by Jeroslyn JoVonn
December 13, 2023
Wu-Tang Clan is bringing Shaolin to Las Vegas as the iconic rap group headlines the city’s first-ever hip-hop residency.
Wu-Tang Clan is bringing Shaolin to Las Vegas as the iconic rap group headlines the city’s first-ever hip-hop residency.
On Tuesday, Dec. 12 Wu-Tang announced they will begin a Las Vegas residency the weekend of Super Bowl LVIII, Forbes reports. “Wu-Tang Clan: The Saga Continues… The Las Vegas Residency” will take place at the Theatre at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on Feb. 9 and 10 and continue on to March 22 and 23.
The residency will serve as “a Wu-Tang experience like never before,” that will offer fans “a tribute to their prolific careers as individuals and as the most storied group in hip-hop history,” Virgin hotels said in a statement.
The group’s leader and producer RZA told the New York Times that the residency has been five years in the making and the nine members are proud to help set the stage for a future in hip-hop residencies in Vegas.
“Hip-hop is rich in its content and what it offers creatively to an audience,” he said, and Wu-Tang wants “to put it on flagpoles to show that hip-hop can go where any other art form has gone before.”
As a result of the residency, Rza is hoping Wu-Tang will be able to “eventually invite more hip-hop artists to come and play in this sandbox with us.”
Artist pre-sale for the shows (code: CREAM) started noon Tuesday on AXS’ website, the group shared in a tweet. AEG and AXS pre-sales begin at 10 a.m. on Thursday and general public tickets will become available Friday at 10 a.m. PST.
Are you ready? Wu-Tang Clan: The Saga Continues… The Las Vegas Residency 👐@vhlvtheater will be the home of the Wu-Tang experience starting Super Bowl weekend.
Pre-sale begins TODAY at 12pm PST. On-sale is 10am PST Friday 12/15. Pre-sale code: CREAMhttps://t.co/8us6nuevTz pic.twitter.com/y44ZvBHgrw
— Wu Tang Clan (@WuTangClan) December 12, 2023
Wu-Tang joins the likes of U2, Carrie Underwood and Adele who will perform Las Vegas residencies in 2024. The group was busy throughout 2023 celebrating hip-hop’s 50th anniversary with Nas in Australia, Europe and North American on the N.Y. State of Mind Tour.
The group’s founding members consists of RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, U-God, Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck, Cappadonna and Ol’ Dirty Bastard (who died in 2004). The hiphop legends have continued touring together since their 1993 debut “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).”
