Yesterday, February 5, Blake Shelton opened his Las Vegas residency with a sold-out concert at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace and he performed 20+ songs during 90 minutes. Blake said that the residency is a big deal for him. Check out an article from People Magazine below:
Blake Shelton is finding a home in the neon light of Las Vegas.
On Feb. 5, the country superstar kicked off his Las Vegas residency show at Caesars Palace’s Colosseum, and he wasted no time, coming on stage to “Pour Me a Drink,” his song with Post Malone.
“This is a big deal for me. This is the first night of my very first residency anywhere. It just happens to be at Caesars. That’s pretty cool,” he told the crowd of 4,300.
“I’ve been coming to Las Vegas for a long, long time, so I know what my job is here tonight. I know what we’re all doing here,” added Shelton. “We’re here to make memories that we’re going to pretend like we don’t remember, and my job tonight is to provide a soundtrack for your trip to Las Vegas.”
The 90-minute show was classic Shelton, as he rattled off hit after hit from his deep catalog, sipped booze from a plastic black cup on stage and often bantered with the crowd. During one moment, he noticed a fan’s custom-made t-shirt that said: “Still not a Swiftie. I’m a Sheltie.”
“That’s gonna be a YouTube moment. That’s gonna be on social media,” he said after reading the shirt’s message out loud. “Taylor Swift’s gonna have me killed.”
Still, Shelton brought the crowd alive while energetically playing newer songs, such as “Texas,” but he also thrilled the crowd with classics, such as “Austin,” “Some Beach” and “Home.” He also delved into several duets with his wife, Gwen Stefani, who harmonized with her husband in a prerecorded video on an oversized screen behind him.
“This is too much fun to be work,” he said later in the show. “There’s some kind of added pressure when you do Las Vegas, like everybody is waiting for the trapeze people or some dancers to come down.”
By the end of the evening, Shelton was flying high from his no-frills, all-substance concert, telling the crowd it was a night he’ll “never forget.”
While the six-show run is a long time coming, Shelton recently joked that he has to use the word “residency” delicately around Stefani, who had a three-year residency show in Vegas from 2018 to 2021. In total, she performed her Just a Girl show 57 times.
Check out some photos from the concert:
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Check out videos:
Blake Shelton talking to the crowd at the opening night of his Las Vegas' residency at Caesars Palace (February 5, 2025). pic.twitter.com/65B3trXqYP
— Blake Shelton Fan (@blakesheltonus) February 6, 2025
Blake Shelton performing 'I’ll Name the Dogs' at the opening night of his residency in LAs Vegas, at Caesars Palace (February 5, 2025). pic.twitter.com/fnXETwQ9rg
— Blake Shelton Fan (@blakesheltonus) February 6, 2025
More videos of Blake Shelton performing 'I’ll Name the Dogs' at the opening night of his residency in Las Vegas, at Caesars Palace (February 5, 2025). pic.twitter.com/PdyRVxCaUp
— Blake Shelton Fan (@blakesheltonus) February 6, 2025
Blake Shelton performing 'Sangria' at the opening night of his residency in LAs Vegas, at Caesars Palace (February 5, 2025). pic.twitter.com/MtUKdOGAAE
— Blake Shelton Fan (@blakesheltonus) February 6, 2025
Another video of Blake Shelton performing 'Sangria' at the opening night of his residency in Las Vegas, at Caesars Palace (February 5, 2025). pic.twitter.com/GRSTf2WdEm
— Blake Shelton Fan (@blakesheltonus) February 6, 2025
Blake Shelton performing 'Pour Me a Drink' at the opening night of his residency in LAs Vegas, at Caesars Palace (February 5, 2025). pic.twitter.com/vaX5tzZa0R
— Blake Shelton Fan (@blakesheltonus) February 6, 2025
Blake Shelton performing 'Ol' Red' at the opening night of his residency in LAs Vegas, at Caesars Palace (February 5, 2025). pic.twitter.com/uMJtr5uCUV
— Blake Shelton Fan (@blakesheltonus) February 6, 2025
Another video of Blake Shelton performing 'Ol' Red' at the opening night of his residency in LAs Vegas, at Caesars Palace (February 5, 2025). pic.twitter.com/piMeNhN1PS
— Blake Shelton Fan (@blakesheltonus) February 6, 2025
Blake Shelton performing 'Texas' at the opening night of his residency in Las Vegas, at Caesars Palace (February 5, 2025). pic.twitter.com/PSv4xf888I
— Blake Shelton Fan (@blakesheltonus) February 6, 2025
Blake Shelton performing 'Austin' at the opening night of his residency in Las Vegas, at Caesars Palace (February 5, 2025). pic.twitter.com/u1za224rUA
— Blake Shelton Fan (@blakesheltonus) February 6, 2025
Blake Shelton performing 'Neon Light' at the opening night of his residency in Las Vegas, at Caesars Palace (February 5, 2025). pic.twitter.com/EwoHhHXfCW
— Blake Shelton Fan (@blakesheltonus) February 6, 2025
Another video of Blake Shelton performing 'Nobody But You' at the opening night of his residency in Las Vegas, at Caesars Palace (February 5, 2025). pic.twitter.com/d4kmEEkA6G
— Blake Shelton Fan (@blakesheltonus) February 6, 2025
Today, Blake Shelton announced on his social media (X and Instagram), that he is going to host Grand Ole Opry 100th anniversary special on NBC on March 19th. Check out his publication:
On March 19, NBC will air “Opry 100: A Live Celebration” in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry. Blake Shelton will host the special live from the iconic country music venue.
