce content. Recycling is good.
TOOL at the Palms: Pearl Theater, Flamingo LV
TOOL show was unbelievable. No wonder why they can charge upward of $120 a ticket (think three to five times that from
scalpers) yet still get glowing reviews from even non-fans and can sell out 500,000 capacity ampitheaters for multiple nights. Larger budget now allows them to utilize multiple lasers, smoke machines, and large-screen projectors which definitely increases the mystique and makes for an awe-inspiring, near-religious experience "without the religion."
Set list was (understandably) heavy on 10K Days, but they threw in some curveballs in there, kinda went like this:
-Jambi: Sickest non-Peter-Framptonish talk-box solo ever. People start moshing but soon get tired. Must increase your cardiovascular conditioning, frat boys.
-Stinkfist: Hell yeah. Get your body moving! "To Feel To breathe To know I'm alive!"
-Forty-Six and Two: Incredibly heavy and even more complex in the live setting, with notable points being 1. Justin Chancellor's HUGE bass sound and 2. the whole crowd singing "My Shadow-ah!! Shedding Skin-ah!! "
-Rosetta Stoned/interlude: (lots of feedback and frequency modulation with the shitloads of pedals on the floor between Justin and Adam...Maynard goes backstage to get megaphone for...)
-Intension: (weird-ass song on album, even trippier live with megaphone and vocoder effect during the spoken-word {"...Strapped down [to] my bed
Feet cold [and] eyes red
I'm out of my head
Am I alive? Am I dead?
Can't remember what they said
God damn, shit the bed.} parts. Which went into...
-Wings For Marie/10,000 Days: My favorite TOOL song after "Eulogy," extremely powerful live with lasers cutting swaths of light throughout the relatively small venue. Seeing all the lighters down front was pretty serene too. Most everyone, even the drunk jock meatheads in the "pit" area, calmed the fuck down and swayed to the hypnotic bassline and weather FX. The vocals/lyrics, deliberately understated on the album, are superb and even more powerful live. Only MJK can make a subtle, half-whispered line "I never lived a lie, never took a life, but surely saved one. Hallelujah, it's time for you to bring me home." kick as hard as any death metal growl. I was dumbshit-speechless after this song, I could have gotten sniped from the rafters and it would have been A-ok. Damn.
-Lateralus: (during middle breakdown part, who comes out but JOHN DOLMAYAN from muffuggin' System Of A Down! {no wonder why techs were setting up a stripped-down Slipknot-style smaller kit stage right!} Danny Carey was smirking and having fun as he battled (on a full, 32-odd piece kit) with the younger drummer. John D. was holding his own as Justin kept the bass pattern going, keeping it interesting with flange and different effects. Carey "conceded" to Dolmayan, who stepped up to the throne to shake hands before throwing sticks out to the crowd and leaving. They pick up again and end the song, segueing neatly into
-Schism: Whole band speeds up at 5 minute mark, fucking crazy considering the many different time signatures going on. The "Between Supposed Lovers....." section stretched out into a full-on call and response between the strings, and the final 9/8 into 6/8 pattern is sped up and ends right on dime, with the lights ALL going out at the last note. I'm talking ALL the lights, even the aisle lighting. Very dramatic and well executed.
-Parabola: Band starts, then Maynard comes out and lies down next to the drums. Band stops, puts down their instruments, stretch out and lay down as well. Fkn classic. They start up and finish the song again after an almost EXACTLY 7 minute break. wtf is up with these guys!!!!
-Swamp Song: That's when you know true TOOL fans are REALLY down when you hear everyone around you singing this word-for-word and knowing that it was the last song on the cassette tape, Side A, off the 1993 Undertow album.
Vicarious: First single off 10,000 Days, nothing particularly revelatory here. Decent song that sounded fuller than the version on record. Stock CNN " smart-bomb-going-into-the-room-and-making-ou t-with-the-wife" footage.
-AEnema: Strong set closer, light man pulling out all the stops with combo lasers strobes, etc. all shooting off. Ironic repetition of the "Fuck retro anything, fuck your tattoos!" (The only lyrics he sang off that verse, nothing about L. Ron Hubbard nor his clones) going right over the heads of the emo-stylin fashionistas with the henna work singing along in the expensive seats on the right side. Fuckin' awesome. No encores. None needed. Severely chuffed.
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Next time you're in Vegas, do yourself a favor and see a show at The Pearl! We saw Tool here on their final show of their tour...it was absolutely mindblowing. Small Venue...there really isn't a bad seat in the house and as mentioned from others, the acoustics are amazing. My only complaint was that I just happened to sit next to two chain-smokers...but they were super drunk, got into a lover's quarrel and left halfway through the concert ....so, yay!
