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First came Garth at Wynn and Garth Plus One -- then Eagles at the Sphere. Now another friend of Takamine has announced their own upcoming Las Vegas residency... Blake Shelton: Live in Las Vegas.

The announcement of Blake’s six-date residency at the Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace comes on the heels of the opening of the Vegas location of Ole Red, Shelton’s successful bar and restaurant chain.

“It's been swirling for years now, and ever since the idea was first floated about opening an Ole Red in Las Vegas, this conversation has been happening too,” Blake explains. “If you're going to have a stake in Vegas, you got to do a residency. I've just been kicking the can down the road because I wanted the Ole Red to be open before I did it.”

Shelton’s first taste of Vegas concert residency was when he joined his wife, Gwen Stefani, on stage during hers at Zappos Theater in 2021. But it was friend and fellow Okie Garth Brooks' 148 installments of his one-man show at the Wynn between 2009 and 2014 that arguably triggered the trend.

By 2020, top tier acts like U2, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and Adele were setting up shop at state-of-the-art Vegas venues while letting their fans do the traveling. Garth’s most recent twice extended Garth Plus One stay at the Colosseum marks his most recent claim to the wave that literally changed the face of Vegas.

Enter the Sphere, an awe-inspiring, 2.3-billion-dollar, 367 foot tall, 8-floor orbicular venue featuring cutting-edge audio-visual technology like a 16k resolution wraparound interior LED screen, 67,000 speakers with beamforming and wave field synthesis technologies, as well as a raft of 4D physical effects. Meanwhile, the venue’s exterior (exosphere) features 580,000 square feet of LED displays that can reportedly be seen from space.

As crazy cool and completely immersive as all that technology must be, one might make the case that it’s only as impressive as the act performing inside. Beginning September 20, 2024, through January 25, 2025 for a total of 20 shows, that act will be Eagles at the Sphere.

Of course, the common denominator Garth, Blake, and the Eagles share -- aside from their Vegas residencies -- is that much of their music relies heavily on acoustic guitar, and in almost every live setting for the duration of their legendary careers, that acoustic guitar has been a Takamine.

Garth is known for his his GB7C and custom Circle G. Blake, his vintage TAN15Cs. And then there is the vast assortment of Takamine models the Eagles have acquired for stage and studio since 1976, when Glenn Frey’s pre-electronics model F385 12-string was used to record the iconic one-minute long acoustic intro to "Hotel California." Many of those Takamine Guitars, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Deacon Frey still play to this day.

The reliability and consistency afforded by the Las Vegas residency provides iconic artists like Garth Brooks, Blake Shelton, and Eagles the opportunity to deliver their finest live performances ever -- and Takamine Guitars is proud and honored to remain their acoustic guitar of choice.