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New Version would be the subsequent iconic act to hit the Las Vegas stage. Members Ronnie DeVoe, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill stood aspect by aspect to tease a particular announcement through a Nov. 5 Instagram submit.
Whereas many commenters guessed that the repeatedly booked and busy group was happening one other tour, the group mates revealed in a follow-up submit that they’re truly doing a residency in Las Vegas in early 2024.
Followers of the OG R&B legends can see the sextet from Feb. 28 to March 9 on the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas — a luxurious resort and on line casino on the town’s strip.
The intimate 1,480-seat live performance venue is scheduled to host New Version for six present dates.
Presale tickets will probably be accessible 24 hours beginning Nov. 8 at 10 a.m. PST through Ticketmaster. In any other case, followers can get tickets starting on Nov. 10.
New Version’s 2024 Las Vegas residency dates come after a comparatively regular quantity of touring for the group.
After a hiatus following their 2004 to 2005 One Love Tour, the group returned to the stage with their thirtieth Anniversary Tour from 2011 to 2012. The latter sequence of live performance dates honored practically three profitable many years for the reason that unique members (everybody besides Johnny Gill, who joined in 1987) dropped their New Version debut album, Sweet Lady, in 1983.
The group went on the All Six Tour, Best Hits Tour, Tradition Tour and Legacy Tour in 2014, 2016, 2022 and 2023, respectively.
New Version has been a heavy-hitting R&B powerhouse since its inception. The group’s quite a few hits embody “Sweet Lady,” “Mr. Phone Man,” and “Can You Stand the Rain.” Moreover, the crooning kings have 5 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Sizzling R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Furthermore, New Version (1984) and Residence Once more (1996) each hit No. 1 on the High R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart within the years of their respective releases.
All through the sextet’s longstanding musical reign, group mates have launched profitable solo careers and smaller musical teams.
Bell Biv DeVoe contains Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins and Ronnie DeVoe. Heads of State — a bunch that collaborated from 2008 to 2011 — comprised Ralph Tresvant, Bobby Brown and Johnny Gill.
Established in 2017, the group RBRM contains Ricky Bell, Bobby Brown, Ronnie DeVoe and Michael Bivins.
In a March 2023 interview with Large Tigger, Ricky Bell mirrored on New Version’s early success. He stated, “We by no means heard of Billboard or R&R or all these magazines that observe your performs and your gross sales, so we didn’t actually perceive the influence till we bought on tour [and were] touring to totally different cities and seeing the viewers react to the songs. We didn’t have the creativeness to plot 40 years forward. To be right here 40 years later, we have now to offer it to the grace of God.”
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