Classic rock bands have a reputation for signing on for Las Vegas Strip residencies and extending them weeks, months, and sometimes years into the future.
Hard rock band Scorpions celebrated the 40th anniversary of its "Love at First Sting" album with a nine-show residency from April 11 to May 3, 2024.
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The band decided to return to Vegas in 2025 for its "Coming Home to Las Vegas 60th Anniversary" residency at Caesars Entertainment's (CZR) PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, beginning Feb. 27 and continuing March 1, 6, 8 and 11, 2025.
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Another legendary hard rock band Mötley Crüe returns to the Las Vegas Strip for its first residency in 12 years as it has scheduled 11 shows at MGM Resorts International's (MGM) Dolby Live at the Park MGM in March and April 2025.
The Las Vegas Strip's newest hotel-casino Fontainebleau opened its BleauLive Theater on Dec. 30-31, 2023, with superstar singer Post Malone as the first performer at the theater before bringing on classic bands from the 1970s, 80s, and 90s.
Fontainebleau has operated BleauLive Theater through its first year with mostly short engagements of one or two shows, while most other hotel-casino theaters on the Strip feature headliner residencies of as few as six shows with some of the longer-running residencies lasting for many years and hundreds of shows.
Fontainebleau headliners perform short engagements
Fontainebleau, however, booked Third Eye Blind for one show in June, Hootie and the Blowfish for two shows in August, Smashing Pumpkins for one show Sept. 27, Jennifer Hudson for two shows Dec. 21-22, 2024, and Heart for two make-up shows Feb. 28-March 1, 2025.
As the hotel-casino finishes its first year of operation, it finally signed up a significant residency with country star Keith Urban booking Fontainebleau's BleauLive for five nights between Oct. 4-12 and another five shows Feb. 14-22, 2025.
Fontainebleau finally hit its stride in booking longer-term residencies, along with its short-term headliners, as it signed up superstar hip-hop sensation Pitbull for shows in 2024 and 2025.
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Pitbull on Nov. 8 opens a residency on the Las Vegas Strip for the first time since before the Covid-19 pandemic with his eight-show engagement "Vegas After Dark The Residency" at BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas.
The "Feel This Moment" singer performs his residency on the weekend of Nov. 8-9 and continues on Jan. 24-25, March 7-8, and March 14-15 at BleauLive. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster.com.
Pitbull last performed on the Strip at The Axis at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas on his "Time of Our Lives" residency from September 2015 through May 2019.
While Fontainebleau was signing up headliners for one or two shows, it also booked 1980s "Shout" singers Tears for Fears for three shows Oct. 30, Nov. 1 and 2. The popularity of that sold-out engagement prompted the hotel-casino and the band to extend that limited engagement into a seven-show "Songs For A Nervous Planet" residency with the addition of four more shows in 2025.
Tears for Fears returns to Fontainebleau residency
Tears for Fears returns to Fontainebleau's BleauLive Theater on Jan. 31, Feb. 1, 5, and 7, 2025, performing their classic songs from the 1980s to new material from their latest album, "Songs For A Nervous Planet."
Artist, Platinum, Citi Cardmember, Live Nation, Ticketmaster, and Fontainebleau ticket presales are underway until Nov. 7 at 10 p.m. Pacific time. Tickets go on sale to the general public Nov. 8 at 10 a.m. Pacific time.
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