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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.

  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"

  18. Encore

  19. "Believe"

  20. Notes

  21. On the first night of the show Cher performed "Love Hurts". It then got removed and during the third leg it was re-added.

  22. Cher performed "Song for the Lonely" and "All or Nothing" just for the first couple of weeks.

  23. "I Found Someone" was removed during the third leg.

  24. 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".

  25. In 2009 Cher performed "Let the Good Times Roll".

  26. 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.

  27. 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.

  28. 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

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

References