VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Beyonce is Sphereless, American Music Awards Giving Out Seats

Faced with a cease-and-desist letter from the Sphere,  Beyoncé dropped the globular wonder from a video screening during her current “Cowboy Carter” tour this week.

In the video, a giant-size Queen Bey stomped through Las Vegas, picking up and playing with the Sphere — suggesting to many her failed residency negotiations last year with Sphere chief James Dolan. 

The footage was re-edited to swap out the Sphere for Allegiant Stadium, where she will perform on July 25 and 26. The new version premiered at her Sunday, May 4 show at SoFi Stadium in LA.

Free S***

Producers of the 51st American Music Awards, to be held May 26 in Las Vegas, are offering free spots in the audience, the party pit or the red-carpet area.  If you’re 18 or older, visit OSLAproductions.com and create a free profile to qualify. Jennifer Lopez will host. The venue has yet to be announced, but the Las Vegas Review-Journal says to expect the BleauLive Theatre at Fontainebleau.

Also free, as always, is the annual Fremont Street Experience free concert series. This year’s lineup will include Hinder, Drowning Pool and Saliva (May 24), Alien Ant Farm and Jet (May 25), Buckcherry (June 7), Robin Thicke (June 21), Craig Morgan (July 4), Toad the Wet Sprocket, Dishwalla, Nine Days and Vertical Horizon (Aug. 30), Sponge, Our Lady Peace and Ugly Kid Joe (Aug. 31), Cracker and Candlebox (Sept. 6) and Zebra (Sep. 20).

Random Notes

The Steve Miller Band has added a Las Vegas stop to its 2025 tour, on Oct. 25 at Planet Hollywood’s PH Live. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. PT Friday, May 9, with Live Nation and Ticketmaster presales starting at 10 a.m. PT Wednesday, May 7 at Ticketmaster.

Nas will resume his “Illmatic: Live” residency with the Las Vegas Philharmonic at the Wynn’s Encore Theater on July 9, 11, 12, 18 and 19. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster.