Cher (concert residency)

Cher^[1] was the second concert residency by American singer-actress Cher at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. For the three-year engagement, Cher received $60 million. Performing at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, the first show occurred on May 6, 2008 and the last show was on February 5, 2011. The show included 14 dancers and four aerialists, with a total of 17 costumes designed by Bob Mackie.^[2] The residency grossed over $97 million during its three-year run.^[3]

Cher

Residency by Cher
Location	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Venue	The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
Start date	May 6, 2008 (2008-05-06)
End date	February 5, 2011 (2011-02-05)
Legs	7
No. of shows	192
Attendance	697,765
Box office	$97.4 million
Website	Official website
Cher concert chronology

Set list

This set list is representative for the opening concert on May 6, 2008. It doesn't represent all shows.

1. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
2. "Song for the Lonely"
3. "All or Nothing"
4. "I Found Someone"
5. "Love Is a Battlefield"
6. "The Beat Goes On"
7. "All I Really Want to Do"
8. "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" / "Dark Lady"
9. "Half-Breed"
10. "Don't Leave Me This Way" / "Take Me Home"
11. "Love Hurts"
12. "The Way of Love"
13. "After All"
14. "Walking in Memphis"
15. "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"
16. "Strong Enough"
17. "If I Could Turn Back Time"

Encore

18. "Believe"

Notes

• On the first night of the show Cher performed "Love Hurts". It then got removed and during the third leg it was re-added.
• Cher performed "Song for the Lonely" and "All or Nothing" just for the first couple of weeks.
• "I Found Someone" was removed during the third leg.
• During the third leg "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" was removed and "The Way of Love" was replaced with "Love Hurts".
• In 2009 Cher performed "Let the Good Times Roll".
• For the show on May 19, 2009 Cher performed "Help Me Make It Through the Night". She said that she performed it for a good friend in the audience.
• In September 2009 "Love Is a Battlefield" was replaced by a Bob Seger medley ("The Fire Down Below"/"Old Time Rock and Roll") and "Strong Enough" was removed.
• After Cher's appearance in the movie Burlesque, the video interlude "I've Gotta Be Me" was replaced with an interlude of "Welcome to Burlesque".

