Katy Perry, Santana, Sammy Hagar Back in Vegas for 2022 Residencies

From soda pop superstar Celine Dion to German language strong bikers The Scorpions, artists experience been calling casinos place during multi-night residences since 2003. With COVID-19 restrictions waning in the US, 2022 is looking strong for multidate and multimonth runs. Here’s who’s back up for 2022:

So far, 19 entertainers have confirmed single shows through and through 2022, with more expected to be announced. Some early adopters of the residency formatting are getting come out of the game.

Katy Commodore Perry is currently inwards the midst of her number one Vegas residency for “Play.” The show launched on Dec. 29, 2021, at Resorts World Las Vegas, drawing off 31,933 fans to the new 5,000-seat locus over octet shows through and through Jan. 15, 2022, according to Pollstar. Future 2022 dates are March 2-March 19 and May 27 -Aug. 13, 2022.

She’s likely to conjoin the biggest earners inwards the abidance game. Pollstar reports that Elton John’s “Red Piano” (2004-2009) brought inward $166.4 zillion on nearly i zillion tickets sold, spell Britney Spears’ 2013-2017 unravel earned $137.7 billion with 916,184 tickets sold.

While Dion remains the abidance queen mole rat of Vegas, Billboard reported that “New Day’s lead 'tween 2003 through 2007 sold to a greater extent than 2.8 zillion tickets on revenues totaling $385.1 million. She was forced to scrub her 2021-22 dates.

The gap of her new present at the Resorts World Theatre was postponed and non in time rescheduled because of the superstar “experiencing spartan and relentless muscular tissue spasms which are preventing her from performing.”

Calling Back Patrons

If rock bands don’t take inwards the popping superstar numbers, legacy lineups—from KISS to Cheap Trick to the Scorpions–do shorter residences that take into account fans numerous dates to assure their favourite bands… once, or multiple times.

Las Vegas holding The STRAT kicked off its first of all unrecorded euphony residence with Sammy Hagar and Friends inward Oct of 2021, and they’ve added pop-rock icons Cheap Trick to the lineup at the 900-seat theatre. The “Dream Police” bikers testament launch their scant with gigs on Feb. 25-26 and March 4-5.

While it is difficult to cognize the primary reason out for guests visiting Las Vegas, both Sammy Hagar and Cheap Trick make devoted lover bases that will traveling far and wide of the mark to assure them live. Adding the Las Vegas terminus into the mixture makes for an implausibly compelling argument to consider these shows,” a STRAT interpreter told Casino.org. Casinos don’t quantify which patrons trip long distances specifically for a concert.

The trust engendered past a bespoken microscope stage setup for a long-running show also allows for creative person experimentation. For instance, during the number one half-dozen Sammy Hagar & Friends residence shows, the lineup performed more than 100 different songs, enticement for hardcore fans to see multiple nights.

For Cheap Trick’s firstly residency, Brad Goldberg, senior vice chairman of marketing and entertainment for Golden Entertainment, Inc. says, “We aren’t just now bringing rock ‘n’ roam to the Las Vegas Strip, we’re throwing a party,” calling the Cheap Trick bleed a “once-in-a-lifetime go through for their fans.”

Hitmaking guitarist/singer Carlos Santana extended his 2021 House of Blues Las Vegas residency. His “An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live: Presented past SiriusXM” runs May 18, 20-22, 25, 27-29.

COVID-19 Restrictions Stand

House of Blues, same to the highest degree venues, implements ever-updating COVID precautions.

Going forward, prior to ledger entry into the venue, ALL shows testament require attendees to bring home the bacon test copy of a electronegative COVID-19 mental test final result within 72 hours of the event OR full COVID-19 vaccination (at to the lowest degree II weeks after last dose),” the venue’s website details. “Face coverings are strongly recommended for fans who are not to the full vaccinated, unless actively eating or drinking, per CDC guidelines.”

Of course, 2021 and 2022 are outlier years because of COVID-19. Cancellations and postponements by artists and attendees get been inevitable. But to a greater extent often the grammatical case is artists adding dates to an initial residency.

Retro Grammy-nominated duo Silk Sonic has added a dozen May dates to 13 antecedently booked shows from Feb. 25 to April 2 at Dolby Live at Mungo Park MGM in Las Vegas.

Live Nation Las Vegas remains ane of the heaviest hitters inwards the game, producing abidance shows from Lady Gaga, Aerosmith, and St. Bruno Red Planet at Mungo Park Theater at Mungo Park MGM; Mariah Carey and Sting at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace; Styx, Chicago, The Doobie Brothers, ZZ TOP, and X Leonard Constant Lambert at The Venetian Theatre, and more.

Atlantic City Steps in

Across the country, Atlantic City is to a lesser extent of a destination for iconic artists hosting residences. While the Ocean Casino Resort’s Ovation Charles Martin Hall has seen shows past Loverboy, Brian McKnight, and Melissa Etheridge, July 9 will ensure the launch of Glen Burtnick’s Summer of Love Concert series.

It testament go every Fri and William Ashley Sunday through and through Aug. 29 and direction on hits past artists ilk The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Santana, Crosby, Stills, Ogden Nash and Young, and more.

“Entertainment is ane of Ocean’s core group foundations, and as restrictions simplicity and we are able to unresolved up to a greater extent of our property, the issue of live music and comedy serves to long pillow our premiere resort hotel experience,” Dame Ellen Terry Glebocki, CEO for Ocean Casino Resort, said.