Along with Shelton, the special will feature performances from Opry members Ashley McBryde, Brad Paisley, Carly Pearce, Carrie Underwood, Clint Black, Dierks Bentley, Garth Brooks, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Luke Combs, Marty Stuart, Reba McEntire, Trace Adkins, Trisha Yearwood and Vince Gill, as well as a special appearance from Randy Travis. Opry “fan favorites” including Amy Grant, Eric Church, Jelly Roll and the War and Treaty will also perform, with more Opry members and guests yet to be announced.
The special will be telecast from two locations — the Grand Ole Opry House that has been home to the weekly broadcasts since 1974, and Nashville’s venerable “Mother Church,” the Ryman Auditorium, which hosted the show for decades prior to that and still hosts the Opry for a handful of dates each winter.
Tickets for the Opry House and Ryman performances go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. CT, with presales for Opry subscribers beginning Thursday at 10, both at http://www.opry.com.
Baz Halpin, Mark Bracco and Linda Gierahn will executive produce the special for Silent House Productions, with R.A. Clark and Steve Buchanan also executive producing.
“Becoming a member of the Opry is a highlight of my life and career, and 15 years later I still get that same feeling of reverence and excitement every time I walk out on that stage,” Shelton said. “The Grand Ole Opry has been connecting the country music family for 100 years, and I’m so proud to be part of this historic celebration.”
“We’re pleased to partner with our Grand Ole Opry members to create a truly unforgettable evening as we kick off the Opry’s 100th year,” said Opry Entertainment Group CEO Patrick Moore. “This special night of programming will connect millions of country music fans to the magic of the Opry, and we hope it inspires them to join us in Nashville as we celebrate this milestone all year long.”
“It’s a true privilege to be a part of celebrating 100 years of the Grand Ole Opry, an iconic stage that has welcomed so many legendary artists who’ve shaped the heart of country music,” said Bracco, who serves as Silent House Productions’ president. “We’re humbled and honored to help bring this historic moment to life, paying tribute to the voices and stories that have made the Opry an enduring symbol of musical history.”
Recently, Gwen Stefani shared somethings about her relationship with Blake Shelton to People. She talked about the begining of their relationship, their bond in music and more. Check it out:
Gwen Stefani is looking back on her love story with Blake Shelton.
The pop icon, 55, and the country superstar, 48, first got together in 2015, when they were working as coaches on The Voice — and they each weathering divorces after splitting from Gavin Rossdale and Miranda Lambert, respectively.
At the time, Stefani — who shares sons Kingston, 18, Zuma, 16, and Apollo, 10, with ex Rossdale — was hesitant to dive into another relationship, despite her feelings for Shelton.
“We had just met, and it was chaos. Both of our lives were in complete turmoil, all over the ground. Nothing could save us at that point,” Stefani tells PEOPLE. “There was a point where I was like, ‘I can’t even talk to you. This is insane. I already have enough problems. This is not happening anymore. We’re not going to text or nothing.'”
Undeterred, Shelton eventually wooed Stefani back — with music.
“I think he really wanted to impress me, because he doesn’t really write songs as much as he used to. And I love writing songs. That’s everything to me. If I want to feel like I have any kind of purpose or any kind of value or anything, it’s about writing a song. That’s where I get my fulfillment,” she says.
Shelton then began writing what would become “Go Ahead and Break My Heart,” a country duet he and Stefani released in 2016.
“He sent it to me, and it was a half-written song. He was like, ‘Help me finish this.’ So I wrote him the verse back — the second verse on the song — and it’s just over text,” she says. “That was our first song that we ever wrote together. We were never even in the same room, but we were writing a song to each other.”
These days, Stefani and Shelton are partners in life, as well as duets. The pair got married in 2021.
“Something that I wanted since I was a little girl is to be married and have this love that I saw my parents have and have babies. That dream was completely ruined; it was crushed, and I had to figure out how I was going to move forward and make a new dream,” she says, “and God putting Blake in my life was just that miracle.”
Over the past nine years, the pair have also worked on several more songs together, including “Purple Irises,” which appears on Stefani’s new album Bouquet (out now).
“We come from such different worlds. Our musical tastes are different, yet we do come together in this one place: We both love ’70s soft rock and yacht rock,” she says, adding that when they got together: “We would always play this game, and we would put on a song and say, ‘Do you know this one?’ And it would always be these ’70s songs.”
Their shared love of yacht rock ended up inspiring “Purple Irises,” a romantic song about Shelton that became a duet and informed the direction of Bouquet as a whole.
“He loved the song so much, he was like, ‘Save that one,'” she recalls.
Blake Shelton made an appearance on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ yesterday, November 20, to promote her new single, ‘Texas’. He also gave an interview, check out the videos below:
He also was spotted at the studios doing a soundcheck with his band before the performance:
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Check out the photos from the performance too:
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Yesterday, November 19, Blake Shelton attended the BMI Country Awards in Nashville and he paid a tribute to Randy Owen (Alabama) with the song ‘Mountain Music’. Check out the pictures below:
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Blake also attended his label pre-CMA Award party after the BMI Country Awards, check out the content below:
Home > Public Appearances > 2024 > Nov 19 – BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville Pre-CMA Awards Party
"I'm gonna try country music again."
More videos and one picture of Blake Shelton during BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville pre-CMA Awards Party (November 19, 2024). pic.twitter.com/zga71wQFYb
— Blake Shelton Fan (@blakesheltonus) November 20, 2024
Blake Shelton with a fan in Nashville outside the BMI Country Awards (November 19, 2024). pic.twitter.com/1vs3M5v9v2
— Blake Shelton Fan (@blakesheltonus) November 20, 2024
Blake Shelton during BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville pre-CMA Awards Party (November 19, 2024). pic.twitter.com/zV5zRTCFhX
— Blake Shelton Fan (@blakesheltonus) November 20, 2024