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VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Blake Shelton Announces Caesars Residency, Rod Cancels Milestone Show

Posted on: August 8, 2024, 01:42h.

Last updated on: August 8, 2024, 06:32h.

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Blake Shelton will play his first Las Vegas residency next February. The country music superstar announced its first six dates at Caesars Palace on Thursday.

Blake Shelton’s first performance in Las Vegas was at the Golden Nugget in 2015. (Image: Live Nation)

“If you’re going to have a stake in Las Vegas, you got to do a residency also if you’re an artist,” Shelton told People Magazine. “I’ve just been kicking the can down the road because I wanted the Ole Red to be open before I did it.”

Shelton is of course referring to the country music bar he opened in January. It is almost a guarantee that the 48-year-old, who has already performed twice there with his famous wife, Gwen Stefani, will return for additional shows during his Caesars gig, which is just across the street.

Tickets for Shelton’s residency go on sale to the public Friday, August 16 at 10 a.m., with an artist presale beginning Friday, August 9 at 10 a.m., at Ticketmaster.com/BlakeSheltonVegas.

Automatic refunds will be issued for all tickets purchased for what was supposed to be Rod Stewart’s final 2024 show. (Image: Denise Truscello/KF Publicity)

Rodspeed

Rod Stewart canceled the planned 200th show of his Caesars Palace residency on August 7, only a few hours before it was scheduled to start.

“I’m desperately sorry to miss this 200th show celebration,” the 79-year-old Stewart wrote on Instagram on Wednesday. “Most people can work with strep throat but obviously not me. I’m absolutely gutted. I’ve been looking forward to this concert for so long. My deepest regrets for any inconvenience this has caused.”

Wednesday’s show was originally planned to end the “Maggie May” singer’s 13-year residency at the Colosseum on a milestone number.

However, only a few hours before canceling the show, Stewart announced 12 more dates in 2025: March 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, and 22; May 29 and 31; and June 1, 5, 7, and 8.

Tickets for those will go on sale Monday, August 12 at 10 a.m. PT via ticketmaster.com/rodstewartvegas.

Ne-Yo is presented with a key to the city of Las Vegas on Aug. 7 by Mayor Carolyn Goodman. (Image: Wynn Las Vegas)

Ne-Y0 Gets Key-o

Two songs into his “Human Love Rebellion” residency at the Wynn’s Encore Theater on Wednesday, Ne-Yo was surprised by Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, who walked on stage to present the R&B superstar with a key to the city and a proclamation declaring it “Ne-Yo Day” in Las Vegas.

The Wynn, like every other business on the Las Vegas Strip, lies in unincorporated Clark County, not the city of Las Vegas.

But no one is supposed to point that out to you.

Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers entertainment, dining and gaming news in Las Vegas.

Corey spent six years covering the Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he also wrote the most popular humor column in the city’s history. (For “Fear and Loafing,” he tried out 176 Vegas jobs, including poker player, blackjack dealer and Follie Bergere dancer.)

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