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Lady Gaga keeps the “Jazz & Piano” coming at Park MGM.
Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022 | 2 a.m.
A plethora of new show and concert announcements rained down on Vegas this week, starting with the highly anticipated return of Lady Gaga to Park MGM. Her “Jazz & Piano” residency will be back onstage at Dolby Live for nine shows running from April 14 through May 1 and tickets go on sale this Friday, February 4 at Ticketmaster.
Other announcements include: The 12th annual 95.5 The Bull Guitar Pull returns to the Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan on March 5 with performances from country stars Scotty McCreery, Carly Pearce, Parker McCollum, Lauren Alaina, Ray Fulcher and Laci Kaye Booth; Las Vegas rapper Baby Keem will play Brooklyn Bowl at the Linq Promenade on April 9; The Gin Blossoms will perform at the Backyard Amphitheater at Green Valley Ranch Resort on April 30; Dwight Yoakam will perform poolside at the M Resort on April 30; The Boxmasters with Billy Bob Thornton will play Chrome Showroom at Santa Fe Station on April 30; English rock outfit The Cult will play the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay on May 8; The Steve Miller Band will perform at the Venetian Theatre on May 13 and 14; The cast of the Emmy Award-winning Netflix series “Cheer” will bring its Cheer Live tour to Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay on June 4; Australian musician Tash Sultana will perform at the Chelsea on June 10; The Black Keys and Band of Horses will launch their new tour at MGM Grand Garden Arena on July 9; And Bad Bunny added a second date to his tour stop at Allegiant Stadium on September 24.
“Marriage Can Be Murder” is back. The award-winning murder mystery dinner show reopened on January 27 at its new home, the Venue at the Orleans, and is performing at 6:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Tickets start at $79 and as always, include a three-course meal. Its production company Ivory Star, which also presents Tape Face at Harrah’s and Farrell Dillon at Bally’s, is also set to launch a new show from comic magician Lioz at the Magic Attic at Bally’s on February 24. That one is set to run at 10 p.m. Thursday through Monday.
After a wildly entertaining initial run at Notoriety Live, singer, pianist and comedian Sarah Hester Ross is back at the busy downtown venue with a new show, “Viral Live,” opening on February 10 and returning Thursday nights at 9 p.m. through March 24. Ross hosts the alt-comedy variety show featuring a rotating cast of “internet all-stars” you may have seen on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, including comedian and Trump impersonator John Di Domenico, songwriter and comedian Tom McGovern, “Mind Noodler” Matt Donnelly and more. Tickets are available at norietylive.com.
Let’s get back on the Adele watch for a moment: On Tuesday, the singer happily posted on social media that she will in fact be performing at next week’s Brit Awards at the O2 Arena in London on February 8, shooting down just one of the many rampant rumors circulating through the global press since the postponement of her “Weekends With Adele” residency at Caesars Palace. She also indicated she might be appearing on the popular BBC talk show “The Graham Norton Show” while she’s back in the U.K., so expect to get an update on the Vegas show soon, even if it doesn’t include makeup dates.
Aerosmith cancelled its planned summer European tour this week, citing the uncertainty of travel logistics and the “continued presence of COVID restrictions and other issues.” The Boston rockers’ residency show at Dolby Live at Park MGM, originally opened in April 2019, was one of the most successful recurring concert productions on the Strip, and the band’s change of plans could lead to an earlier return to Las Vegas. There’s nothing currently booked at Dolby Live in June or July, following dates by Silk Sonic and Lady Gaga in April and May.
Congrats to actor, comedian, and Las Vegas club operator Brad Garrett, who married IsaBeall Quelia in an intimate ceremony in November in Montecito, California. The couple was engaged in December 2015 and resides in Malibu. Garrett will be performing at his namesake venue at MGM Grand tonight to wrap up a quick run, then he’ll return on February 21.
For laughs at the other end of the Strip, take note that L.A. Comedy Club at the Strat — one of the first entertainment venues to reopen in Las Vegas during the pandemic — has relocated to a bigger space. Still known as the Dragon Room, the new showroom adds more than 100 seats for a total of 270 in a 5,700-square-foot space located just off the main casino floor. L.A. Comedy Club offers three shows nightly at 6, 8 and 10 p.m. and you can find the schedule at bestvegascomedy.com.
More congratulations are in order for “Fantasy” mainstay Mariah Rivera, who joined the sexy Luxor revue as a dancer in 2008 and eventually graduated to the positions of company manager and associate producer while still performing nightly. Last month, Rivera was named co-producer, and she will now work closely with executive producer Beverly Jeanne and “Fantasy” creator Anita Mann to keep the award-winning show at the top of the heap.
In case you missed it, Katy Perry packed up some pieces of her Resorts World Theatre show “Play” and took them to perform on last weekend’s episode of “Saturday Night Live.” Perry sang her new song “When I’m Gone” — a collaboration with new Tao Beach resident DJ Alesso — and an acoustic version of “Never Really Over” with some of the mushroom costumes and props from the psychedelic garden setting of the third act of her new residency production. She also wore the shiny, sexy red jumpsuit from her Vegas show during her first song on “SNL.” Perry recently added 16 summer dates for “Play” at Resorts World, running from May 27 through August 13. She’ll be back on the Strip stage on March 2.
