You missed my point, but that’s fine.
PS. That “monster residency” for Bruce Springsteen was him at a theatre with 975 seats. That’s wildly different from this Las Vegas theatre with 5,000 seats.
]]>Back in the day bands did live shows to sell albums, nowadays they do live shows to put food on the table, so many of these older artists power on… A residency in Las Vegas is easier than touring, the hotels put the artists up in suites, and feed and coddle them, the terms are negotiated. Billy Idol is 65, he has done Las Vegas residency and recently signed on to do more, a friend of a friend of mine is in his band, the residency is a life highlight for him, its a tour without the hassles. Bruce Springsteen did a monster residency in New York three years ago, Billy Joel as well, the list goes on and on. You do make a good point that the artists I favor are older, perhaps the bean counters at Resorts World want younger performers, but Tiesto and Celine Dion are both in their fifties, and in the case on Celine Dion, the Queen Of Las Vegas Residency, its not like she is releasing much new material. Other resorts will be announcing new residency acts as Las Vegas gets back to normal, I expect many will be in the age range I apparently favor…
]]>The ages of the artists you mention:
Elton John: 74, Bruce Springsteen: 71, Peter Gabriel: 71, Phil Collins: 70, Chrissie Hynde: 69, Sting: 69, Stewart Copeland: 68, Bonnie Raitt: 71, Mick Jagger, 77, Keith Richards, 77.
Frankly, I can’t imagine many of these almost and actual septuagenarians wants to put in the hard work of creating a residency show.
]]>Out of wack comment? You’re tied for first place in that contest.
]]>“dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria”…
]]>Man,honestly I’m all against BLM stuff but your comment is totally out of wack. I’ve watched the video for what it is and I think is one of the coolest casino resort related video I’ve ever seen. Makes me want to go and check the place asap but unfortunately since I live in Italy it will be a long time before I’ll be able to visit Las Vegas again.
Sound like you’re old or getting there…
Why do you call it inclusion and unwatchable? Should their marketing reflect the 1950’s? The world has evolved as has marketing. The point of marketing is to get people to use the product. Obviously you feel left out.
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