Las Vegas Strip casino closes popular hard rock band residency

Heavy metal and hard rock bands have faced some bad luck this year in scheduling their residency shows at casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.

Medical procedures were blamed as the reason most bands have needed to postpone residency shows in 2025.

Mötley Crüe postpones residency shows

Classic hard rock band Mötley Crüe signed on to perform its first Las Vegas Strip residency in 12 years but had to cancel all 11 shows scheduled in March and April 2025 because of a medical issue.

Mötley Crüe revealed on Instagram that it was forced to cancel the shows and reschedule most of them for September 2025 after lead vocalist Vince Neil's doctors advised the singer that he required a medical procedure.

“To all the Crüeheads who were looking forward to see us this spring, I'm truly sorry. My health is my top priority so I can bring you the awesome shows you deserve, and I can't wait to return to the stage. Thank you for all the well wishes that keep reaching me. Your support means more than you know,” Neil said in the post.

The band rescheduled 10 of the 11 residency performances for Sept. 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27, Oct. 1, and 3, 2025, with tickets available at Ticketmaster.com.

Mötley Crüe previously performed residencies at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino over 10 years ago in 2013 and 2012.

Singer Klaus Meine and guitarist Matthias Jabs of Scorpions perform.

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Scorpions close 60th anniversary residency

Superstar hard rock band Scorpions closes its five-show “Coming Home to Las Vegas 60th Anniversary” residency at PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, on Aug. 23, after originally rescheduling the shows.

Scorpions in September 2024 began selling tickets for the original five-show anniversary residency scheduled for Feb. 27, March 1, 6, 8, and 11, 2025.

Mötley Crüe upcoming residency

Mötley Crüe, Dolby Live at the Park MGM: Sept. 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27, Oct. 1, and 3, 2025.

The band needed to reschedule the February and March shows after the hospitalization of drummer Mikkey Dee.

“The health and well-being of our brother is of the utmost importance,” the band said regarding the postponement at the time. “We wish Mikkey a full and speedy recovery and look forward to rocking with you all again soon.”

Past Scorpions Las Vegas Strip residencies

Scorpions “Love at First Sting” 40th Anniversary: Planet Hollywood, April 11-May 3, 2024.
Scorpions “Sin City Nights”, Planet Hollywood, March and April 2022.
Scorpions, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, May 2016.

Scorpions last performed a residency on the Strip for nine shows from April 11 through May 3, 2024, at Planet Hollywood's Bakkt Theater, before it was renamed PH Live, to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of its “Love at First Sting” album.

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Before its “Love at First Sting” residency, Scorpions performed its “Sin City Nights” residency in March and April 2022 at Planet Hollywood's former Zappos Theater.

The band also played a five-show residency at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in May 2016.

The Hannover, Germany, band was founded in 1965 and was part of the first wave of metal bands in the 1970s with the launch of their first album “Lonesome Crow,” in 1972.

Scorpions have sold 110 million records

The band has sold 110 million records globally and enjoyed success great in the 1980s with its “Love at First Sting” and “Blackout” albums, as well as popular singles “Rock You Like a Hurricane,” “No One Like You,” “Send Me an Angel,” and “Wind of Change.”