Classic Cher

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Classic Cher
Residency by Cher
Classic Cher Tour Poster.png
Promotional poster for the residency
Location
Start dateFebruary 8, 2017 (2017-02-08)
End dateFebruary 21, 2020 (2020-02-21)
Legs14
No. of shows104
Attendance348,247
Box office$52,881,124 (104 shows)
Cher concert chronology

Classic Cher was the third concert residency by American singer-actress Cher. The show is performed in Las Vegas, Oxon Hill, [1] and Atlantic City. [2]

Contents

Set list

This set list is representative for the opening concert on February 8, 2017.

  1. "Woman's World"
  2. "Strong Enough"
  3. "Gayatri Mantra"
  4. "All or Nothing"
  5. "The Beat Goes On
  6. "All I Really Want to Do"
  7. "I Got You Babe"
  8. "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"
  9. "Dark Lady"
  10. "Half-Breed"
  11. "Welcome to Burlesque"
  12. "Take Me Home"
  13. "After All"
  14. "Walking in Memphis"
  15. "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"
  16. "I Found Someone"
  17. "If I Could Turn Back Time"
Encore
  1. "Believe"
Notes

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
DateCityVenueAttendanceRevenue
Leg 1
February 8, 2017 Las Vegas Park Theater 28,648 / 35,763 (80%)$3,889,480
February 10, 2017
February 11, 2017
February 14, 2017
February 22, 2017
February 24, 2017
February 25, 2017
Leg 2 [3]
March 17, 2017 Oxon Hill The Theater at MGM National Harbor 15,826 / 16,557 (96%)$2,885,444
March 19, 2017
March 20, 2017
March 23, 2017
March 25, 2017
March 26, 2017
Leg 3
May 3, 2017Las VegasPark Theater37,734 / 41,576 (91%)$5,556,950
May 5, 2017
May 6, 2017
May 10, 2017
May 12, 2017
May 13, 2017
May 17, 2017
May 19, 2017
May 20, 2017
Leg 4 [4]
August 2, 2017Las VegasPark Theater30,768 / 37,800 (81%)$4,189,699
August 4, 2017
August 5, 2017
August 9, 2017
August 11, 2017
August 12, 2017
August 16, 2017
August 18, 2017
August 19, 2017
Leg 5
August 31, 2017Oxon HillThe Theater at MGM National Harbor14,560 / 15,622 (93%)$2,752,025
September 2, 2017
September 3, 2017
September 7, 2017
September 9, 2017
September 10, 2017
Leg 6 [4]
November 8, 2017Las VegasPark Theater30,995 / 35,362 (88%)$4,871,555
November 10, 2017
November 11, 2017
November 15, 2017
November 17, 2017
November 18, 2017
November 21, 2017
November 24, 2017
November 25, 2017
Leg 7
January 17, 2018Las VegasPark Theater20,165 / 21,305 (95%)$3,355,191
January 19, 2018
January 20, 2018
January 24, 2018
January 26, 2018
January 27, 2018
January 31, 2018
February 2, 2018
February 3, 2018
Leg 8
February 17, 2018Oxon HillThe Theater at MGM National Harbor11,502 / 14,499 (79%)$1,816,519
February 18, 2018
February 20, 2018
February 22, 2018
February 24, 2018
February 25, 2018
Leg 9
May 2, 2018Las VegasPark Theater25,435 / 27,691 (92%)$4,219,171
May 4, 2018
May 5, 2018
May 9, 2018
May 12, 2018
May 13, 2018
May 16, 2018
May 18, 2018
May 19, 2018
Leg 10 [5]
August 4, 2018Oxon HillThe Theater at MGM National Harbor13,604 / 15,329 (89%)$1,800,067
August 5, 2018
August 7, 2018
August 9, 2018
August 11, 2018
August 12, 2018
August 17, 2018 Atlantic City Borgata Event Center [6] 3,809 / 3,886 (98%)$734,570
August 18, 2018
Leg 11
October 31, 2018Las VegasPark Theater39,862 / 45,270 (88%)$5,865,438
November 2, 2018
November 3, 2018
November 7, 2018
November 9, 2018
November 10, 2018
November 14, 2018
November 16, 2018
November 17, 2018
Leg 12
March 13, 2019Las VegasPark Theater40,362 / 45,910 (88%)$5,811,810
March 15, 2019
March 16, 2019
March 20, 2019
March 22, 2019
March 23, 2019
March 27, 2019
March 29, 2019
March 30, 2019
Leg 13
August 21, 2019Las VegasPark Theater26,724 / 30,873 (87%)$3,815,699
August 23, 2019
August 24, 2019
August 28, 2019
August 31, 2019
September 1, 2019
Leg 14 [7]
February 19, 2020Las VegasPark Theater8,253 / 10,358 (80%)$1,317,506
February 21, 2020

Cancelled and postponed shows

DateCityVenueReason/Additional Info
February 18, 2017Las Vegas, NevadaPark TheaterFlu [8]
February 19, 2017
February 22, 2020Illness [9]
February 26, 2020
February 28, 2020
February 29, 2020
July 15, 2020 COVID-19 pandemic [10]
July 17, 2020
July 18, 2020
July 29, 2020
July 31, 2020
August 1, 2020
August 5, 2020
August 7, 2020
August 8, 2020
October 21, 2020
October 23, 2020
October 24, 2020
October 28, 2020
October 30, 2020
October 31, 2020
November 4, 2020
November 6, 2020
November 7, 2020

Personnel

Band

Dancers

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