The estate of Las Vegas legends Siegfried & Roy comes to auction next month in Los Angeles. More than 500 personal items from the iconic headlining illusionist duo will be presented for two days of live sales via Bonhams on June 8-9, with all proceeds going to their personal charity, the SARMOTI Foundation. “Siegfried and Roy dreamed a life for themselves and then made it a reality, whether on stages around the world or their homes in Las Vegas,” said Helen Hall, director of pop culture at the Bonhams auction house. “This is a unique opportunity to acquire a little bit of magic from the life of these incredible entertainers and humanitarians.” Some of the highlighted items include blue satin stage costumes, an 18-karat gold tiger head pendant, a leopard spot-pattern Tiffany & Co. porcelain tea service and a Cloisonne metal turtle clock. For more information, visit bonhams.com.
Live Nation’s annual Concert Week starts today, May 4, offering $25 all-in tickets to more than 3,700 shows across North America, including tours and headlining residencies in Las Vegas. The sales event continues through May 10 at livenation.com/concertweek. Among the Vegas shows with discounted tickets available are Derek Hough at Venetian, John Legend or Shania Twain at Planet Hollywood, Aerosmith or the Jonas Brothers at Park MGM, and summer Strip concerts featuring Slipknot, the Black Keys, Machine Gun Kelly and more.
The hip-hop and pop-flavored “Boombox! A Vegas Residency on Shuffle” set to open at the Westgate International Theater on May 11 has been pushed back to an August 31 start date. No official announcement arrived from the resort or promoter, but Ticketmaster lists the original show schedule through May 22 as canceled, with tickets at $29 to $109 on sale from August through December. It’s unclear if the show’s announced lineup (CeeLo Green, Kid ‘N Play, Naughty by Nature’s Treach, J.J. Fad and Snap) will be intact in the future.
Australian pop icon Kylie Minogue has been spotted at “Absinthe” at Caesars Palace and at Lady Gaga’s “Jazz & Piano” at Park MGM in recent days. Is it a scouting mission? Could Minogue be the next Las Vegas Strip resident headliner, or perhaps lining up a special limited engagement?
That would be an exciting announcement, but here are the actual concert and live entertainment events announced this week in Las Vegas: Teyana Taylor’s farewell tour lands at the House of Blues on August 6; Chris Brown and Lil Baby are teaming up for the One of Them Ones tour and it will visit T-Mobile Arena on August 27; Actor and comedian Jeremy Piven will take the stage at the Red Rock Ballroom on September 9; Tom Jones, an iconic Vegas headliner who hasn’t been in town for years, will make his debut at Encore Theater at Wynn on October 7; Sarah Brightman will return to the Strip with three performances at Venetian Theatre on October 12, 14 and 15; and the legendary Earth, Wind & Fire will be back in Las Vegas for a seven-show engagement starting on October 26 at the Venetian Theatre.
Tickets are on sale now for the 34th annual Ribbon of Life production to benefit Golden Rainbow, set for the Legends in Concert Theater at the Tropicana on June 26. After a long hiatus during the pandemic, this highly anticipated fundraising show that always features plenty of world-class Vegas entertainers is back, and this year’s theme pays tribute to Grammy Award-winning songs. Tickets start at $45 and are available at goldenrainbow.org.