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Kelly Clarkson Adds More 2026 Dates to Las Vegas Residency
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Kelly Clarkson Adds More 2026 Dates to Las Vegas Residency

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Ahead of her return to Las Vegas this week, Kelly Clarkson has announced a new set of summer 2026 dates for her “Studio Sessions” residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

Clarkson has added four new dates for next August to her calendar, to go along with the six 2026 shows she’d already announced. The run will start July 17 and end Aug. 15. Tickets for the newly added dates will go on sale Nov. 7 at 10 a.m. PT, with a presale scheduled to start Nov. 5 at 10 a.m. PT. A limited number of tickets for Clarkson’s previously announced concerts are on sale now. 

Clarkson announced her Studio Sessions residency earlier this year but abruptly postponed the run’s first few shows hours before opening night, July 4. In an Instagram post, Clarkson said preparing for the shows had “taken a toll” on her voice, and that she needed to rest to prevent “doing serious damage.” 

Clarkson did return the following weekend as planned and performed eight gigs at the Colosseum, but then had to step away again in early August after revealing that her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, was ill. Blackstock died on Aug. 7, with the cause later revealed to be melanoma, a type of skin cancer. 

In the months after Blackstock’s death, Clarkson kept a low profile but has steadily returned to the public eye. In late September, she returned to her daytime talk show, opening the episode with a cover of the Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights.” She’s set to return to the stage later this week, Nov. 7, for the first of four previously scheduled Studio Sessions shows. The other gigs will take place Nov. 8, 14, and 15. 

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2026 Sick New World Festivals in Las Vegas and Forth Worth: Lineups
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2026 Sick New World Festivals in Las Vegas and Forth Worth: Lineups

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After a 2025 edition was called off six months to go , the Sick New World festival will be back in 2026 with two huge one-day concerts in Las Vegas and Fort Worth, Texas, with System of a Down headlining both events.

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The Vegas show will take place on April 25 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, and in addition to SOAD, the show will feature Korn, Bring Me the Horizon, Ministry, AFI, Evanescence, Acid Bath, Underoath, Coal Chamber, Knocked Loose, Cypress Hill, KMFDM, the Melvins, Filter, Clutch, Danny Elfman, Marilyn Manson and others.

Fans can sign up now for a pre-sale for the Vegas date that kicks off on Thursday (Oct. 23) at 10 a.m. PT.

The Forth Worth show will take place at Texas Motor Speedway on Oct. 24 with SOAD at the top of the bill, along with Deftones, Slayer — celebrating 40 years of Reign in Blood — Evanescence, Ministry, AFI, Underoath, The Prodigy, Mastodon, Knocked Loose, Power Trip, Down, Melvins, Orgy, Filter, Kittie, Snot, P.O.D. and many more.

Fans can sign up now for a pre-sale that starts on Friday (Oct. 24) at 10 a.m. CT.

Sick New World debuted in 2023 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds with SOAD as its headliner along with fellow hard rockers Korn, Deftones and Incubus and a similar mix of metal, industrial, hardcore and goth rock. It returned the next year with SOAD again at the top, joined by Alice in Chains, A Perfect Circle, Swans, Primus, Code Orange and Knock Loose, among others.

The 2025 edition, which was to feature Metallica and Linkin Park, was slated to take place in April of that year, but was cancelled in Nov. 2024 due to “unforeseen circumstances.”

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Billboard’s Live Music Summit will be held in Los Angeles on Nov. 3. For tickets and more information click here.



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No Doubt Announce 2026 Las Vegas Sphere Residency
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No Doubt Announce 2026 Las Vegas Sphere Residency

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No Doubt have announced a 2026 residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada, complete with throwback photos splashed across the building’s outer dome. The ska-pop band will headline six nights at the venue in May, marking their first extended run of shows in nearly 14 years. Check out their full list of upcoming tour dates below.

“The opportunity to create a show at Sphere excites me in a new way,” Gwen Stefani said in a press release. “The venue is unique and modern and it opens up a whole new visual palette for us to be creative. Doing it with No Doubt feels like going back in time to relive our history, while also creating something new in a way we never could have imagined.”

“I can’t wait to get on stage again with my bandmates,” added bassist Tony Kanal. “There is a beautiful energy that happens when we play together, an electricity I have felt through all of our years. To be able to leave it all on the table each night and take our fans on the insane journey that is Sphere is beyond our wildest dreams.”

Apart from their 2024 Coachella reunion, the last time No Doubt performed a string of shows was at their Seven Night Stand run in Los Angeles in 2012. They followed that with sporadic reunion gigs in 2014 and 2015.

Today’s announcement falls on the 30th anniversary of Tragic Kingdom, the band’s seminal album from 1995 featuring “Just a Girl,” “Don’t Speak,” and many more hits. Revisit Jill Mapes’ Sunday Review of the LP.

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How Diane Keaton Campaigned to Preserve LA's Architectural History
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How Diane Keaton Campaigned to Preserve LA’s Architectural History

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On a brisk February evening in 2006, around a hundred people gathered in the venerable Koreatown watering hole HMS Bounty to pay their last respects to Los Angeles’ historic Ambassador Hotel. Despite the best efforts of the Los Angeles Conservancy, the Ambassador had been torn down — and among the speakers decrying the fate of the legendary institution that evening was Diane Keaton.

Keaton, who died Saturday at 79, is of course known the world over for her on-screen credits, from “Annie Hall” to “The Godfather,” “Father of the Bride” and so much more. But in Los Angeles, she was also known for her passionate work in trying to preserve the city’s history. Keaton spent nearly two decades on the board of the L.A. Conservancy, and lent her voice to the org in countless campaigns to save some of the city’s historic and culturally significant homes and buildings.

“The more I got to know her, the more I understood where that passion came from,” said former L.A. Conservancy president Linda Dishman, who retired after 31 years with the org in 2023. “A lot of that came from her family and growing up in Los Angeles. Really having a connection to the stories and places that make L.A. the city that it is. She had a very genuine passion for historic preservation, not only for the buildings or the cultural landscapes, but for what they mean to people and what they would mean in the future. She definitely got the relationship with how we’re doing this for future generations.”

Keaton first became involved through her interest in historic homes — one of which, built by famed architect Lloyd Wright, she called her own. Her association with the group started when she was curious about the Spanish house owned by one of the Conservancy board members — but soon she got deeply involved with the org, speaking at one of its benefits and then joining its board.

“She was just charming, and it was great being with her, because we shared a passion for historic places,” Dishman said. “Houses were her first interest, and she bought historic houses and restored them, like the Lloyd Wright. But she very much cared about the whole architectural landscaoem and so the fight that she probably was most engaged with, because it took so long, was the Ambassador Hotel.”

Designed by architect Myron Hunt, the Ambassador Hotel opened in 1921 — back when that portion of mid-Wilshire was the outskirts of town — and soon became the glamorous playground of the rich and famous. Later, architect Paul Williams added his own touch, including a famous coffee shop, and then the Cocoanut Grove nightclub really put it on the map. The hotel saw every president visit from Hoover to Nixon — but then was the scene of Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1968. The hotel declined from there, and finally shut down in 1989. After that, it became a regular location for film and TV shoots; the LA Unified School District bought the site in 2001, and after a lengthy fight with the Conservancy, which hoped to see the existing structure be adapted into the school, LAUSD was allowed to tear it down in 2005. (The Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools now sit on the property.)

“The Ambassador told so many stories about the history of Hollywood in Los Angeles that she she just was extremely passionate about,” Dishman said. “Not only about its history, but about what it could become — because that was a large part of the Conservancy’s work. Trying to show the school district that the building could become a really great learning facility. She really thought this would be a great solution.”

At the 2006 wake, Keaton expressed her disappointment (watch it here): “I wanted to join in with everyone from the Conservancy and express my heartfelt regret that our effort to save the Ambassador Hotel was lost on a confused public who could do nothing more than shrug their shoulders in apathy,” she said. “Looking at the shadow of our once glorious Ambassador Hotel, like losing a lover, I felt that familiar pounding heartbeat racing through my body, and I felt the loneliness of her last stand. I heard an echo, an echo, and maybe it was the echo of the ambassador calling me. It was almost as if she was saying to me, she was saying, ‘goodbye, Diane, Keep me in your heart, and next time, try harder.’”

