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Miami Herald
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Las Vegas Strip Sphere sets popular band's final residency shows
Some of the most popular classic rock bands in music have occupied the stage at Sphere Entertainment's (SPHR) Sphere Las Vegas, and two huge bands, U2 and The Eagles, have scheduled some of the longest residencies in the venue's short existence. Iconic rock band U2 opened the Sphere on Sept. 29, 2023, with its U2/UV Achtung Baby Live at the Sphere residency, which ran for 40 shows and ended on March 2, 2024. Don't miss the move: Subscribe to TheStreet's free daily newsletter The Eagles added the final 2025 shows of their 44-show residency at Sphere Las Vegas with eight shows in October and November, but the band could still return to the spectacular venue in 2026. Related: Las Vegas Strip casino closes popular country singer residency "Look, they can play as long as they want," Sphere Entertainment's James Dolan said, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The Eagles, however, won't have the record for the most shows performed at Sphere unless they add more shows to their residency in 2026. Classic jam band Dead & Company launched its Dead Forever residency on May 16, 2024, finishing its 30-show residency run on Aug. 10, 2024. The band extended the residency for 18 more shows, scheduled for March 20 to May 17, 2025, and broke U2's record for most shows at the Sphere on April 26, 2025, when they performed their 41st show of their residency. Dead & Company will continue to hold the record for most shows after they complete the extension of their residency for a total of 48 shows. The band's record will likely last at least into 2026, when The Eagles could overtake Dead & Company's record of performances at Sphere Las Vegas, if they add more shows to their 44-show now, legendary superstar 1990s boy band The Backstreet Boys has signed on for the final shows of its "Into the Millennium" residency at Sphere Las Vegas in July and August 2025. Related: Las Vegas Strip casino signs spectacular singer to long residency The Backstreet Boys, due to popular demand, revealed that they have added the final three shows of their 21-date residency on Aug. 22, 23, and 24, 2025. The residency features nine shows running July 11-27 and another 12 shows running Aug. 1-24. More Las Vegas: Las Vegas Strip Sphere signs another superstar band residencyLas Vegas Strip casino closes country superstar's residencyLas Vegas Strip casino signs global superstar singer to residency Tickets go on sale through the band's Fan Club Presale beginning on May 12 at 10 a.m. Pacific time and an Artist Presale on May 13 at 10 a.m. Pacific. Tickets go on sale to the general public on May 16 at 10 a.m. Pacific at Tickets for the 18 previously scheduled residency shows are currently on sale. The Backstreet Boys previously performed their 80-show "Larger Than Life" residency from March 1, 2017, to April 27, 2019, at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas. The boy band's popularity grew in 1999 with their third album "Millennium," which debuted at No. 1 and sold 24 million copies with its massive hit single "I Want It That Way." The band released its new album "Millennium 2.0" on July 11, 2025, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original "Millennium" album. The Sphere offers the latest audio and video technology, including a wraparound LED screen and an advanced sound system. Related: Las Vegas Strip casinos face an alarming trend The Arena Media Brands, LLC THESTREET is a registered trademark of TheStreet, Inc.
Miami Herald
22-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Las Vegas Strip Sphere signs rock legends for longer residency
Sphere Las Vegas has presented spectacular residency shows since opening on Sept. 29, 2023, with iconic rock band U2's residency, which ran for 40 shows and ended on March 2, 2024. The Sphere's developers originally estimated that building the multi-media venue would cost about $1.2 billion, but it went way over budget, costing $2.3 billion. Get expert insights and actionable trade alerts from veteran investing experts and hedge fund managers. Join TheStreet Pro today and get first month FREE Many music fans might think the cost was worth it as the Sphere has delivered immersive experiences with the latest audio and video technology, including a wraparound LED screen and advanced sound system. Related: Las Vegas Strip casino signs rock legend to longer residency After U2's successful residency, the venue has continued bringing in big-name acts to sell out shows. Jam band Phish performed a short four-show engagement on April 18-21, 2024, after U2 completed its residency and before classic jam band Dead & Company embarked on its Dead Forever residency on May 16, 2024, finishing its 30-show run on Aug. 10, 2024. Next came legendary rock band The Eagles, who launched their Sphere residency on Sept. 20, 2024, with four shows each in September and October, and then incrementally added four more shows each month for a total of 32 shows that were set to end on April 12, 2025. Dead & Company, which features original Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart, along with John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti, and Jay Lane, returns for a new run of shows in March, April, and May 2025. The residency is set to end on May 17 unless the band extends it again. Country music has been a