Shows

Date	Attendance	Revenue
Leg 1[4]
May 6, 2008	16,870 / 16,870	$2,547,560
May 7, 2008
May 10, 2008
May 11, 2008
May 13, 2008	16,962 / 16,962	$2,569,083
May 14, 2008
May 17, 2008
May 18, 2008
May 20, 2008	17,022 / 17,022	$2,584,217
May 21, 2008
May 24, 2008
May 25, 2008
May 27, 2008	17,056 / 17,056	$2,589,078
May 28, 2008
May 31, 2008
June 1, 2008
Leg 2
August 6, 2008	12,477 / 12,808	$1,895,526
August 7, 2008
August 10, 2008
August 12, 2008	17,078 / 17,078	$2,591,497
August 13, 2008
August 16, 2008
August 17, 2008
August 19, 2008	17,061 / 17,061	$2,573,670
August 20, 2008
August 23, 2008
August 24, 2008
August 26, 2008	16,634 / 16,945	$2,538,438
August 27, 2008
August 30, 2008
August 31, 2008
September 2, 2008	11,600 / 12,375	$1,739,643
September 3, 2008
September 6, 2008
September 9, 2008	8,517 / 8,517	$1,290,796
September 10, 2008
September 16, 2008	17,081 / 17,081	$2,596,618
September 17, 2008
September 20, 2008
September 21, 2008
September 30, 2008	8,530 / 8,530	$1,294,960
October 1, 2008
Leg 3[5]
February 21, 2009	22,134 / 23,819	$3,331,455
February 22, 2009
February 24, 2009
February 25, 2009
February 28, 2009
March 1, 2009
March 3, 2009	12,606 / 14,909	$1,844,510
March 4, 2009
March 7, 2009
March 8, 2009
March 10, 2009	13,124 / 15,069	$1,912,403
March 11, 2009
March 14, 2009
March 15, 2009
March 17, 2009	13,095 / 15,166	$1,911,450
March 18, 2009
March 20, 2009
March 21, 2009
April 25, 2009	22,442 / 24,595	$3,294,601
April 26, 2009
April 28, 2009
April 29, 2009
May 2, 2009
May 3, 2009
May 5, 2009	12,716 / 15,771	$1,781,525
May 6, 2009
May 9, 2009
May 10, 2009
May 12, 2009	26,493 / 29,983	$3,845,125
May 13, 2009
May 16, 2009
May 17, 2009
May 19, 2009
May 20, 2009
May 23, 2009
May 24, 2009
Leg 4[6]
September 19, 2009	21,939 / 25,176	$3,199,085
September 20, 2009
September 22, 2009
September 23, 2009
September 26, 2009
September 27, 2009
September 29, 2009	13,747 / 15,991	$1,956,710
September 30, 2009
October 3, 2009
October 4, 2009
October 6, 2009	15,992 / 16,967	$2,326,062
October 7, 2009
October 10, 2009
October 11, 2009
November 19, 2009	23,432 / 26,914	$3,221,147
November 21, 2009
November 22, 2009
November 24, 2009
November 25, 2009
November 28, 2009
November 29, 2009
December 1, 2009	26,867 / 31,033	$3,335,106
December 2, 2009
December 5, 2009
December 6, 2009
December 8, 2009
December 9, 2009
December 12, 2009
December 13, 2009
December 15, 2009	11,826 / 14,564	$1,271,451
December 16, 2009
December 19, 2009
December 20, 2009
Leg 5
April 10, 2010	35,343 / 40,168	$4,910,221
April 11, 2010
April 13, 2010
April 14, 2010
April 17, 2010
April 18, 2010
April 20, 2010
April 21, 2010
April 24, 2010
April 25, 2010
April 27, 2010	5,727 / 7,049	$735,618
April 28, 2010
May 8, 2010	27,243 / 33,324	$3,411,693
May 9, 2010
May 11, 2010
May 12, 2010
May 15, 2010
May 16, 2010
May 18, 2010
May 19, 2010
May 23, 2010
May 25, 2010	12,042 / 16,216	$1,538,211
May 26, 2010
May 29, 2010
May 30, 2010
June 15, 2010	14,296 / 16,660	$1,727,400
June 16, 2010
June 19, 2010
June 20, 2010
June 22, 2010	13,255 / 16,565	$1,553,125
June 23, 2010
June 26, 2010
June 27, 2010
June 29, 2010	12,121 / 15,968	$1,363,671
June 30, 2010
July 3, 2010
July 4, 2010
Leg 6[7]
September 4, 2010	18,084 / 23,113	$2,180,153
September 5, 2010
September 7, 2010
September 8, 2010
September 10, 2010
September 11, 2010
September 21, 2010	29,043 / 33,560	$3,630,738
September 22, 2010
September 25, 2010
September 26, 2010
September 28, 2010
September 29, 2010
October 2, 2010
October 3, 2010
October 5, 2010	23,690 / 25,254	$3,102,204
October 6, 2010
October 9, 2010
October 10, 2010
October 16, 2010
October 17, 2010
October 19, 2010	30,342 / 33,723	$3,846,894
October 20, 2010
October 23, 2010
October 24, 2010
October 26, 2010
October 27, 2010
October 30, 2010
October 31, 2010
Leg 7[8]
January 11, 2011	31,131 / 33,038	$4,577,104
January 12, 2011
January 15, 2011
January 16, 2011
January 18, 2011
January 19, 2011
January 22, 2011
January 23, 2011
January 25, 2011	32,147 / 33,656	$4,802,550
January 26, 2011
January 29, 2011
January 30, 2011
February 1, 2011
February 2, 2011
February 4, 2011
February 5, 2011
Total	697,765 / 776,556 (90%)	$97,421,298

Personnel

Band

• Lead vocals - Cher
• Background vocals - Stacy Campbell, Jenny Douglas-Foote, Patti Russo, Danni Gee, and Nichelle Tillman
• Musical Director/Keyboards/Vocals - Paul Mirkovich
• Guitars/Background Vocals - David Barry
• Drums - Mark Schulman or Nate Morton
• Keyboards - Darrell Smith
• Bass - Alexander (Sasha) Krivstov
• Tenor Saxophone - Glenn Erwin

References

1. "Cher Announces Final Shows of Three Year Residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace". Caesars Palace. PR Newswire. September 21, 2010. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
2. Moore, Booth (May 18, 2008). "Bob Mackie helps Cher light up the Vegas stage". Los Angeles Times, 2008-05-18. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
3. "7 Dream Collaborations That Will Never Happen". MTV. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014.
4. Leg 1 box score:

   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 120, no. 22. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 31, 2008. p. 16. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 120, no. 23. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 7, 2008. p. 42. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 120, no. 24. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 14, 2008. p. 12. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 120, no. 25. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 21, 2008. p. 16. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
5. Leg 3 box score:

   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 121, no. 10. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 14, 2009. p. 10. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 121, no. 12. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 28, 2009. p. 10. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 121, no. 13. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 4, 2009. p. 10. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 121, no. 19. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 16, 2009. p. 13. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 121, no. 21. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 30, 2009. p. 12. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 120, no. 22. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 6, 2009. p. 19. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
6. Leg 4 box score:

   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 121, no. 40. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 10, 2009. p. 12. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 121, no. 41. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 17, 2009. p. 28. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 121, no. 42. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 24, 2009. p. 14. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 121, no. 49. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 12, 2009. p. 14. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 122, no. 1. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 9, 2010. p. 19. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
7. Leg 6 box score:

   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 122, no. 40. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 9, 2010. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 122, no. 46. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 20, 2010. ISSN 0006-2510.
8. "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 123, no. 9. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 26, 2011. ISSN 0006-2510.

External links

• Cher's Official Web Page
• Residency Show's Official Site