At the Conservancy, Keaton did continue to work hard: Dishman noted that the star was forever allowing the org to use her name to get its foot in the door. “This is LA and sometimes it can be hard to get a meeting with an elected official, but I say I’m calling instead of a meeting, ‘Diane Keaton would like to meet with your boss’ or whatever, and people would always say yes. Even if they didn’t agree with us. Everybody wanted to meet with Diane, and even at the end of the meeting, they might not have changed their position. I think she opened the door, and it might not have saved the Ambassador, but hopefully it changed how they view preservation on another issue. She was very open with me about ‘use my name. If you want a meeting, you call and get it, and I’ll be there.’ She was willing to go the extra mile and not just do the easy stuff.

“She had a way of speaking to people about preservation,” Dishman added. “She wasn’t pompous. She just was very direct, and had so much passion that everybody wanted to come along with her.”

Among other projects, Keaton also celebrated the preservation and restoration of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House, which she loved had some similarities to her Lloyd Wright house.

‘She always came to our benefits,” Dishman said. “She loved success stories, like this building was threatened and it gets saved. She loved the Preservation Awards. She also got involved with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She was on their board for three years. Just seeing, like at an airport in New Orleans, how people responded to her, was really a testament to who she was and how people loved her.”

A few years after the Ambassador wake, a fired-up Keaton wrote more about it — and the lessons she learned from that disappointment — in a Los Angeles Times editorial: “We’ve treated old buildings like we once treated plastic shopping bags — we haven’t reused them, and when we’ve finished with them, we’ve tossed them out. This has to stop. Preservation must stand alongside conservation as an equal force in the sustainability game. More older and historic buildings have to be protected from demolition, not only because it affects our pocketbooks but more important because it threatens our environment. Let’s face it, our free ride at the expense of the planet is over… When we tear down a building, we are wiping out lessons for the future. If we think of it that way, we will begin to understand the emotional impact of wasting the energy and resources used to build it in the first place.”

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No Doubt to Headline Las Vegas Sphere
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No Doubt to Headline Las Vegas Sphere

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The Gwen Stefani-led band will play a run of six shows in 2026 at the iconic venue

No Doubt is Vegas bound. Gwen Stefani will reunite with her band for six shows at the Sphere in Las Vegas, according to multiple reports.

The group’s residency is slated for May to June 2026, according to TMZ, which first reported the news. Since opening in 2023, the 17,600-seat arena has featured performances from U2, Dead & Company, the Eagles, the Backstreet Boys, and more. Stefani will be the first woman to headline the iconic venue.

Since No Doubt’s split in 2015, the band has only reunited twice since then. In January, the Orange County natives performed at FireAid in Los Angeles, opening with their massive 1995 hit “Just a Girl,” and following it with a performance of “Don’t Speak” and their traditional set closer “Spiderwebs.” The benefit raised funds for victims of the devastating Pacific Palisades fire.

Last year, No Doubt took the stage for the first time in over a decade to perform a special set at Coachella and were joined by Olivia Rodrigo. They haven’t released an album of new material since 2012’s Push and Shove, which Stefani previously discussed during an interview with Fault magazine in 2023.

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“I feel that record was where No Doubt was most confused,” the frontwoman said at the time. “We just had come back together, and we wanted to do it so badly, but for me, I was completely depleted from my world tour and giving birth. So many things had happened and then we tried to write that record…When you work with No Doubt, it’s almost like you have to have somebody that’s just there to make everybody happy so that everybody can have their little piece. It was a lot. That was a struggle, that record. But I’m happy that someone listened to it.”

Stefani recently surprised fans during Dua Lipa’s fourth sold-out Radical Optimism tour stop in Los Angeles on Wednesday night, and joined the “Houdini” singer for a performance of No Doubt‘s “Don’t Speak.”

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No Doubt Sets Las Vegas Sphere Residency
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No Doubt Sets Las Vegas Sphere Residency

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Gwen Stefani might dream of a “Simple Kind of Life,” but she recently agreed to a monumentally huge opportunity, which will make her the first woman to headline the MSG-owned Sphere in Las Vegas.

Billboard can confirm that Stefani will reunite with her band No Doubt to play a run of six shows at the iconic arena visible from the famed Las Vegas Strip. First reported by TMZ, the booking will make Stefani the first woman to headline the 17,600-seat arena, which has hosted concerts from U2, Dead & Company, Eagles, Backstreet Boys and more since opening in late 2023.

The concerts are scheduled to take place some time in 2026; the building’s event calendar is booked up mostly through mid-April with concerts by Zac Brown Band, Eagles, Backstreet Boys and Illenium.

