The Las Vegas Strip is known for hosting spectacular shows in the Sphere Las Vegas, as well as many of its casino theaters.
Sphere Las Vegas opened on Sept. 29, 2023, with one of rock’s most popular bands, U2, performing a 40-show residency which closed on March 2, 2024.
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After jam band Phish stopped by for a quick, four-show engagement on April 18-21, 2014, another huge band, Eagles, launched their residency at Sphere on Sept. 20, 2024, and have scheduled a total of 44 shows so far through Nov. 8, 2025.
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Eagles has not revealed when the band’s residency will end, and the Sphere’s management has said they can perform in the venue as long as they wish.
Legendary Grateful Dead spinoff band Dead & Company closed its “Dead Forever Live at Sphere” residency after 48 shows at Sphere Las Vegas on May 17, 2025. The band currently holds the record for the most residency shows by a band at Sphere.
Joining the lineup of superstar performers passing through Sphere Las Vegas are the venue’s first country superstar performer Kenny Chesney, who signed for 15 shows that began May 22 and conclude June 21, 2025, unless extended.
And in July and August, superstar 1990s boy band The Backstreet Boys scheduled its 21-show “Into the Millennium” residency at Sphere Las Vegas.
Backstreet Boys, however, will not appear exclusively at Sphere Las Vegas during its Sin City residency at the venue.
The legendary boy band has scheduled 21 “Into the Millenium” After Parties at The Venetian’s 1,000-capacity Voltaire nightclub on the strip on July 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, Aug. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, and 24.
Voltaire is considered one of the Strip’s most intimate venues, having hosted several superstar singers’ sold-out residencies.
Voltaire schedules intimate residencies
The Venetian’s popular nightclub venue opened in November 2023 with global superstar Kylie Minogue’s residency, which ended in May 2024 after 20 shows.
Christina Aguilera opened her residency at Voltaire on Dec. 30-31, 2023, and continued performing shows in January through June and then in August 2024.
R&B superstar Jason Derulo performed a 12-show residency from May through August 2024.
Voltaire introduced a classic type of entertainment for a long residency, when the Queen of Burlesque, Dita Von Tease dazzled audiences beginning on Sept. 19, 2024, and extending her show until Oct. 11, 2025.
And now, a superstar singer, whose career was derailed over two decades ago after a controversial performance on “Saturday Night Live,” has sold out the first two shows of her Voltaire residency and added five more shows for her fans.
Ashlee Simpson adds more Vegas residency shows
Early 2000s pop star Ashlee Simpson, who is now known as Ashlee Simpson Ross, sold out two shows at Voltaire scheduled on Aug. 29-30, 2025, according to the Voltaire website.
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However, a review of Voltaire’s website on June 14 revealed that general admission, standing room only tickets were still available for Aug. 29.
By popular demand, the “Pieces of Me” singer added five more shows on Sept. 19, 20, 24, 26, and 27, 2025.
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Most people have probably forgotten about the “Saturday Night Live” controversy, or were not even aware of it.
Back in 2004, Ashlee Simpson appeared on “Saturday Night Live” to perform her songs “Pieces of Me” and “Autobiography,” US Weekly remembered in a February story.
She completed the first song without a problem, but when she began to sing the second song, “Autobiography,” later in the show, prerecorded vocals of “Pieces of Me” began playing as the band was set to perform the second song.
The mishap revealed that Simpson had lip-synched “Pieces of Me” and planned to lip-synch “Autobiography.”
But time heals wounds, and Simpson is back selling out shows in Vegas and booking more shows for her fans.
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