VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: A$AP Rocky, Chesney Adds Sphere Dates, Peso Pluma, Best Friends Cancel

Posted on: January 20, 2026, 01:40h. 

Last updated on: January 20, 2026, 02:21h.

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A$AP Rocky will play the MGM Grand Garden Arena as part of his “Don’t Be Dumb” world tour on June 26.

A$AP Rocky performs at Dodger Stadium in November 2025. (Image: Katie Flores/Billboard via Getty)

The hip-hop star’s fourth studio album — his first in eight years — dropped on Friday, followed by a promotional performance on “Saturday Night Live.”

Rocky — who shares three children with pop and R&B star Rihanna — is also an accomplished actor who starred in last year’s Golden Globe-winning “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.”

Tickets for his Las Vegas show go on sale at 10 am PT Tuesday, January 27 via AXS.com

The Sphere announces Kenny Chesney’s original dates. (Image: Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty)

Kenny Re-Ups the Orb

Country superstar Kenny Chesney has added six dates to his Sphere residency: July 1, 3, 4, 8, 10 and 11.

A pressale starts 10 a.m. PT Monday, January 26 via Ticketmaster, with the general ons-sale 10 a.m. Friday, January 30.

Earning His Peso

Mexican pop superstar Peso Pluma will bring his latest tour, “Dinastia by Peso Pluma & Friends,” to T-Mobile Arena on Friday, March 13.

Peso Pluma performs during ComplexCon at the Las Vegas Convention Center in October 2025. (Image: Denise Truscello/Getty)

Pluma’s newest album, also titled “Dinastia,” debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums and Regional Mexican Albums chart.

Tickets go on sale at 10 am PT Wednesday, January 21 via AXS.com.

Best Friends Not  Forever

Best Friends Forever — an emo/indie rock nostalgia festival, which ran for two years at the Downtown Las Vegas Event Center, has called off its 2026 edition after the city of Las Vegas announced that the venue would be partially converted into a parking lot.

“Due to this unexpected change, we have made the call to pause in 2026,” read a statement issued by the event’s organizers, who claim they are “already working” on bringing it back in 2027.

Last year’s lineup included Jimmy Eat World, Jawbreaker, and Minus the Bear.

For more information, sign up for email updates at bestfriendsforeverfest.com.

Generational Confusion

The Human League, Soft Cell, and Alison Moyet are set to perform on Friday, June 12 at the Fontainebleau’s BleauLive Theater.

The lineup is part of a North American oldies package called “The Generations Tour” — an odd name since all three acts emerged in 1980 and none scored a Top-10 hit after that decade, rendering them all the exclusive province of Generation X.

Tickets go on sale at 10 am PT Friday, January 23 via the Fontainebleau, with presales running now.