No Doubt has only performed twice since breaking up in 2015, most recently at the 2025 FireAid benefit concert in January, when they played a medley of hits from the band’s Tragic Kingdom album to help raise funds for victims of the deadly Pacific Palisades fire. Prior to that, the band reunited for two performances at Coachella in 2024, where they delivered an energetic 80-minute set spanning fan favorites like “Just a Girl,” “Don’t Speak” and “Hella Good” and including a guest appearance by Olivia Rodrigo on “Bathwater.”

No Doubt emerged from Anaheim, California’s ska and punk scene in 1986, eventually becoming one of the defining pop-rock bands of the 1990s. Their breakthrough album, Tragic Kingdom, topped the Billboard 200 for nine consecutive weeks, catapulting the group to global fame. Over the course of six studio albums, No Doubt earned two Grammy Awards and nine nominations, including recognition for Tragic Kingdom in the best rock album category and “Don’t Speak” as best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals. After nearly three decades together, the band went on hiatus in the mid-2010s as Stefani pursued a successful solo career, beginning with her 2004 debut album Love. Angel. Music. Baby and the four-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Hollaback Girl.”

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No Doubt to Headline Las Vegas' Sphere in 2026: Report
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No Doubt to Headline Las Vegas’ Sphere in 2026: Report

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No Doubt are heading to the Sphere. The Gwen Stefani-led band will headline the futuristic Las Vegas venue in 2026, according to a report from TMZ.

While no exact dates have been revealed, TMZ has learned that the six-show residency will take place in May and June. No Doubt have not made any official announcements, but the band did post a career-retrospective video teaser on its social media pages on Thursday. An accompanying message urges fans to sign up for news by leaving their email at the band’s website.

If confirmed, No Doubt would be the first female-led rock band to play the Sphere, which has hosted concerts by the likes of U2, the Eagles, the Backstreet Boys, Dead & Company, and Phish, among others.

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No Doubt performed for the first time in more than a decade at the 2024 Coachella festival. They followed that up with a set at the FireAid benefit in January of this year, but have not announced any shows since then.

This is a developing story…

 

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Paul McCartney "Got Back" Tour in Las Vegas: Review
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Paul McCartney “Got Back” Tour in Las Vegas: Review

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The past feels very present for Paul McCartney — at least in the way he talked on stage about those he’s lost during the Las Vegas stop on his “Got Back” tour. “Let’s hear it for John,” he said the first time he mentioned the late John Lennon, like Lennon was waiting in the wings, about to come out and duet with him. “Let’s hear it for George” came as he swapped a guitar for the ukulele George Harrison once gave him, which he then used to plink out a stripped-down version of “Something.”

That ukulele performance of “Something” represented one of the few quiet moments of the show, as McCartney’s goal was to keep the crowd on its feet for, as he proclaimed early on, “the biggest party in Vegas.” It perhaps wasn’t quite as raucous as that (perhaps because the crowd demographic leaned heavily towards people who were calling my 40-something ass “young lady”), but McCartney without question delivered a great two-and-a-half-hour hang without a single break in the music.

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The October 4th, 2025 show at Allegiant Stadium blasted open with the nuclear-powered energy of “Help!” — notable given that the “Got Back” tour is the first time McCartney’s performed the song live in 35 years — and it’s hard to imagine a better way to get a crowd on its feat and ready to dance. From there, McCartney promised that the setlist for the evening would include “some old ones, some new ones, and some in between.” That said, his definition of “new” proved a bit loose just a few minutes later, when he launched into “Come On to Me,” released in 2018. “Relatively new,” he said wryly. “It’s new enough.”

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However, considering the full scope of the 83-year-old’s career, 2018 is new enough. And lest one forget just how long McCartney’s been rocking, he leaned hard into the early days by going even further back than his time with The Beatles for The Quarrymen’s “In Spite of All the Danger.” Before it began, he took a moment to remember those early days in Liverpool, being a young man with his mates recording their very first song. “They did quite well for themselves,” he said with all the earned smugness in the world.

After “All the Danger” came The Beatles’ first track for EMI (that’s the way McCartney introduced it), “Love Me Do,” which remains the same burst of pop sunshine it’s been since 1962. Otherwise, vibe rather than chronology really drove the song order, with the show hitting its most melancholy moments with an elegant rendition of “Blackbird.” For that track, McCartney rose up on an elevated platform that put the full focus on him and his guitar (the band largely taking a break otherwise). It was one of several subtle choices in the stage design that kept the action dynamic without distracting from the music.

