The Las Vegas Strip’s newest hotel-casino, Fontainebleau, opened its BleauLive Theater on Dec. 30-31, 2023. Superstar singer Post Malone was the first performer at the theater, followed by some classic bands that had their best years in the 1990s.
Fontainebleau operated its first year of BleauLive Theater with short engagements of one or two shows and, at the time, did not indicate whether it would adopt the typical hotel-casino residency model of a minimum of five or six concerts followed by the bands returning for extensions.
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Most other hotel-casino theaters on the Strip feature headliner residencies that begin with six-12 shows and continue for many months or years, with sometimes hundreds of shows.
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Legendary rock star Carlos Santana has performed over 300 shows to sold-out audiences since 2012 in a long-running residency that continues through May 2025 at MGM Resorts International’s House of Blues at Mandalay Bay on the Las Vegas Strip.Â
Popular singer Adele completed her “Weekends with Adele” residency at Caesar Entertainment’s Colosseum at Caesars Palace, which ran for 100 shows from Nov. 18, 2022, to Nov. 23, 2024.
Pop superstar Barry Manilow could surpass 1,000 shows performed at the International Theater at Westgate Las Vegas just off the Strip, after accepting a lifetime residency at the casino’s 1,582-seat theater in December 2024. It all depends on how long Manilow wants to continue performing.
Manilow in September 2023 broke Elvis Presley’s record of 636 sold-out shows in the International Theater at the Westgate, which had previously been the Las Vegas Hilton and International Hotel when Elvis performed. He has continued performing his long-running residency, while also taking time away from the residency to perform some tour dates.
Fontainebleau scheduled short engagements
Fontainebleau, however, booked Third Eye Blind for one show in June 2024, Hootie and the Blowfish for two shows in August 2024, Smashing Pumpkins for one show Sept. 27, 2024, Jennifer Hudson for two shows Dec. 21-22, 2024, and classic 1980s rockers Duran Duran for two shows at BleauLive Theater on Dec. 29-30, 2024.
Popular rock band Heart also lined up two make-up shows on Feb. 28 and March 1, 2025.
The hotel-casino finally signed up a significant residency toward the end of its first year with country star Keith Urban booking Fontainebleau’s BleauLive for five nights between Oct. 4-12, 2024, and another five shows Feb. 14-22, 2025.
Fontainebleau finally hit its stride in booking longer-term residencies, along with its short-term headliners, as it signed up hip-hop sensation Pitbull for shows in 2024 and 2025.
Pitbull has extended his “Vegas After Dark The Residency” at BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas.
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Pitbull returns to Fontainebleau for residency
And now, Pitbull will return to his “Vegas After Dark The Residency” at BleauLive Theater engagement with four additional shows scheduled for Sept. 12-13 and Nov. 21-22, 2025.
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Tickets are currently on sale at Ticketmaster.com, ranging from about $94 for mezzanine seats to $565 plus fees for the best seats in front Row A in Section 104.
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Tickets for Pitbull’s previously scheduled shows on May 9-10 are still available as well.
The “Feel This Moment” singer returned to the Las Vegas Strip on Nov. 8-9, 2024, for the first time since before the Covid-19 pandemic for eight shows on his “Vegas After Dark The Residency” at BleauLive Theater.
Pitbull continued the residency on Jan. 24-25, March 7-8, and March 14-15, 2025 at BleauLive.Â
Pitbull previously performed on the Strip at The Axis at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas on his “Time of Our Lives” residency from September 2015 through May 2019.
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