The Mondays Dark charity show spent three years in the venue, and the G2E Casino Legends Awards have also held forth at Vinyl. In Las Vegas, Vinyl has hosted an array of acts, ranging from Reverend Horton Heat, Andrew Dice Clay, Imagine Dragons, the rock musical “Alice” and the Raiding The Rock Vault residency. Virgin Hotels is also renaming The Joint and, along with booking partner AEG Live, is seeking a name sponsor before settling on a title. Hard Rock Hotel owns the Vinyl title and stamped it on its live-entertainment venue in Lake Tahoe. The change in name might be the most obvious alteration to the 688-capacity venue, which opened in July 2012. Impress your friends by knowing that the first album ever sold at Virgin Records was “Electronic Meditation” by Tangerine Dream, sold by founder Richard Branson himself. The name is inspired by the first Virgin Record Store, which opened at that address in London in 1971. The former Hard Rock Hotel live-music club is flipping to 24 Oxford when Virgin Hotels Las Vegas reopens Jan. Vinyl is being rebranded as a store that originally sold vinyl. A look at the Vinyl at Hard Rock Hotel, which is turning over to 24 Oxford when the hotel reopens as Virgin Hotels Las Vegas in January 2021.
