{"id":482822,"date":"2019-02-28T09:09:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T16:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=798797"},"modified":"2019-02-28T09:09:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T16:09:46","slug":"drake-details-additional-las-vegas-shows-as-part-of-new-wynn-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/drake-details-additional-las-vegas-shows-as-part-of-new-wynn-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Details Additional Las Vegas Shows as Part of New Wynn Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Drake<\/a> will perform five more shows in 2019 at the XS Nightclub as part of a multifaceted new partnership with Wynn Las Vegas<\/a>, Rolling Stone<\/em> has confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the fourth quarter of last year, we pursued a relationship with Drake and his management team to do something different in Las Vegas \u2014 not the traditional residency,\u201d says<\/span> Alex Cordova, Executive Vice President and Managing Partner of Nightlife for the venue.<\/span> \u201cA partnership will be the right word [for this relationship] because this isn\u2019t just about performing at the venue. This is more about how we bring Drake into the concept of Wynn Las Vegas. We\u2019re looking at all possible environments within the hotel and working with Drake and Drake\u2019s team to see exactly how he can lend assistance in curating these experiences.\u201d<\/span> The star\u2019s next two performances will take place on May 4th and May 18th. 2020 dates have not yet been announced.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rumors of Drake\u2019s long-term commitment to Las Vegas first emerged in January following a triumphant speech the star gave as he closed out a show at XS. \u201cWhen I came back, I thought it\u2019d be back at T-Mobile Arena \u2026 but I\u2019ll be back here at XS all year,\u201d Drake said, according<\/span> to the<\/span> Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/span><\/em><\/a>. \u201cYou\u2019ll have a lot of chances to see me.\u201d He later posted a picture of himself performing at the venue along with the caption \u201cnew home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Wynn declined to comment on rumors that Drake\u2019s deal with the venue was worth more than $10 million.<\/span><\/p>\n

For artists outside of electronic music, a Las Vegas performance run once seemed like the domain of past-their-commercial-prime acts. Singers like Shania Twain and Boyz II Men can set up shop for extended periods and revisit the million-selling standards they wrote 15 or 20 years previously.<\/span><\/p>\n

But that perception is rapidly changing. In December, Lady Gaga<\/span> started a residency<\/span><\/a> just as her single \u201cShallow\u201d was becoming culturally inescapable. Cardi B will also play<\/span> several shows in Las Vegas<\/span><\/a> in 2019; she has seven different hits on the Hot 100 this week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Still, Drake\u2019s decision to return to the Wynn might be considered surprising, since XS is considerably smaller than the arenas the rapper has enjoyed filling in recent years.<\/span> Pollstar<\/span><\/em> reported<\/span><\/a> that Drake\u2019s 2018 jaunt, the Aubrey and the Three Migos Tour, sold 678,410 tickets and pulled in $79 million in 2018. In New York City and Los Angeles, the star played seven shows apiece, a remarkable show of popularity in the two biggest cities in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

So it makes sense that luring the star to XS for a series of performances wasn\u2019t easy. \u201cI think there was a lot of apprehension from both sides,\u201d Cordova,<\/span> a nightlife veteran who worked at Pure Nightclub, Wet Republic and Hakkasan before joining Wynn,<\/span> says. \u201cWe wanted to make sure this wasn\u2019t related to other things that are happening across the strip. That was most important to his team and to our CEO. This can\u2019t just be about a show, about dates on a calendar. It has to be more important.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

To that end, Wynn promoted the up-close-and-personal aspects of performing at XS: Since the majority of Drake\u2019s fans have only ever seen the star from a distance in an arena, the ones with money to burn will now have an opportunity to watch Drake boast and serenade at close range. \u201cIt\u2019s going to redefine his performance,\u201d Cordova claims. \u201c[Drake\u2019s] team is extremely excited to provide something that their fans will not see going to an arena show.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to completely remove the DJ booth,\u201d he adds. \u201cOur artists perform in the round, so essentially, where the exterior and the interior space meets in the center, that\u2019s where the stage is going to be. So Drake is going to be able to perform for the intimate crowd of 1,800 [on one side] and also to [a crowd of around 3,000] on the other side.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For comparison\u2019s sake, a space like Madison Square Garden fits around 20,000. But according to Adel \u201cFuture\u201d Nur, who manages Drake, performance decisions are \u201c<\/span>not [just] about reach.\u201d \u201cWhether it\u2019s a stadium, an arena or a space like XS, Drake loves to perform,\u201d Nur adds. \u201cMy job is to give him different opportunities to do what he loves.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

With Drake heading to Las Vegas, Cordova expects other stars to start hunting for similar partnerships in the city. \u201cHis being here will lead to more of this,\u201d Cordova asserts. \u201cWhich is great for the town.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Drake will perform five more shows in 2019 at the XS Nightclub as part of a multifaceted new partnership with Wynn Las Vegas, Rolling Stone has confirmed. \u201cIn the fourth quarter of last year, we pursued a relationship with Drake and his management team to do something different in Las Vegas \u2014 not the traditional […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-482822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 17:51:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}