Then, McCartney shifted to “Here Today,” the song he wrote for Lennon after Lennon’s death, musing about how hard it is to say “I love you” to your friends. At which point, acknowledging that “now that we’ve plunged the mood to zero,” he performed the “newest” song of the night, “Now and Then.” He concluded with a note of gratitude: “Thank you, John, for writing that beautiful song.”

After that, though, the vibe shifted as McCartney banged out “Lady Madonna” at a technicolor upright piano, followed by a switch to guitar and the exuberant Wings song “Jet.” Other Wings songs featured during the night included “Let ‘Em In,” “Band on the Run,” and of course “Live and Let Die,” which was accompanied by enough pyro effects to put a WWE main event to shame. The literal fireworks being set off on the stadium stage were so loud, in fact, that McCartney literally crouched down and covered his ears for the final blast.

Following “Live and Let Die,” with the smell of gunpowder still in the air, McCartney launched into “Hey Jude” as the pre-encore closer. One really can’t prepare oneself for the experience of hearing an entire damn stadium sing “na-na-na-na” in unison, led by the man who gave us that gift of a song.

McCartney kept engaged with the audience throughout, with the occasional pause to check in with the crowd: At one point, he took a beat to read out some of the signs being held up, people cheering for someone attending their 122nd show. To the person whose sign asked him to autograph “my butt,” he quite fairly said, “No… that’s pushing it.” And he shared a smile of delight with the fan whose sign said I Was at Shea Stadium. His cheery reply: “So was I!”

The backing band knew the assignment and played with world-class skill without drawing focus: Guitarist Brian Ray had some quality solos, and you could tell that drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. was having a fantastic time, a huge grin on his face as he used his drumstick to conduct the audience sing-along on “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five.”

They helped ensure that there was a real sense of play throughout the night, such as the way McCartney ended “Let Me Roll It” with an impromptu cover of “Foxy Lady,” a tribute to “the late, great Jimi Hendrix,” who McCartney recalled seeing perform live in London very early in his career, in a small club. There were only a few people at that early Hendrix show, McCartney said, but a few nights later, when Hendrix played again, word had spread and the place was packed. As for McCartney himself, it’s a bit sad to note that his vocal abilities have not aged as well as one might have hoped. Yet that becomes a secondary concern after watching him bring the enthusiasm of a 20-year-old country star to a twangy rendition of “I’ve Just Seen a Face.”

McCartney kicked off the encore with “I’ve Got a Feeling,” which he performed as a duet using the recently remastered footage of Lennon from Peter Jackson’s Get Back. “I like that song,” he said simply when it was over, “because I get to sing with John again.”

Lennon and Harrison may be gone. But perhaps the reason McCartney speaks about them like they’re still here is simple: For him they’re still alive, through the music they once made together. The music that will outlive us all.

Setlist:

Help! (The Beatles song)
Coming Up
Got to Get You Into My Life (The Beatles song)
Drive My Car (The Beatles song)
Letting Go (Wings song)
Come On to Me
Let Me Roll It (Wings song)
Getting Better (The Beatles song)
Let ‘Em In (Wings song)
My Valentine
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five (Wings song)
Maybe I’m Amazed
I’ve Just Seen a Face (The Beatles song)
In Spite of All the Danger (The Quarrymen song)
Love Me Do (The Beatles song)
Dance Tonight
Blackbird (The Beatles song)
Here Today
Now and Then (The Beatles song)
Lady Madonna (The Beatles song)
Jet (Wings song)
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (The Beatles song)
Something (The Beatles song)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (The Beatles song)
Band on the Run (Wings song)
Get Back (The Beatles song)
Let It Be (The Beatles song)
Live and Let Die (Wings song)
Hey Jude (The Beatles song)

Encore:
I’ve Got a Feeling (The Beatles song)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (The Beatles song)
Helter Skelter (The Beatles song)
Golden Slumbers (The Beatles song)
Carry That Weight (The Beatles song)
The End (The Beatles song)

