VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Riley Green and ACM Tix, Backstreet for More Sphere, Rare Norah Jones Appearance
Posted on: February 23, 2026, 05:19h.
Last updated on: February 23, 2026, 05:20h.
Backstreet Boys will return to the Sphere, where they closed out their most recent stretch of 35 shows on February 15.
The boy-to-men band has added July 16, 17, 18, 23, 24 and 25 to their open-ended residency. General on-sale ticket sales start 9 a.m. PT Feb. 27 via backstreetboys.com. (For presale deets, see ticketmaster.com/backstreetboys).
Reportedly, the group earns $4 million per show, and its shows have helped boost a lackluster 2025 for tourism in Las Vegas.
Cowboy Grammys Return
The Academy of Country Music Awards are gearing up for a May 17 return to Las Vegas, and seats for the production at the MGM Grand Garden Arena go on sale 10 a.m. PT Friday, Feb. 27 via AXS.com, with a round of presales opening 10 a.m. Wednesday.
The hosts and performers of the 61st annual ceremony — which will stream live on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch — will be announced in the coming weeks. However, Riley Green will kick off the festivities that weekend by hosting “ACM Lifting Lives Country on the Green: Riley Green & Friends” on Friday, May 15 on the green at Topgolf Las Vegas.
Tickets for that, starting at $150, go on sale 10 a.m. PT Friday, Feb. 27 at AXS.com, with presales starting 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25. Proceeds benefit ACM Lifting Lives.
Jonesing for Norah?
Norah Jones will perform a rare Las Vegas show at the Venetian Theatre on May 9, 2026. It’s part of the singer-songwriter’s “Visions 2026” tour.
Jones — winner of 10 Grammys and seller of more than 52 million albums — hasn’t played Las Vegas since a show at the Pearl at the Palms in August 2010. And her first time at the Venetian is appropriately timed, since her latest single is a cover of the Frank and Nancy Sinatra classic, “Somethin’ Stupid,” and the Venetian is built on the site of the Rat Pack’s former home, the Sands.
Tickets, starting at $59, go on sale 10 a.m. PT Friday, Feb. 27, with presales running throughout the week.
No Parking on Mars
That Bruno Mars street-renaming we told you about we told you about at Park MGM last December has a date. On April 7, Park Avenue near T-Mobile Arena will be unveiled as Bruno Mars Drive.
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