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Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Taylor Swift Makes 'Surprise Appearance' at Kenny Chesney's Vegas Show
It's official: , 57, has kicked off his summer residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, and he enlisted one of his most famous friends to help him do it. When Chesney performed his 2002 hit song "Big Star," the graphics on the Sphere all around him made his fans feel like they were inside of a pinball machine, and that's when the audience was surprised by 's unexpected appearance. She has been laying low these days. Who would have thought she'd be in Vegas? 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 At least, a picture of her was in Vegas. See the moment here: As the pinball makes it to the top of the hill, a photo of Swift and Chesney together in her younger years (definitely Debut era with that curly hair) pops up on the screen, framed by a star. It got fans pretty excited, too — in the video above, you can hear the buzz in the audience as soon as she appears on screen. Chesney and Swift go way back. And in 2024, the singer told USA Today that it's "unbelievable what she has become" after knowing her since her teenage years when she was first trying to break into country music. "She has such a creative soul and that's where all of this started," he said. "Everything you see, the stadium shows and big performances, are great. But she is still, I believe, at heart, a songwriter. That is something no one can deny."Wonder if Swift knows she's part of Chesney's performance? Considering their long history together, it's a sweet way to pay tribute to their friendship. Taylor Swift Makes 'Surprise Appearance' at Kenny Chesney's Vegas Show first appeared on Parade on May 23, 2025
New York Post
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
How much are tickets for the last 12 Eagles shows at Las Vegas Sphere?
Vivid Seats is the New York Post's official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. The Eagles are about to stick the landing. This September, the classic rock legends will launch the final leg of their ongoing Las Vegas Sphere residency. At the time of publication, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and co. have just 12 concerts remaining at the visually spectacular Vegas venue on their 2025 itinerary. Then, that's it for the foreseeable future. No other dates have been announced for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group that announced the beginning of their multi-year farewell 'The Long Goodbye Tour.' If you want to see the iconic band at this one-of-a-kind live events space, tickets are available for all of their remaining Sin City shows. At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on tickets for any one gig was $346 including fees on Vivid Seats (this also happens to be their Halloween show). Other concerts have seats starting anywhere from $357 to $425 including fees. Based on our findings at Set List FM, the ensemble typically performs 20 songs at all gigs including stone-cold classics like 'Heartache Tonight,' 'Desperado,' 'Take It Easy,' 'Life in the Fast Lane' and, yes, of course, 'Hotel California.' 'Their Sphere show, which clocks in at almost exactly two hours, leans primarily on the most cherished of their repertoire,' USA Today reported after attending the first show of the residency back in September 2024. 'But as with every act that has utilized the breathtaking visual capabilities of the snazzy venue, the optical offerings are as vital as the music, and the Eagles brought fans on a peaceful, easy ride.' For more information, our team has everything you need to know and more about The Eagles' final Las Vegas Sphere concerts below. All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation. The Eagles 2025 Las Vegas Sphere schedule A complete calendar including all Sphere residency dates, show start times and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found here: The Eagles Sphere concert dates Ticket prices start at Friday, Sept. 5 8:30 p.m. $392 (including fees) Saturday, Sept. 6 8:30 p.m. $396 (including fees) Friday, Sept. 12 8:30 p.m. $394 (including fees) Saturday, Sept. 13 8:30 p.m. $412 (including fees) Friday, Oct. 3 8:30 p.m. $363 (including fees) Saturday, Oct. 4 8:30 p.m. $396 (including fees) Friday, Oct. 10 8:30 p.m. $380 (including fees) Saturday, Oct. 11 8:30 p.m. $394 (including fees) Friday, Oct. 31 8:30 p.m. $346 (including fees) Saturday, Nov. 1 8:30 p.m. $357 (including fees) Friday, Nov. 7 8:30 p.m. $425 (including fees) Saturday, Nov. 8 8:30 p.m. $389 (including fees) (Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and, if it isn't noted, will include additional fees at checkout.) Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand. They offer a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and your tickets will be delivered prior to the event. Still curious about Vivid Seats? You can find an article from their team about why the company is legit here. Other Las Vegas Sphere shows When Henley, Walsh, and co. aren't lighting up Sphere's stage, you can catch Academy Award-nominated director Darren Aronofsky's ambitious immersive film 'Postcard From Earth' or U2's 'V-U2' concert film at the jaw-dropping venue on most nights. That's not all, though. These next few weeks, Kenny Chesney has a dozen shows lined up at Sphere. Then, come July, Backstreet Boys kick off a 21-concert run that runs until Aug. 24. Finally, UNITY, an exciting collaboration between EDM festival Tomorrowland and producer Insomniac will drop beats at nine shows from August through October. If you're planning a Las Vegas trip and don't know where to start, you can find a complete calendar of all events at Sphere here. Vince Gill solo tour 2025 After The Eagles put their Sin City stint on ice (at least until they pick things back up in September), singer and guitarist Vince Gill will strike out on a solo run of his own. New Yorkers who want to see him are in luck, too. The 22-time Grammy winner has a show booked at the Beacon Theatre on Friday, July 11. To see if he's headed to your neck of the woods, click here to find Gill's complete tour calendar. The Eagles set list On the first night of the now 14-month residency, The Eagles took 20 songs to the stage. Although it's possible they'll mix things up at future gigs, here's what they performed at their inaugural Sphere show back on Sept. 20, 2024, according to Set List FM. 01.) 'Hotel California' 02.) 'One of These Nights' 03.) 'Lyin' Eyes' 04.) 'Take It to the Limit' 05.) 'Witchy Woman' 06.) 'Peaceful Easy Feeling' (Jack Tempchin cover) 07.) 'Tequila Sunrise' 08.) 'In the City' (Joe Walsh song) 09.) 'I Can't Tell You Why' 10.) 'New Kid in Town' 11.) 'Seven Bridges Road' (Steve Young cover) 12.) 'Those Shoes' 13.) 'Life's Been Good' (Joe Walsh song) 14.) 'Already Gone' (Robb Strandlund cover) 15.) 'The Boys of Summer' (Don Henley song) 16.) 'Life in the Fast Lane' Encore 17.) 'Take It Easy' 18.) 'Rocky Mountain Way' (Joe Walsh song) 19.) 'Desperado' 20.) 'Heartache Tonight' The Eagles band members When you've been 'taking it to the limit' since 1971, there's bound to be a bit of shakeup in your group. Still, after 50+ years together, 77-year-old founding member Don Henley (drums, vocals, also known for the '80s smash 'Boys of Summer), continues to head the group. At all Sphere dates, he's joined by 77-year-old Joe Walsh (who is well known for having lent his talents to the James Gang), 77-year-old Timothy B. Schmit (bassist and vocalist who played with Poco), 22-time Grammy winner Vince Gill and the late Glenn Frey's 31-year-old son, Deacon. Past members that are no longer with the band include Frey (who passed away in 2016) and Randy Meisner (died in 2023). Bernie Leadon is still alive but hasn't played with the band since 2016. As for guitarist Don Felder, he tours with Styx and REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin, although The Post reported he suffered a medical emergency at a recent show. Over the course of the group's 53+ years together, The Eagles have received six Grammy Awards, performed over 1,000 concerts, and sold over 150 million albums. Classic rockers on tour in 2025 Can't make it to Sin City to see Henley and Walsh live this year? No need to worry. There are plenty of legends from way back when to go around this year. Here are just five of our favorite, can't-miss, throwback icons from that might be headed to a venue near you these next few months. • Paul Simon • Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band • Bob Dylan with Willie Nelson • The Doobie Brothers • Neil Young Looking for even more live music in your life? Check out our list of the biggest classic rockers on tour in 2025 to find the show for you. This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bono on U2's New Album: ‘Everyone in the Band Seems Desperate for It'
