Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, October 16 to 18

Global pop superstar Bruno Mars performs at BC Place as part The Romantic Tour, with guests Anderson.Paak as DJ Pee.Wee and Raye.

Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, October 9 to 11

Former Queensrÿche frontman Geoff Tate performs the band’s 1988 LP Operation: Mindcrime in its entirety at Great Canadian Casino Vancouver.

Rhode Island indie-rock quartet Deer Tick performs tunes from new album Coin-O-Matic at the Hollywood Theatre on Sunday.

Former Queensrÿche frontman Geoff Tate performs the band's 1988 album Operation: Mindcrime in its entirety on October 10.

American comedian and actress Nikki Glaser performs two nights of standup at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Saturday and Sunday.

Seattle hard-rock band Foo Fighters plays BC Place on Sunday, with guests Queens of the Stone Age and Gouge Away.

I've seen Metallica several times over the years, and they've never sucked. I don't expect they're gonna start sucking now.

South Korean guitar-rock girl band Rolling Quartz--composed of members Arem, Hyunjung, Iree, Jayoung and Yeongeun--plays the Rio on Friday.

Canadian soft-rock superstar Sarah McLachlan performs hits from the past and tunes from latest album Better Broken at the PNE on Sunday.

Louisiana blues singer-songwriter and slide-guitar ace Sonny Landreth plays the Vancouver Playhouse on September 1.

California rock band Eagles of Death Metal plays the Vogue Theatre on Friday as part of its Death By Sexy 25th Anniversary Tour.

Late-night screening at the Rio Theatre on Friday of a 4K restoration of director John Carpenter's 1981 action-thriller Escape From New York.

Screening at the VIFF Centre on Friday of The Big Lebowski, the Coen Brothers' 1998 crime-comedy starring Jeff Bridges as The Dude.