BEST NEW BAND! / Additional security needed.
by Xanna on 8/16/14House of Blues Las Vegas - Las VegasLake Street Dive is absolutely the best new band of 2014. Because they were playing opening sets in Portland and Seattle, we flew from Seattle to see them headline (a full 90 minutes!) in Las Vegas. They were stellar. Completely worth the trip. However, I can't give the event 5 stars because of a major security problem down front with a very intoxicated woman that security completely missed. We finally had to make them aware of it. She was so gone she was falling over and banging into people, so her boyfriend began holding her up. It took at least a couple of songs after notifying security for these people to be removed. The boyfriend was screaming and swearing. It really marred the evening. Considering the very responsible, intense security upon entry--bag checks, metal wands, pat downs--I was very surprised that nobody was paying attention on the other side of the door. I felt bad for the band, who must have been distracted, but continued flawlessly like the pros that they are. It was an unfortunate situation that could have been avoided.