The Wu-Tang Clan will make its Las Vegas debut the same weekend the city hosts the Super Bowl. [Image: Shutterstock.com]
The group’s first appearance in Las Vegas
Grammy-nominated hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan will hold their first-ever residency in Las Vegas starting Super Bowl weekend on February 9-10.
The group took to the X on Tuesday with news of its residency at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas:
A Virgin Hotels press release stated that Wu-Tang Clan’s residency was a tribute to the success of the group’s individual musicians and as “the most iconic group in hip-hop history.”
In keeping with the sports theme of Wu-Tang Clan: The Saga Continues…, footing the bill for its Sin City residency, the group follows up its Super Bowl weekend show with another show during March Madness on March 22nd and 23rd.
the The New York Times He stated that more dates “will be released in the coming months.” Artist pre-sale tickets for February and March shows at Virgin Hotels went on sale Tuesday, with general ticket sales beginning Friday at 10 a.m. PT.
Long time coming
Staten Island-born Wu-Tang Clan leader, producer and rapper RZA (real name Robert Diggs) told… times Las Vegas accommodation It has been in the making for about five years. RZA added that the Vegas arc for his nine-member group was partly aimed at elevating hip-hop, a genre that in 2023 celebrates its 50th anniversary.
RZA has stated that “Hip-hop music is rich in its content and what it creatively offers to the audience.” The Vegas shows aim to put the genre “on flagpoles to show that hip-hop can go where every other art form has gone before,” and to encourage other hip-hop artists to perform in the gambling capital of the world.
“I have a spirit of love where there is a center for art.”
Paying tribute to Las Vegas’ entertainment scene, RZA added: “I’m in the spirit of where there is a center for the art and so I would love to add – with my talent and the Wu-Tang Brothers – to that center.”
According to the times While rap stars often perform at nightclubs and concerts in Vegas, “it’s unclear whether the hip-hop group has ever had a traditional residency,” correspondent Emanuel Morgan said.
The stars of Las Vegas are in alignment
Recently voted by WalletHub as The most fun city in the United StatesLas Vegas is making all the moves in entertainment and sports. Irish mega-band U2 wowed crowds at The Sphere, and multi-Grammy winner Beyoncé, who has been heavily rumored, will take over Bono and company’s residency when she finishes in February.
But the Wu-Tang Clan’s debut in Las Vegas on the same weekend, when the city’s Allegiant Stadium hosts the Super Bowl, could be the biggest party ever.