large part of the entertainment choices in Las Vegas for decades, and the Sphere lineup of performers wouldn't be complete without a major country star's performance. Sphere Las Vegas will present its first country superstar residency when popular singer Kenny Chesney opens his Live at Sphere engagement for 15 shows beginning May 22, 2025, and scheduled to end June 21, 2025. After Chesney finishes his shows, another music genre will take the stage as the first boy band residency opens at the Sphere with The Backstreet Boys launching their "Into the Millennium" shows starting July 11. The band announced its residency with 12 shows and has already extended the run twice for a total of 18 shows ending on Aug. Eagles seem to be settling into the Sphere for a long run, as the band revealed on social media that it has extended its residency at Sphere Las Vegas for an additional four shows on Sept. 5, 6, 12, and 13. Related: Las Vegas Strip casino brings legendary singer back for residency Presale signups for the September 2025 shows are underway at for an Artist presale that begins March 25 at 10 a.m. Pacific time at Tickets go on sale to the general public on March 28 at 10 a.m. Pacific time. More Las Vegas: Las Vegas Strip Sphere signs another superstar band residencyLas Vegas Strip casino closes country superstar's residencyLas Vegas Strip casino signs global superstar singer to residency The Eagles' residency has totaled 36 shows over 18 weekends, which began Sept. 20, 2024. Its remaining scheduled shows on April 4, 5, 11, and 12, 2025, are on sale at The lowest-priced ticket for the April 4 show is about $396 plus fees, and the April 5 show is sold out. The lowest-priced tickets for the April 11 and 12 shows are about $1,012 plus fees. Related: Veteran fund manager unveils eye-popping S&P 500 forecast The Arena Media Brands, LLC THESTREET is a registered trademark of TheStreet, Inc.
Yahoo
22-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Backstreet Boys Share Thoughts on Possibility of Tour with *NSYNC: 'No One Knows What the Future Holds'
A potential future team-up between the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC would surely be "Larger Than Life." On Tuesday, Feb. 18, the Backstreet Boys — Nick Carter, AJ McLean, Kevin Richardson, Brian Littrell and Howie Dorough — spoke to E! News about the band's forthcoming Into the Millennium residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas — and weighed in on the possibility of a future tour with fellow super-group *NSYNC. After being asked if a "joint tour" could be on the horizon between the two pop powerhouses, McLean, 47, explained that "no one knows what the future holds." "They haven't done something in over 22 years," the vocalist said of *NSYNC, who last toured in 2002 in promotion of their final studio album, Celebrity. "And we're gonna keep doing what we do. But we'll see what happens." Related: Backstreet Boys Reveal Sphere Residency Will Be 'Larger Than Life': 'It's a Comeback on the Next Level' (Exclusive) While *NSYNC last hit the road in the early '00s ahead of their years-long hiatus, the group — consisting of JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, Justin Timberlake and Lance Bass — has been more active in recent years. Following the band's brief reunion performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, the guys notably released "Better Place" a decade later as part of the Trolls Band Together soundtrack, marking *NSYNC's first song in more than 20 years. As for the Backstreet Boys, the group just announced their nine-show stint in Las Vegas for July and August, which Dorough, 51, told PEOPLE this week "just made sense." "I mean, it's a comeback on the next level. You can't get any bigger than the Sphere," he said. "We're bringing a rebirth to a record that we released years ago and taking our fans, some that have either seen some of the show back in the days, or some that weren't even probably born yet that are seeing it for the first time," Dorough added of the band's Millennium album. "We're very blessed to be able to go back to Vegas too in this style — larger than life!" Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The Backstreet Boys will be hitting Las Vegas on July 11-13, 18-20 and 25-27 and on Aug. 1-3. And there is plenty more on the horizon for fans. On July 11, the group will release a revamped version of their landmark 1999 album Millennium, titled Millennium 2.0 — which will include remastered tracks, previously unreleased demos and live recordings from the Backstreet Boys' 1999-2000 Into the Millennium World Tour. The anniversary release also will feature the new track "Hey!" which the group initially recorded for their 2019 project, DNA. "Once we finished up all the recording process and listened back to all the songs, and started figuring out what the album was going to be, it just didn't sonically fit," McLean told PEOPLE this week. "But the song is great. Everybody sounds incredible, so we're just waiting for the right moment for the world to hear this song — and this just happens to be that moment," he added. Read the original article on People
USA Today
19-02-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Backstreet Boys talk Las Vegas Sphere residency, becoming the 'Rolling Stones of pop'