Almost ten years since the release of its last album, Songs of Experience, U2 is back in the studio. The band is cooking up new music and very likely gearing up for a whole new tour. If you hear it straight from the group's frontman, Bono, it's a matter of life and death. 'Everyone in the band seems desperate for it,' Bono told Esquire's Madison Vain in our new cover story. 'It's like their lives depend on it.... And, as I tell them, they do.' In between discussions of family, politics, health scares, and slowing down—including the story of Bono learning how to sit on his couch and binge-watch Chef's Table and Fleabag—the singer confirms that U2 is working on new material for a new album, which the band may greet with a whole new tour. The album is reuniting U2 with producer Brian Eno, who also produced The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, and Zooropa. Although the album doesn't yet have a title, at least one song is tentatively titled 'Freedom Is a Feeling.' Bono said this of the still-in-development piece: 'The thing is, I don't just want to be singing about freedom. I want to be freedom, the feeling. That's what rock 'n' roll has to be.' Bono also strongly hinted at plans for a tour. 'I just like to play live,' Bono said. Though Bono enjoys his cozy dwellings in Côte d'Azur, which Esquire explores with Bono in the piece, he's looking to get out of the house in the right circumstances. 'You want to have some very good reasons to leave home,' he said. U2's latest album, Songs of Experience, was the world's sixth-best-selling album of 2017 and was supported by the Experience + Innocence Tour in 2018. More recently, U2 enjoyed a buzzy residency from September 2023 to March 2024 at Las Vegas's cutting-edge venue Sphere. The production earned critical acclaim, with outlets like Billboard, The Telegraph, and The Guardian observing how the marriage of U2's artistry and vision with the venue's technical capabilities creates a show that forecasts the future of live entertainment. Still, for U2, it's about the music, and even Bono admitted that he's unsure what the future holds. 'I hope they're going to still be there for us,' Bono said of the band's fans. 'We've pushed them to their elastic limit over the years. And now it's a long time that we've been away. But I still think that we can create a soundtrack for people who want to take on the world.' You Might Also Like Kid Cudi Is All Right 16 Best Shoe Organizers For Storing and Displaying Your Kicks
USA Today
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Kenny Chesney delivers vibrant, visually arresting feast at Las Vegas Sphere
Kenny Chesney delivers vibrant, visually arresting feast at Las Vegas Sphere Show Caption Hide Caption Kenny Chesney, June Carter Cash among Country Hall of Fame inductees Kenny Chesney, Tony Brown and June Carter Cash's family speak after they are named the 2025 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees. LAS VEGAS – About a third through the second night of Kenny Chesney's groundbreaking residency at the Sphere, the gregarious country superstar dipped into his 2004 hit 'I Go Back.' It's a song steeped in nostalgia, with lyrics that reminisce about wistful moments. High school gyms. Hearing John Mellencamp on the radio. A friend gone too soon. The accompanying video – well, better classified as all-encompassing graphics that sucked you into the visual vortex – of football fields and basketball courts pulled at the hearts of 17,000 people as Chesney sang of days gone by with his typical earnestness. But for all its nodding to the past, the song represented a milestone in Chesney's awards-laden, 30-plus-year career as he performed it May 24. As he looked around in awe of the crowd and the enveloping video, there was as much a sense of 'How did we get here?' as 'Let's look back.' Chesney, 57, is the first country singer – and the first solo artist, despite an ace six-piece band – to play the game-changing venue. His two-hour show, a technicolor wonder, continues for sporadic dates through June 21 and are his only live performances of the year. It's as much a concert as a sonic and visual roller-coaster ride pairing one of the most acclaimed stars of country with the evolving technological wizardry of the Sphere. From the opening deep-sea dive that morphed into a fleet of pirate ships bobbing on the ocean while Chesney bopped through 'Beer in Mexico' – his skinny jeans tight, his sleeveless shirt baring biceps – a carefree vibe permeated the show. Las Vegas Sphere concerts: All the bands that are playing and how to get tickets For years, Chesney has been a reliable stadium filler, a guy who feeds off his fans' adrenaline as he clocks tens of thousands of steps scampering around the stage. While he was slightly limited to roam given the Sphere's structure, Chesney found ways to maintain a lifeline to the front row of fans on the floor as he bent down during 'Keg in the Closet' to smack a palm or accept a Nevada license plate emblazoned 'Sphere.' 