Cher was the second concert residency by American singer-actress Cher at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, 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. The residency grossed over $97 million during its three-year run.

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

"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" "Song for the Lonely" "All or Nothing" "I Found Someone" "Love Is a Battlefield" "The Beat Goes On" "All I Really Want to Do" "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" / "Dark Lady" "Half-Breed" "Don't Leave Me This Way" / "Take Me Home" "Love Hurts" "The Way of Love" "After All" "Walking in Memphis" "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" "Strong Enough" "If I Could Turn Back Time"

Encore "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 1Leg 1 box score: 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 3Leg 3 box score: 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 4Leg 4 box score: 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 6Leg 6 box score: 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 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

See also List of most-attended concert series at a single venue

References

External links

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