Two powerhouse music acts joined forces for a special VIP Las Vegas concert at The LINQ’s trendy concert hall Brooklyn Bowl. The exclusive party was the cherry on top of iHeartMedia’s first-ever iHeartRadio Ultimate Valentine’s Escape at Paris Las Vegas Presented by “Hot Tub Time Machine 2.”
Hundreds of radio contest winners were flown into Vegas for an elaborate weekend that included a three-night stay at Paris Las Vegas, welcome party at BLT Steak and admission to the Eiffel Tower Experience. Post-concert, winners enjoyed a ride on the High Roller observation wheel.
John Legend opened the night with his smash “The Best You Ever Had” and played a range of fan favorites. His smooth voice, serenading charm and killer piano playing made for an unforgettable combination. He covered Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing In The Dark” and ended with his famed “All of Me” before heading out.
Pop-rock quintet OneRepublic brought the house down, performing hit after hit and electrifying the crowd. The crowd went crazy for “Stop and Stare,” “I Lived,” “Counting Stars” and “Love Runs Out.”
After their killer set, OneRepublic sat down with Total Vegas Blog for a quick interview:
What’s next for OneRepublic? Ryan Tedder: Obviously a new album and doing music that we haven’t done before. I think your typical band, maybe 95% of all bands, each album one to the next is very connected to the one before it. It’s like a warm blanket, it’s comforting. They just put different lyrics to it. We don’t do that. We kind of matriculate each album. Partly because I am far too musically ADD to do that. I’m not into that—the idea of rehashing the same sound. We want to go where we haven’t been, and that’s even how we tour now. We are doing a tour that, frankly, we don’t need to do, but we are doing the entire thing because it’s all cities and countries we haven’t been to before such as Istanbul, Israel and Tel Aviv. We are trying to do something that scares us a little bit, musically, but that can push the envelope and be inspiring, but it’s very stressful and hard to do.
Is it the unknown that scares you? Tedder: Yes. There is definitely a safe route we could take that other bands before us have taken that I just can’t get myself to do—to go into the obvious world. Drew Brown: You still want to keep trying to make the best music that you can. It’s almost more nerve wracking when you find a little bit of success being fully honest with your craft. We have had a really successful album and couple of years but we are more afraid of trying to repeat that than we are of anything else. Tedder: We have a terrible business model. We make one-offs.
Was this your first time playing Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas? Brown: This is our first time, and playing in any bowling alley. Tedder: I for one endorse the installation of more bowling alleys in more venues across America.
What did you think of playing here? Brown: Brooklyn Bowl is one of my favorite small concert venues in America and I didn’t know there was one in Vegas. I’m a big fan. Tedder: There’s three or so total I think. One in Brooklyn, London and here so we know it’s cool.
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