Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are both headed to Las Vegas this year, with the married couple to stage their respective residencies in the city. Shelton continues his residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, while Stefani and her band, No Doubt, will headline Sphere.
Shelton returns to Caesars Palace for shows from May 6-24, while No Doubt plays Sphere in May and June. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight about the overlap, Shelton joked about having to compete with his other half, cracking, “What a terrible idea.”
“Why would I ever want to go up against No Doubt?” he added before taking a serious note and expressing his hope that fans make the time to see both halves of the married couple perform while they’re in Sin City. “My hope is that people may come to want to see Gwen and then they think, ‘Hey, we should go see her husband out of pity while we’re in town.’” He added, “So they can go hit that show and then come to mine or vice versa.”
Shelton and Stefani have released several duets over the years, and Shelton responded “I hope so” when asked whether Stefani might show up on stage with him at The Colosseum. “It’s a big deal when Gwen walks out on stage with me and she holds it over my head, she’ll be like, ‘I’ve sang on 10 of your shows and you haven’t sang on any of my shows,’” he said.
As for whether he’d ever rock out with No Doubt, the country star’s answer was less promising. “Probably not,” Shelton said with an incredulous laugh. “I don’t know. I get along great with the entire band, but I don’t know that they could ever come to the agreement that having me come out.”
He reflected on some of the other artists No Doubt has performed with recently, jokingly wondering why they wouldn’t want to incorporate some of his hit songs into their sets. “When they played in Coachella, I know they had special guests out there,” he said. “Olivia Rodrigo I think came out and sang with ’em. And for whatever reason, they didn’t want ‘Boys ‘Round Here’ on a No Doubt show or ‘Hillbilly Bone.’ Makes no sense to me.”
The Oklahoma native added to PEOPLE that his new run of shows will be “interesting because I’ll be in direct competition with my wife.” He added, “I’m excited about that because I know there’ll be probably a little bit of trash talking.”
The Colosseum at Caesars Palace seats just over 4,000, while Sphere holds 20,000 fans. Shelton has eight shows coming up in May, while No Doubt sold out 12 dates in May before adding six additional dates in June. “Whether we both sell out, there’s a big difference in selling out the Sphere and selling out Caesars, so she’ll have that over my head,” Shelton joked.
The country star began his residency last year and told ET that he “was nervous” and “dreading it a little bit” but ultimately “loved it.” “I didn’t think a residency would be something that I would like, and by the end of it I was super sad that we only did six shows,” he revealed. “I was like, ‘Man, I could just do this all year.’”
