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SHIFTHEADS: Celine Dion Did This First and Everyone Thought She Was Finished
Vegas concert residency economics started shifting the moment someone decided the audience should travel to the artist. You have done the math on a trip like this before. Flights, hotel, tickets, everything else Vegas costs. At a certain point the number stops being about the show and starts being about whether you can justify the whole thing. That calculation did not happen by accident.
What does it feel like to watch a career die in real time? In 2003, the industry verdict on Vegas residencies was unanimous: has-beens, sleepy acts, the last stop before retirement. 1,100 shows and $385…
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