Backstreet Boys talk Las Vegas Sphere residency, becoming the 'Rolling Stones of pop' Show Caption Hide Caption This Backstreet Boy already lives in Las Vegas ahead of Sphere shows The Backstreet Boys chat with USA TODAY's Ralphie Aversa about relocating to Las Vegas for the band's residency at the Sphere. NEW YORK – The Backstreet Boys are taking on a new challenge: Be the first pop group to headline the Sphere, a state-of-the-art venue in Las Vegas that has already hosted U2, Phish, Dead & Company and the Eagles. Features of the building include a 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED screens and more than 160,000 speakers. "Hopefully we sound like angels," Brian Littrell, 49, jokes to USA TODAY during a press junket in midtown Manhattan for the group's upcoming Vegas residency, which kicks off July 11 and runs through August. "Millennium 2.0," a rerelease of the Backstreet Boys career-defining 1999 album, will release in tandem with the start of the shows. "(There's) not a bad seat in the house," AJ McLean, 47, adds. "Everybody will hear it sonically the same, no matter where you're sitting in the venue, which is incredible." USA TODAY's music reporter Melissa Ruggieri has attended multiple Sphere concerts, saying it "turns the mundane into magical." When you reflect on the Backstreet Boys discography, specifically their 26-year-old third album, nothing exactly stands out as mundane. Preparing a new 'Millennium' setlist The Backstreet Boys residency, "Into the Millennium" and the "Millennium" rerelease are a call back an album that spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It spawned hits "Larger Than Life," "I Want it That Way," and "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely." But professional and personal challenges preceded the LP's success: In 1998, the Backstreet Boys left their management group and were entangled in a lawsuit with businessman Lou Pearlman over the amount of money earned for their first two albums. Meanwhile, two different bandmates dealt with deaths in the family and Littrell underwent open heart surgery. In a 1999 Rolling Stone profile of the group, Kevin Richardson called the previous year, "the hardest of my life.' Looking back 26 years later, the band is excited to revisit "Millennium." "We were starting to get our rhythm with the music that we were writing and creating along with our producers at the time," says Nick Carter, 45, of the lead-up to the album's release. "It was the pinnacle for the Backstreet Boys and the music that we recorded. It was a good time." The last Backstreet Boys trek, the "DNA World Tour," featured seven of the original 12 songs from "Millennium." For the Sphere residency, the album will be performed in its entirety along with what McLean describes as "personal favorites and the greatest hits." "I'm excited to perform a song that I wrote called 'Back To Your Heart,'" Richardson, 53, reveals. "I wrote that for my now wife, but when I wrote that song, we were broken up and that helped me win her back." Taking up a literal Las Vegas residence Carter has the easiest commute for the Sphere residency. The singer relocated from Los Angeles to Las Vegas in 2017 for the group's first Vegas residency. Of the three children he shares with wife Lauren Kitt, two of them were born in Las Vegas. "I was thinking, '(The Sphere residency) is going to be really great because I get an opportunity to still take my kids to school or take my son to baseball,'" Carter says, before joking about the downside. "Now I'm realizing there's gonna be a little more work because my wife's not going to let me out (of my household responsibilities)." Howie Dorough, 51, adds: "The fact that we're doing (the residency) the summer makes it a little bit easier because we're able to enjoy this time with our families which is really important. Our kids are growing up, so to have those moments where we can bring them out on the road with us and create memories with them is what keeps the spark going for us." Richardson and McLean reside in Los Angeles. Dorough and Littrell are both "East Coasters" who haven't decided if they'll commute back-and-forth during the residency or move their families out West. The Backstreet Boys still got it goin' on "Millennium 2.0" drops the same day as the start of the Sphere residency. The album includes remasters of the original 12 tracks plus demos, live versions and a new single entitled, "Hey!" The band has revisited the album and their career in a number of documentaries, from the recent "90's Boy Band Boom" that aired on the CW to Netflix's "This is Pop" and "Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam," which chronicled the business practices of Pearlman. The group also told its own story in the 2015 film, "Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of." For that reason, Richardson usually doesn't agree to sit down for other productions. "For me mostly I just say, 'No thank you,'" he remarks, eliciting laughter throughout the room. "I'm like, 'I already spilled my soul in a documentary. Go check it out on Netflix.'" McLean, who granted an interview for the CW special, says the band's participation hinges on individual schedules and the scope of the productions. "There has been quite a lot of these (documentaries) coming out because there is a lot to be said," he notes. "It's been interesting talking to some personal friends of mine, not knowing a lot of what groups like us actually went through, the highs and lows." All five of the band members hope there are more chapters to be written. "We want to manifest a career," Richardson says. "We want to be the Rolling Stones of pop."
