Las Vegas Strip residency performers occasionally cancel their engagements for a variety of reasons.
When Vegas residency performances resumed after the Covid-19 shutdown in 2020, several residencies were postponed or cancelled over Covid illnesses, worries of Covid or other reasons.
When superstar singer Adele was set to open her “Weekends With Adele” residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Jan. 21, 2022, she had to postpone the first 24 shows as members of her crew contracted Covid-19 and some of the set pieces designed for the performance were not ready.
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The postponed residency finally opened on Nov. 18, 2022, and ran for 100 shows, though 10 shows from March 1-30, 2024, were postponed for illness and moved to Oct. 25 to Nov. 30, 2024.
Singer Christina Aguilera postponed two shows on Jan. 5-6, 2024, at Voltaire in the Venetian Resort Las Vegas, suffering from a case of the flu. Aguilera rescheduled those shows for April 12-13 and extended her residency for an additional 10 shows, ending on Aug. 3, 2024.
Headliners cancel or reschedule residencies
Popular hard rock band Mötley Crüe had to cancel all 11 shows scheduled in March and April 2025 at Dolby Live at the Park MGM because of a medical issue. The band was able to reschedule 10 of the 11 residency performances in September and October.
Sometimes, bands don’t reveal the reason for canceling shows and never reschedule them.
Multi-platinum global supergroup Black Eyed Peas never gave a specific reason for canceling their 15-show Las Vegas Strip residency “3008: A Space Odyssey” at Caesars Entertainment’s PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, which was set to begin Feb. 15, 2025.
The band revealed in an Instagram post that the residency would not move forward due to “current circumstances,” whatever that means.
“To our dearest Peabodies, It is with a heavy heart that, in light of current circumstances, our Las Vegas shows will not be moving forward as planned,” Black Eyed Peas wrote in an Instagram Stories post.
The band has never rescheduled those shows.
In other situations, bands that have to cancel shows are quick to reschedule them.
Guitarist Carlos Santana of Santana brings his residency back to the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Las Vegas. (Photo by Daniel Knighton/Getty Images)
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Santana reschedules canceled residency shows
Legendary rock band Santana is returning for its “An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live” residency in the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino for 15 new shows in September and November 2025, after canceling eight shows in January and February 2025.
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The classic band canceled the first eight shows of its 16-show extended 2025 residency at the House of Blues in Vegas, which was set to begin Jan. 22, due to frontman Carlos Santana breaking a finger in an accidental fall at his vacation home in Hawaii.
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Tickets are currently on sale at Ticketmaster.com for the new shows scheduled for Sept. 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, and Nov. 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 15, and 16.
The lowest-priced tickets for the shows, at last check, are the general admission La Zona Fiesta tickets at $119.50, plus fees, while table seating on the House of Blues floor is $400 per ticket, plus fees. Loge level seats are as low as $152.50 per ticket, plus fees.
The “Evil Ways” singers are also set to perform the eight previously scheduled shows on the residency after the singer recovers on May 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, and 25, 2025.
Santana has headlined a long-running residency at MGM Resorts International’s (MGM) House of Blues at Mandalay Bay since 2012, performing more than 300 shows to sold-out audiences.
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