Las Vegas Strip casinos have been busy lately extending and bringing back popular headliner residencies that keep selling out.
A blast from the past, Tears For Fears, just finished the first three shows of their sold-out "Songs For a Nervous Planet" performances at Fontainebleau's BleauLive Theater Oct. 30, Nov. 1 and 2.
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Soon afterward the "Shout" singers extended the limited engagement into a seven-show residency as it added four shows on Jan. 31, Feb. 1, 5, and 7, 2025, performing their classic songs from the 1980s to new material from their latest album, "Songs For A Nervous Planet."
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Hard rockers Scorpions return to Vegas in 2025 for their "Coming Home to Las Vegas 60th Anniversary" residency at Caesars Entertainment's (CZR) PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, beginning Feb. 27 and continuing March 1, 6, 8 and 11, 2025.
The band earlier this year celebrated the 40th anniversary of its "Love at First Sting" album with a nine-show residency from April 11 to May 3, 2024, at PH Live at Planet Hollywood.
Legendary rock star Carlos Santana, who has headlined a long-running residency on the Las Vegas Strip since 2012 performing over 300 shows to sold-out audiences, just extended his "An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live" residency at the MGM Resorts International's (MGM) House of Blues at Mandalay Bay on the Las Vegas Strip with 16 more shows set for January, February, and May 2025.
New Edition set a residency record
Finally, popular superstar R&B group New Edition in November 2023 set a record that no entertainer has accomplished at Wynn Resorts' (WYNN) Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas on the Strip.
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The "Candy Girl" singers sold out a six-show residency, which was scheduled for late February and early March 2024, just 45 minutes after going on sale.
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When the group completed the sold-out residency on March 9, 2024, New Edition put six more shows set for July on sale. All of those shows eventually sold out as well, but not as fast as the first six shows.
Once the second batch of residency shows sold out, New Edition gave fans more chances to see them on the Strip as they added three more shows on the residency, scheduled for Oct. 30, Nov. 1, and Nov. 2, and put the tickets on sale immediately.
Those three shows also sold out by showtime, but New Edition was quiet about their future plans, until now.
New Edition returns for more residency shows
Just when you thought New Edition had finally closed its residency at Wynn Resorts Limited's Encore Theater, the group signed on for six more shows in February 2025.
New Edition added new shows on its residency at the Encore Theater on Feb. 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, and 22, with all shows set for 8 p.m.
Artist presale begins Nov. 19 at 10 a.m. Pacific time, Amex presale starts Nov. 20 at 10 a.m. Pacific and AEG presale begins Nov. 21 at 10 a.m. Pacific.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Nov. 22 at 10 a.m. Pacific.
New Edition, featuring Bobby Brown, Ronnie DeVoe, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ralph Tresvant, and Johnny Gill, released their debut album "Candy Girl." in 1983, which rose to No. 1. The title track knocked Michael Jackson's huge hit "Beat It" off the top slot on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart.
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