Yahoo
19-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Backstreet Boys ‘Into the Millennium' Sphere residency go on sale — how to get tickets
The Backstreet Boys 'Into the Millennium' Sphere residency is set to be a larger-than-life event. The boy band — which consists of Kevin Richardson, AJ McLean, Nick Carter, Howie Dorough and Brian Littrell — is returning to the stage, this time to celebrate a major milestone: the 25th anniversary of their hit album 'Millennium.' The Backstreet Boys initially announced their nine-date 'Into the Millennium' Sphere residency on Feb. 12. They later announced that they added three more dates when they made their appearance on TODAY on Feb. 14. Pre-sales for the 12-date residency are happening now and this week, with general tickets available Feb. 21. The Backstreet Boys, who are the first pop act to headline at Sphere, are bringing their iconic album to life, alongside a number of their greatest hits and 'cutting-edge visuals and sound made possible by Sphere's revolutionary immersive technology,' per a press release. 'We're excited to take that album, that concept of the future, to the next level in the most state of the art venue,' Richardson said while on TODAY on Feb. 14. The name of the residency is a nod to their 1999 and 2000 tour of the same name that supported their third album, 'Millennium.' 'Millennium' was released in May 1999 and included their hit songs 'I Want It That Way,' 'Larger Than Life,' 'Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely' and 'The One.' The singers even paid tribute to the record by re-creating the cover art for the residency's poster. Additionally, the group is also releasing a new album, 'Millennium 2.0,' which will come out on July 11. The album is a deluxe version of 'Millennium' with 25 songs that include the original 12 songs remastered, live recordings, demos and the alternate version of 'I Want It That Way.' They also dropped a new song titled 'Hey' ahead of the album's release. Read on to find out the dates for the Backstreet Boys' 'Into the Millennium' Sphere residency, including the three newly announced dates, and how to get tickets. The Backstreet Boys initially announced on Feb. 12 that their 'Into the Millennium' Sphere residency would have nine dates. However, during their Feb. 14 appearance on TODAY, the boy band revealed that they added three new dates in August. Here are all the dates of the Backstreet Boys' "Into the Millennium" residency that have been announced so far: Friday, July 11 Saturday, July 12 Sunday, July 13 Friday, July 18 Saturday, July 19 Sunday, July 20 Friday, July 25 Saturday, July 26 Sunday, July 27 Friday, Aug. 1 Saturday, Aug. 2 Sunday, Aug. 3 Tickets for the Backstreet Boys 'Into the Millennium' Sphere residency go on sale on different dates. General tickets will go on sale Friday, Feb. 21, but there are a couple of presale options. For the first six shows — July 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20 — the Backstreet Boys Fan Club presale will start on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 9 a.m. PT, followed by the Artist presale on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 9 a.m. PT. Those interested in participating in the Artist presale can sign up now until Monday, Feb. 17 at 10 p.m. PT. Then, general onsale tickets will be available starting on Feb. 21 at 9 a.m. PT at For the other six shows happening July 25-27 and Aug, 1-3, the fan club presale will start on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 11 a.m. PT, while the Artist presale begins on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 11 a.m. PT. Fans who are interested in general onsale tickets for the last three performances will be able to buy starting on Friday, Feb. 21 at 11 a.m. PT at Vibee, a live entertainment company, is also offering packages for those looking to buy concert tickets and hotel accommodations, which will go on sale on Friday, Feb. 14 at 6 a.m. PT. Each Vibee package includes either floor or reserved seating tickets at Sphere, two nights at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas or Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, access to a pop-up experience and a Backstreet Boys laminate and lanyard. There is also a VIP option, which provides additional perks such as transportation and priority entry. More information can be found here. For those who have yet to experience a show at Sphere, the Backstreet Boys shared some insight on seat selection. 'There really is no bad seat,' Richardson tells 'It's just a different experience. If you want a true, more concert-like experience, you can be on the floor.' He adds that 'just above' the floor level, 'in the lower bowl looking straight at the screen,' is a good way to take in the whole experience. 'It just depends on where you want to sit,' he says, adding that as far as the sound goes, it will be 'amazing no matter where.' This article was originally published on
