Information coming from the state of Nevada, where the gambling capital of the world is located, says that the musician Carlos Santana He will have to reschedule his residency in Las Vegas, having suffered a broken finger. It was the president of Universal Tone Management, Michael Vrionis, who told Variety the situation that led to the cancellation: “I’m sorry to say that Carlos was taking a walk at his vacation home in Kauai when he suffered a hard fall and broke the little finger on his left hand. They had to put nails in his finger. “Unfortunately, he won’t be able to play guitar for about six weeks.” However, doctors anticipate that his recovery will be complete.
Due to that domestic accident, there was no other chance than to cancel the eight performances that the musician had scheduled between January 22 and February 2, at the House of Blues in Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Las Vegas. From the official websites of the musician and the hotel, in addition to announcing the news, they communicated what the refunds would be like for the tickets purchased.
For the music business, what is called “residence” in Spanish does not represent a change of residence or the professional practice that a student carries out to complete a degree, but rather the stay that an artist or group performs for several weeks or months on the same stage. In some cases, it may be a simple series of concerts, as was planned by Santana; In others it is the commitment to settle in a place for several months, because the artist becomes part of the wide range of shows offered by an important hotel in Sin City. That is the name that was found, especially for those musicians who are very famous, who usually go on world tours in stadiums and who decide, probably for a good economic contract, to change their work rhythm for another that is more sedentary (if only for a while). As happens in the world of theater, with the actors who go to a theater every night and begin, as the performances go by, to populate their dressing rooms with personal “effects” (and affections), a routine is repeated that never happens. on big tours where, in the best of cases, the musicians sit four or five times in front of the mirror in the same dressing room.
The suspension of Carlos Santana is not an isolated case in the history of residencies of famous musicians in Las Vegas. Surely, the most commented recent case was that of Adelewhich rescheduled the start of its performances just one day before the premiere.
Even with echoes of the Covid-19 pandemic, in mid-January 2022, the British singer made a video in which she apologized for the cancellation at the time of the series of shows she had scheduled in Las Vegas. The plan was a cycle of functions that would begin the second half of January of that year and, due to the demand for tickets, would extend until April 16.
At that time, she simply recorded a video informally, and without the makeup she usually wears, to explain, through tears, the reasons for the postponement and, above all, to apologize. He said his team had tried absolutely everything possible to get it together on time and for it to be good enough for the public: “But delivery delays and Covid-19 completely destroyed us,” he said, after his team will work against the clock, in the Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace, a venue with capacity for 4,100 spectators. “I’m very sorry, but my show is not ready,” he said. “Half of my team is sick with Covid-19. They still are, and it’s been impossible to finish the show. And I can’t give you what’s planned right now; I’m devastated. I’m sorry it’s so last minute. We’ve been up for over 30 hours trying to figure it out and we’re out of time. “I’m so upset, and really embarrassed, and again, I’m so sorry to everyone who traveled.”
Of course he had his revenge. The series was rescheduled. It began on November 18 of that year with the title Weekends With Adele y It had, until November 23, 2024, 100 performances. In general, the show did not show variations but it did show very distinct moments, which ranged from an intimate beginning, with just the company of a piano, to pyrotechnic effects, a waterfall and a pool, and an act worthy of a magic painting, where she disappears from the stage.
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What varied a lot was her wardrobe as the performances progressed. The production thought of about twenty different dresses. Adele wore pieces from Maison Schiaparelli, Harris Reed’s first design for Nina Ricci, a dress made for her by Stella McCartney, and pieces from famous labels including Versace, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Paco Rabanne, and Proenza Schouler, among others. To close the cycle he had a very special spectator: Celine Dion.
“Jennifer Lopez has decided to extend her residency in Las Vegas due to the avalanche of requests for the singer to continue. Your show All I have, As Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas announced on its Twitter account, it will have 21 more dates, with tickets on sale starting Friday. The news was real, but eight years ago. They were different times in Jennifer López’s career. He offered 120 concerts at the Zappos Theater, with a capacity for 7,000 spectators, located at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. It was presented until September 2018. That show was seen by more audiences than those who visited Adele in Las Vegas.
However, in mid-2024 several American media published the news that the singer was in negotiations with the MGM Grand for a 90-show residency in 2025. But due to the cancellations he had had in different venues and stadiums, due to low ticket sales, after the release of his last album, that project would have been put on hold. In fact, it does not appear on this year’s show lineup.
Beyond López’s bad moment, no one takes away from him what he has achieved in his career, including that successful residency in Las Vegas. In the ranking of the most popular figures of these productions, Celine Dion appears in first place and in second, because the volume of billing and cachet exceeded that of any other artist with the shows he did between 2003 and 2007 (A New Day) and between 2011 and 2019 (Celine). The third place is occupied U2 with the show mounted between 2023 and 2024 in a revolutionary dome: U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere. Fourth place belongs to Elton John con Red pianowhich he offered between 2004 and 2009, and the fifth to Britney Spears, who took his show to Las Vegas Piece of Mebetween 2013 and 2017
For 2025, the agenda of “residencies” – some extensive, others with less than 10 performances – generally feature artists with a very long career, for audiences who grew up listening to their music in other eras. There are no names of new, rising artists. On the contrary, veterans appear who knew how to earn a place on the world music scene through hits. In different hotel-casinos, the agenda goes from The Eagles y Mötley Crüe a Black Eyes Peas y Mariah Carey; or of Pitbull a New Kids on the Block.
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