Over New Year’s weekend, the Hard Rock Hotel treated guests to its New Year’s Absolution — A Symphony of Sounds — a multi-venue, multi-performance experience that allowed guests to exercise their right to party through a number of different channels including entertainment, nightlife and open bar offerings. The first-ever property-encompassing affair — featuring a diversity of genres from rock and roll, alternative, electronic, hip-hop and more — took place from Friday, Dec. 30 through Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. 

Last night after his sold-out performance at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel, Drake held his post-concert party at Vanity Nightclub at the Hard Rock Hotel.

Platinum-selling recording artist Akon performed live last night at The Bank Nightclub at Bellagio for an excited crowd of Sunday night party-goers, belting out tracks like “Smack That” and his collaboration hit with David Guetta, “Sexy Bitch.”

RPM Nightclub inside the Tropicana Las Vegas celebrated its official grand opening over New Year’s weekend.

Over at Haze Nightclub at Aria, LMFAO’s RedFoo (sans SkyBlu due to an injury), arrived around 10:45 p.m. to the Las Vegas mega-club. Greeted by fans ready to “Party Rock” into 2012, RedFoo hit the stage and set the high-energy mood for New Year’s Eve party-goers.

Bruno Mars’ New Year’s Eve performance at Sin City hot spot The Bank Nightclub at Bellagio was unlike anything he has ever done before. Performing a 45-minute show with a nine-piece band, Mars’ set included new and old chart-topping covers.

On New Year’s Eve, Kanye West joined party host Fergie to celebrate the premiere of the highly anticipated 1OAK Las Vegas at the Mirage. After much speculation surrounding his Twitter campaign to DJ on New Year’s Eve, Kanye took the stage and thrilled party-goers with a three-hour set.

Last night, Drake performed to a sold out crowd at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel as part of the New Year’s Eve Absolution at the resort.

Lavo kicked off the new year on Sunday with a Hungover and Broke party hosted by Kreayshawn, who surprised the crowd with her song “Gucci, Gucci.” She was joined on stage by Vanessa “V-Nasty” Reece and happily posed for photos with fans throughout the night.