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New Kids On The Block: A Las Vegas Residency

Author Aimee Thomas

It’s official!!! New Kids on the Block are heading to Vegas baby! In 2025 the boy band that I had posters of all over my room is bringing their energy and nostalgia to the Las Vegas Strip with a residency at the Zappos Theater starting June 20th. The show is called The Right Stuff, and it promises to be an unforgettable celebration of New Kids on the Block’s biggest hits, and everyone my age is already losing it! Tickets go on sale starting September 27th, so mark your calendars y’all! 

This residency is a dream come true for longtime fans. New Kids I bet will craft a setlist that will be just so amazing with old songs from the our past and new ones from today. But what songs must make the cut for their Vegas run? Here are a few I think are musts. 

“The Right Stuff”

The show shares its name with one of the band’s most iconic songs, so there’s no question that “The Right Stuff” will be a major highlight of the performance. 

“Step by Step”

No NKOTB show would be complete without “Step by Step.” AM I right? It’s one of their biggest chart-toppers. The perfect mix of great hooks that everyone knows and that signature dance moves. I’m sure the entire venue will be standing dancing and singing every word. 

“Hangin’ Tough”

When it comes to New Kids on the Block anthems, “Hangin’ Tough” is one of their boldest and most memorable. This high-energy, stadium-ready track will have fans clapping along to its beat, with NKOTB showing off the swagger that made them our teen idols in the first dang place. 

“Tonight”

I feel like this is a perfect fit for a Las Vegas setting. “Tonight” has a party vibe and I’m sure it will keep the energy of the show hype and exciting. 

I talk about it all the time residencies in Las Vegas just hit differently. Artists and bands love to come to Vegas they get to push limits and get creative with their sets. If you have been a fan of New Kids on the Block since the 80s or discovered them later in life this is going to be a must-see event! Can’t wait to get my tickets to a show… Or multiple! 

Aimee Thomas is the morning show co-host of Aimee + Shawn on 102.7 VGS. She has been VGS since the birth of the station in 2022 and has been with Beasley Media Group for nine years doing mornings at various stations in the cluster. Before working in radio Aimee was a bartender at a local restaurant in Las Vegas when a local radio veteran thought she would be perfect in radio because of her crazy stories, knowledge of pop culture, and contagious laugh. Aimee loves writing about new recipes she creates in her kitchen, her favorite artists and actors, and being a mom of two boys.

Top 5 Las Vegas Residencies That Made Millions

Las Vegas Residencies. They have been a thing since the very early days of Las Vegas. Although they really weren’t called that, until more recently.

Las Vegas Residencies Were The Norm Back In Early Days

Frank Sinatra, The Rat Pack, Don Rickles, Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Liberace. Comedians like Shecky Greene, Pat Cooper, and Rich Little. They all did weeks at a time, and then more weeks, in Las Vegas lounges, and what they called main rooms, or big rooms.

My own father’s group, The Gaylords (later, Gaylord & Holiday), worked weeks at a time in Las Vegas at The Dunes, The Sands, The Riviera, The Flamingo, and the now defunct Tropicana. That was commonplace in old Vegas in the 50’s and 60’s.

Las Vegas Welcomed Blockbuster Headliners In The 70’s And 80’s

The big headliners started working those main showrooms in the 70’s and 80’s. Tom Jones, Englebert, Elvis, Cher, Dolly, Kenny Rogers, Wayne Newton, George Carlin, Jay Leno.

They would do a weekend maybe every few months, if you were lucky, and that was it. So you had to get those tickets fast, or you might not see them again.

In the later 80′ early 90’s, the Las Vegas entertainment landscape started to change. Bigger, and newer names started playing Las Vegas.

The Concert Scene Begins in Las Vegas

The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, U2, REM, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Def Leppard, and Alanis. Concerts became the thing, And now, bigger rooms were being built, and filling with people.

The Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel was built. The House of Blues was built. The Aladdin Theater was built, and re-built. The Thomas and Mack Center. All doing concerts now, which was a little new to Las Vegas.

The Las Vegas Residency Is Back

The Las Vegas residency truly became a thing when the one and only, Celine Dion, began what would become a years long residency, at Caesars Palace.

Celine did two blockbuster residencies at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace and they were both a massive success. Her residency went on to solidify what is now a big thing in Las Vegas.

Although I still personally question whether you can call it a residency when it is broken up, and only a day or two is done every few weeks. But it is, and they are huge.

Here are the biggest money-making residencies Las Vegas has seen over the years.

  • 1. Celine Dion - A New Day: $565 Million

    Celine Dion – A New Day ran 2003 – 2007. The residency was at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, which was completely re-built for the show. The residency did over 700 shows, and Celine sang her biggest hits, as only she could. Including the beast, ‘My Heart Will Go On’, from Titanic. In total, the residency generated over $565.7 million in revenue.  

    5 Las Vegas Residencies That Made Millions

  • 2. Celine Dion - Celine: $352.7 Million

    This was Celine Dion’s second concert residency. Also at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. This one ran eight years from 2011 to 2019, generating over $352.7 million dollars. Celine performed almost 430 shows throughout this residency.  Between her two residencies, almost 1200 shows!

    5 Las Vegas Residencies That Made Millions

  • U2: Achtung Baby Live At The Sphere - $244 million

    The MSG Sphere opened in Las Vegas in September of 2023, with U2. It was a spectacular show, and event, that ran September – early March of 2023. 40 performances, over $244.5 million. U2’s played their biggest hits, including ‘With or Without You’, ‘Beautiful Day’ and ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’. 

    5 Las Vegas Residencies That Made Millions

  • Elton John: The Red Piano: $240 Million

    Also at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Elton John did 248 shows, in a five year run, that began in 2004. The show made $240 million. He began the “Million Dollar Piano” in 2011, and that ran through 2018.

    5 Las Vegas Residencies That Made Millions

     

  • Britney Spears: Piece Of Me: $170 Million

    Britney Spears began a residency at Planet Hollywood in 2013. Like Britney or not, it fired things up as far as residencies in Las Vegas went. Britney brought it! To the tune of over 170 million dollars. Because she’s Britney, bi***!

    5 Las Vegas Residencies That Made Millions

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