The Las Vegas Strip hotel casinos have long been known for hosting star headliners in their theaters. In some cases, the names of the Vegas hotels or the theaters that hosted huge stars have changed over the years.
Legendary King of Rock Elvis Presley famously opened his long-running residency at the International Hotel in 1969 and continued performing to set a record of 636 sold-out performances over a seven-year period. When he finished, the hotel's name had been changed to the Las Vegas Hilton. "Copacabana" singer Barry Manilow on the weekend of Sept. 23 broke the Elvis sellout record in the International Theater, whose hotel name had since been changed to Westgate Las Vegas.
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The Monte Carlo Resort and Casino became the Park MGM Las Vegas in 2018 and hosted many superstar performers in its Park Theater, including Lady Gaga with her "Enigma Jazz + Piano" residency, which ran from Dec. 28, 2018, through May 1, 2022. The Park Theater would change its name to Dolby Live and host Lady Gaga again, this time with her 12-show "Jazz + Piano" residency that just ended Oct. 5. The "Paparazzi" singer is expected to bring the "Jazz + Piano" residency back to Dolby Live in spring 2024.
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Usher resumes his My Way residency at Dolby Live Oct. 11-28, Nov. 3-29 and Dec. 2 before he leaves to perform two holiday Jingle Ball concerts in Detroit, Dec. 5, and Philadelphia, Dec. 11, before returning to Las Vegas on Feb. 11 to perform at the Super Bowl half-time show at Allegiant Stadium.
International star singer Kylie Minogue sold out 20 shows to open the Apollo Global Management's (APO) -) The Venetian Las Vegas cabaret-style nightclub Voltaire, which was the former Opaline Theater. Shows are scheduled Nov. 3, 4, 10 and 11, then Dec. 8, 9, 15, 16 and Jan. 19, 20, 26 and 27, March 8, 9, 15, 16, April 26, 27, May 3, 4. General Admission tickets were $200 each when they went on sale, but a survey of secondary market ticket broker Vivid Seats had the cheapest ticket available on March 15 for $612.
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Christina Aguilera returns to the Strip
Pop megastar Christina Aguilera returns to the Las Vegas Strip to become the second residency to occupy the Voltaire when she takes the stage New Year's Eve weekend Dec. 30-31, Billboard first revealed. Tickets, tables and packages go on sale Oct. 13, when Voltaire will reveal additional show dates for Aguilera's residency.
“I look forward to bringing Las Vegas a new show that fuses music, sophistication and art in ways I have never performed before,” Aguilera said in a statement. “What I love about the intimacy at Voltaire at The Venetian Resort is how up-close-and-personal I can be with the audience … a truly modern twist on the performance experience.”
The "Genie In a Bottle" singer is expected to perform up to 20 shows in her Voltaire residency through April, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
Aguilera last performed on the Strip on her "The Xperience" residency for 24 shows at Planet Hollywood's Zappos Theater from May 31, 2019, through March 7, 2020. The Zappos Theater is now known as the Bakkt Theater.
