Tickets for Las Vegas residency shows are usually available for many weeks prior to the performances and will often sell out days before the date of a show or sometimes on the day of the show.
Occasionally, artists performing certain residencies are so popular that every show scheduled will sell out a day or so after they go on sale. In the case of the 25-show U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere residency at Sphere Entertainment's (SPHR) -) 20,000-seat Sphere at the Venetian, the first five shows that went on sale were sold out on the April 27 presale date before tickets for the general public could go on sale April 28. The band and the Sphere continued adding and releasing more dates, which also quickly sold out.
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International pop star Kylie Minogue in July revealed a 10-show residency at Apollo Global Management's (APO) -) The Venetian Las Vegas' cabaret-style nightclub Voltaire that was scheduled for Nov. 3, 4, 10 and 11, then Dec. 8, 9 and Jan. 19, 20, 26 and 27.
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Residency sellout prompts added shows
An "overwhelming response" and a "system overload" on the Voltairelv.com website, as Minogue described it in an Aug. 14 Facebook post, resulted in 10,000 tickets, or 1,000 per show, selling out in less than 5 hours after going on sale at 10:30 a.m. Pacific on Aug. 9. Wait times on the ticket website reportedly were as long as 3,359 hours. The website had informed fans by 4 p.m. that tickets had sold out.
Fans who missed out on getting tickets for the first 10 shows can still try the secondary market for some high prices. Ticket broker StubHub on Aug. 17 listed tickets for the opening night show on Nov. 3 priced at $4,500 each. Tickets for the second show on Nov. 4 are priced at $2,474. Original ticket prices were just $200 each.
The high demand for tickets for Minogue's residency prompted the singer to double the amount of shows in her residency at Voltaire, stretching the engagement into May 2024. The Australian star added new shows for Dec. 15, 16, March 8, 9, 15, 16, April 26, 27, May 3 and 4, allowing fans to buy tickets to just the shows or book travel packages. General admission tickets were priced at $200, and tables for two started at $1,000 and rose from there.
Kylie Minogue sells out residency fast
Fans needed to act fast when tickets went on sale Aug. 17 at 7 a.m. Pacific time on Ticketmaster.com, as tickets to the second batch of 10 residency shows sold out within 30 minutes, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Ticketmaster alerted fans at 7:30 a.m. that the tickets for the 10 added shows, at $200 each, had sold out. Some travel packages remained on sale at Ticketmaster that included tickets and three days double-occupancy in a hotel suite with VIP service for $3,250 per person or $6,500 per couple.
Those who missed out on getting tickets for Minogue's 20-show residency might get another chance soon as rumors say that there's a possibility more shows might be added.
Minogue's residency timing allows her to promote her upcoming album "Tension," which is planned for release on Sept. 22. Last spring, she had international success with her comeback dance hit "Padam Padam."
Australia's Queen of Pop, with over 80 million records sold worldwide, began her career with several pop hits in the 1980s, before reinventing herself with albums "Impossible Princess" in 1997 and dance-pop classic "Fever" in 2001.
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