'Not only do we see you all, we feel you tonight,' Chesney said in one of his frequent humble acknowledgements of the crowd. Typically, Chesney's concerts offer few embellishments. So to see a Ferris wheel looming over him (' 'Til It's Gone'), a live shot of No Shoes Nation devotees blasted onto the 240-foot-tall backdrop ('No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems') and Chesney on a towering cell phone surrounded by vibrantly colored fish (the prescient 'Welcome to the Fishbowl') elevated the fun quotient. At his opening show May 22, Chesney brought Kelsea Ballerini to the stage. But on this night, Grace Potter, who croons with Chesney on 'You & Tequila,' was the guest of honor to sing that Grammy-nominated hit from 2011. It was a breezy stroll for the pair, but when Potter, whom he introduced as 'one of my best friends in the world,' broke out her signature Flying V guitar, Chesney knew things were about to get rock-y. 'We were in Vegas that last time this happened,' he said, before the familiar sawing guitar notes of Rod Stewart's 'Hot Legs' filled the room (Chesney and Potter covered the song during his 2013 shows at the now-defunct Hard Rock Hotel). It was a playful, if milquetoast version of the song sans Stewart's raspy vocal leering, but also an indication that Chesney plans to shake up the setlist each show and maybe debut more deep cuts. The melancholic 'Seven Days,' from 2010's 'Hemingway's Whiskey' album, made its first live appearance at Chesney's opening Sphere show and he revisited it again for night two, complemented by a foggy lighthouse scene. During 'Big Star,' fans will relish the vintage photos of Chesney posing with music icons including Reba McEntire, Loretta Lynn and Taylor Swift while sinking into the sensation of being dropped into a pinball machine. It was also another reminder of Chesney's longevity in an unforgiving industry. As he cranked out the country rock of 'Living in Fast Forward,' which plopped the crowd into the driver's seat on a NASCAR track, Chesney punctuated the lyric, 'I still got some miles to go.' It was an ideal capper to a song that summarizes the focused Chesney. Even three decades into his career, he's hardly slowing down.
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
Kenny Chesney kicks off Las Vegas Sphere residency with surprise guests
Kenny Chesney made country music history Thursday night, becoming the first country artist to headline the Las Vegas Sphere. "Nothing can prepare you for your first night at Sphere in Vegas," Chesney wrote on Instagram after the show, posting a carousel of photos that captured the spectacle and emotion of opening night. "It was so magical and even more emotional for me and my road family," he said. "Thanks to the whole Sphere team and a very special thanks to my friend from Knoxville, TN @KelseaBallerini for such a great surprise on our first night." The 17,600-seat venue, famed for its wraparound LED screen and 4-D immersive effects, delivered a sensory feast as Chesney opened with "Beer in Mexico" beneath animations of sugar skulls and dancing beer bottles. According to an official press release, the performance fused "sonics, visuals, musicians and heart." Surprise guest Kelsea Ballerini appeared during the show, joining Chesney for their duet "Half of My Hometown," a performance of "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy," and stepping in on vocals for "You & Tequila," originally recorded with Grace Potter. In a statement released after the show, Chesney described the experience as "overwhelming," noting that "beyond the visuals, which build and move, the fans are so close, even in the 400 section, that you're consumed by all of it when you look up." The setlist featured a mix of fan favorites and songs never performed live before, including "One Lonely Island" and "Seven Days," the press release stated. The production was over a year in development, the press release revealed, incorporating new visual content and animation created in partnership with Sphere Studios to complement Chesney's music. The residency continues through mid-June, with limited tickets still available.
