Popular Las Vegas Strip headliner residencies are often extended for additional shows over days, weeks, months, and sometimes years.
One of the most prominent Las Vegas residencies has been legendary pop superstar Barry Manilow's long-running engagement in the International Theater at Westgate Las Vegas just off the Strip. In September 2023, Manilow broke Elvis Presley's record of 636 sold-out shows in the theater.
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The hotel-casino had previously been the International Hotel and the Las Vegas Hilton when Elvis performed in the theater for seven years between 1969 and 1976.
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Manilow took about 18 years to break the record, as he began performing at the International Theater in February 2005.
Barry Manilow has a lifetime residency agreement
The 81-year-old "Copacabana" singer will likely perform at the Westgate as long as he can after signing a lifetime residency agreement in December 2024 to perform at the 1,582-seat International Theater.
Under the agreement, Manilow will not perform at any Las Vegas casino other than the Westgate for the remainder of his career, but he could do another tour or perform at other venues outside of Las Vegas.
Other long-running residencies include 1970s pop singer Donny Osmond's engagement at Harrah's Showroom on the Strip, which resumes Feb. 11 and runs through June 7, 2025. Osmond's residency began in August 2021 and has been extended several times.
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Mr. Las Vegas Wayne Newton, who first performed in Vegas in 1959 and has lived in the city since the 1960s, began his most recent residency in Bugsy's Cabaret at the Flamingo Las Vegas in January 2022.
The 82-year-old singer was set to close the "Up Close and Personal" residency in December 2022, but has extended it three times. He did 103 more shows in 2023, 102 in 2024, and is scheduled for 108 shows in 2025.
The residency is scheduled to close after a performance on Dec. 31, 2025, but Newton will likely sign on for more shows in 2026.
Sometimes a residency adds shows before the entertainer has stepped on the stage for a first performance.
Kenny Chesney extends Sphere residency
Country superstar Kenny Chesney has extended his Live At Sphere Las Vegas residency to 15 shows by popular demand with the addition of three shows on June 18, June 20, and June 21, 2025.
Presales for the three new shows at Sphere Entertainment's (SPHR) Sphere Las Vegas are underway, as are those for the original 12 shows on Vibee.com.
Tickets for all 15 shows go on sale to the general public on Jan. 31 at 10 a.m. Pacific time.
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In addition to the June 18-21 shows, the eight-time Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year will perform at the Sphere on May 22, 24, 25, 28, 30, and 31, June 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, and 14, 2025.
Chesney is the first country superstar to sign up for a residency at Sphere Las Vegas.
“I know the rush we feel onstage in those football stadiums – with very little production, just this amazing band, the songs and truly, the people who come to see us,” Chesney said in a Jan. 22 statement. “To put all of that in a building capable of what Sphere delivers? Wraparound sound, a roof, the fact it’s only 17,600 people. There was no way we weren’t going to do it.”
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