Paul McCartney 2025 Tour Dates:
10/04 – Las Vegas, NV @ Allegiant Stadium [Buy Tickets]
10/07 – Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater [Buy Tickets]
10/11 – Denver, CO @ Coors Field [Buy Tickets]
10/14 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena [Buy Tickets]
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10/22 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center [Buy Tickets]
10/25 – San Antonio, TX @ Alamodome [Buy Tickets]
10/29 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center [Buy Tickets]
11/03 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena [Buy Tickets]
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11/17 – Montreal, QC @ Centre Bell [Buy Tickets]
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11/21 – Hamilton, ON @ Hamilton Arena [Buy Tickets]
11/24 – Chicago, IL @ United Center [Buy Tickets]
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Dolly Parton Postpones Las Vegas Residency Due to Health Challenges
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Dolly Parton Postpones Las Vegas Residency Due to Health Challenges

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Dolly Parton has postponed her upcoming Las Vegas residency due to ongoing health issues.

In a statement posted to social media on Sunday night, the 79-year-old country music legend shared that she’s “been dealing with some health challenges, and my doctors tell me that I must have a few procedures. As I joked with them, it must be time for my 100,000-mile check-up, although it’s not the usual trip to see my plastic surgeon!”

“In all seriousness, given this, I am not going to be able to rehearse and put together the show that I want you to see, and the show that you deserve to see,” Parton added. “You pay good money to see me perform, and I want to be at my best for you.”

“While I’ll still be able to work on all of my projects from here in Nashville, I just need a little time to get show ready, as they say. And don’t worry about me quittin’ the business because God hasn’t said anything about stopping yet. But, I believe He is telling me to slow down right now so I can be ready for more big adventures with all of you.”

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Parton’s “Dolly: Live in Las Vegas” residency was to take place at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in early December. The rescheduled dates are set for September 2026. All tickets will be honored for the new dates, with refunds also available. Additional instructions will be emailed to purchasers.

Dolly: Live in Las Vegas:
09/17/2026 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
09/19/2026 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
09/20/2026 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
09/23/2026 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
09/25/2026 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
09/26/2026 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Colosseum at Caesars Palace

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Laufey’s Opening Night Show at LA’s Crypto.com Arena: Best Moments
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Laufey’s Opening Night Show at LA’s Crypto.com Arena: Best Moments

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Laufey opened a two-night stand at Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles on Friday (Sept. 26) with a show that captured her unique place in pop — her music is rooted in jazz, but her concert has pop-superstar production values.

The A Matter of Time Tour, the Icelandic singer-songwriter’s third tour and her first that consists entirely of arena dates, began on Sept. 15 in Orlando. It will conclude in Kópavogur, Iceland, on March 15, 2026.

Laufey (it’s pronounced LAY-vay, for those still catching up to her) won a Grammy for best traditional pop vocal album in 2024 for her sophomore album, Bewitched, and she could be headed for another win in that category on Feb. 1 for her third album, A Matter of Time. The album entered the Billboard 200 at No. 4. It has topped Billboard’s Jazz Albums chart for the past four weeks. (Bewitched logged 102 weeks at No. 1 on that chart.)

For all she has achieved, you have the sense that, Laufey, just 26, is still climbing. She has some big looks upcoming. She may well land a performance slot on the Grammy telecast – it would be her first star turn on Music’s Biggest Night. (She performed “From the Start,” a song from Bewitched, on the 2024 Premiere Ceremony, which is streaming-only, and backed Billy Joel during his show-closing performance on that year’s telecast. Also, she is set to play the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival on Apr 19. She has said she would like to record a James Bond theme song, which seems inevitable, which could bring in a performance on the Oscar telecast.  Are we getting ahead of ourselves? Perhaps, but it’s pretty clear to see the career path she’s on.

Laufey didn’t get where she is by thinking small. In 2023, she told RUSSH that Taylor Swift is her favorite current artist. The reason she gave for that choice spoke to her ambitions: “She has done for pop and country what I hope to do for jazz. She has managed to unite people across the world which is one of my main goals as a musician.”

Laufey’s choice of opening act for her tour’s North American leg — English pop/rock artist Suki Waterhouse — also spoke to her pop ambitions.

In 2022, when Laufey first headlined in L.A., she played the legendary but comparatively tiny Troubadour. Her growth since then can be seen in her bookings: In November 2023, she played two nights at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel. On her return in August 2024, she played the Hollywood Bowl. This time, it was a sold-out, two-night stand at Crypto.

Here are the six best moments from Laufey’s opening night show at Crypto.com Arena.

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