Miley Cyrus covers Cocteau Twins' "Heaven Or Las Vegas": watch the video

In Las Vegas, during the 4th of July celebrations, Miley Cyrus slipped an unexpected choice into her setlist: “Heaven Or Las Vegas” by the Cocteau Twins. The performance took place at the Ayu Dayclub at Resorts World Las Vegas, for the opening of the holiday weekend. During the show, the American singer stuck to her recent habit of covering other artists' songs, surprising the crowd with a dream-pop classic from 1990.

Before launching into the song, Cyrus joked about the criticism she's received for her many covers: "Now I'm gonna do a classic Miley thing — no, I'm not gonna show my tits or anything like that — but I'm gonna sing a song that nobody knows. But you'll know it after tonight. I've seen the tweets: 'Stop doing covers,' but then you keep asking for 'Jolene.' This one's for me. It's called 'Heaven Or Las Vegas,' for obvious reasons."

Watch below as Miley Cyrus performs “Heaven Or Las Vegas” by the Cocteau Twins.

During Sunday's set, the former Disney star also offered up covers of Blondie, The Guess Who and her godmother Dolly Parton, confirming a repertoire that keeps getting more wide-ranging.

In recent months Cyrus has switched between different registers: from her Cher tribute with "Believe" for Pride Month to renditions of songs by Nine Inch Nails and Mazzy Star. At the same time, she's involved in the celebratory reissue of Metallica's "Black Album," out September 10th: alongside Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo, Chad Smith and WATT, she's released a new version of "Nothing Else Matters."

Miley Cyrus, in short, loves to surprise. When announcing her new album “Something Beautiful”, she caught everyone off guard by revealing she wanted to draw inspiration from none other than the legendary 1979 concept album by Pink Floyd, “The Wall”, and the accompanying Alan Parker film. To those who rolled their eyes and traded a few mocking smirks, she delivered exactly that: her first true concept album, complete with a film presented in theaters as a multimedia project. But that's not all. On the deluxe edition, Miley unveiled two surprise new tracks that turn out to be intergenerational duets with rock legends: “Secrets”, made together with Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac (with a video directed by Cyrus alongside Jacob Bixenman and Brendan Walter), and “Lockdown”, a 13-minute psychedelic suite featuring – once again – David Byrne, already her live partner on a cover of “Let's Dance” by David Bowie.

Produced with Shawn Everett and director Panos Cosmatos, “Something Beautiful” was presented as an ambitious, glamorous work packed with pop references. Straddling soft rock, r'n'b, synth-pop and electronica, the album marked a turning point in Cyrus's career, mixing flashes of inspiration with a few production excesses. The new edition adds two tracks that broaden its scope, reinforcing its experimental streak.

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