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Best
Venue
Ever
I've seen quit a few shows and The Pearl is by far the best venue I've been to thus far. Not a bad seat in the house. Seriously, don't worry about splurging for tickets down front thinking you're going to have a better view. Add two large screens on either side of the stage. Great sound and friendly staff.
Flew in from San Diego to see Bjork here. Chose the Pearl over her Los Angeles show on the theory that it would be a smaller, more intimate venue. Had great seats- second row right above the "pit" area. Everything was super professional and antispetic. Opening band went on at 8 PM on the dot, Bjork took the stage at 9:20 PM, show over by 11 PM. Sound was great, no complaints there.
Staff was a little bit aggro with the no pictures policy. We snuck our camera inside and discretly snapped pics until the encore, when wife started snapping away. She was accosted during the encore by security- I mean, the show was over. So that was a minus, as was the generally bougy feel of the crowd. Maybe that's just a a vegas thing.
Strangely enough, the Pearl is the only place I've ever been to in Vegas where smoking isn't allowed.
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Las Vegas has a new place hosting concerts, courtesy of The Palms! I went here for the Bloc Party concert last month. With last minute tickets, we ended up sitting in the middle section, center stage.
Because they curtained off some of the seats, we found ourselves in the last row. And we were shocked, these were FAB seats! The two big screens on the sides kept us entertained until the show actually started. It's a smaller size theater, but it just makes it that much more intimate.
When the sound system came on, "oh my gawd!" What a great sound system! The BF and I were so impressed! They played good music before the show started that pumped up the crowd too.
Seats are slightly curved in a large oval to the stage, and there's plenty of leg room, so people can easily pass by. They have a pretty decent size standing room area right in front where body surfing and the like were immediately stopped. However, there was some serious moshing going on and it wasn't stopped at all.
For the fabulous sound system and the great seating, I can't wait to see another concert here!
Sidenote: They could offer a greater variety from the snack bar. That was disappointing.
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Classy. Not much to say other than 5 stars all the way. It was intimate, clean, they let me bring in my water bottle. Seats were cushy and awesome. Staff was great. We vowed to go back as soon as the UFC returns to the Pearl. :)
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I've seen hundreds of concerts in my life in various cities and this was by far the best theater I've been to. For a place that fits 3000 people, you honestly feel like there are only 500 there. The sound system and acoustics are awesome AND they do all their video shots in HD!! I would gladly see anyone perform at this venue....even William Hung.
Went to see 311, had some good middle seats.
The venue was nice and clean, small lines for alco and small lines for ladies bathroom. I would see another concert there again.
Went to the Gwen Stefani concert on their opening night. Wow what a venue! We sat in one of the boxes which actually has its own bar and bathrooms. The place is over the top with an amazing sound system. It's set up ampitheater style with the stage at the bottom, a place for General admission and then theater seating going up to several hundred feet up. Even the nosebleed seats seem not far from the action. Definitely the best spot to see a show in town.
The Pearl is a great theatre in the Palms. It reminds me of a lot of theatres in LA. It's got great acoustics and it is very intimate as far as being close to the band. The multimedia system ROCKS. Camera setup for the two giant screens aren't cheesy VHS style cams. Pretty Hi Res HD stuff. Went there for the Slightly Stoopid and G Love and Special Sauce show. Good times last night. It was a great vibe. The thing I didn't like were the lack of bartenders. The bars themselves had limited selection. Plus most of their liquor came out of a liquor gun. Bleh....I wish they would free pour Gray Goose. If I'm paying 10 dollars for a lil call liquor, please free pour it. At least a double is only 3 dollars more.
If you're general admission it's 3 flights of stairs down to the floor. They also have balcony seats as well as regular arena seating. Did I say the sound is PHANtastic? It's funny because this theatre just popped up in the middle of nowhere next to the Club Palms booth. Who knew that this place would be in a secret underground area of the Palms. Hey What other secret underground areas are there?
Hmmmm
Does Palms have a secret rumored strip club? Or Brothel?
I mean you can get a manicure and pedicure by a hot chick in a bikini....There's the Playboy Club there....what about the Hustler Club...yea you know what I mean!
SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET!
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we sat in section 105, right above the general admission standing pit, in row b and had an amazing time - less than 20 feet from the stage - great lines of sight - great sound, pyrotechnics - confetti falling from the sky - streamers shooting into the crowd - great techical aspects but no character or warmth - and the people sitting around us were well, sitting, during a bjork show?! what? even during pluto?!! I was kind of shocked but at least the people in our row and in front of us were up and dancing, except for the poor lady who had to take a "nap" in the middle of the show offending our delicate sensibilities with her gigantic "mom" light pink underpants. the cup holders attached to the seats in front of us left nice bruises on my shins as I kept bumping into them - cupholders? people can hold their beers no? ah well shucks...no real complaints a little antiseptic but that's it
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