Steely Dan Returns to The Venetian Las Vegas

GRAMMY Award-winning jazz rock band Steely Dan has announced that it will return to The Venetian Resort Las Vegas for a nine-night residency inside The Venetian Theatre from April 24 – May 11, 2019. 

Image of Donald Fagen in a chair
Donald Fagen

Tickets starting at $59.95, plus applicable fees, go on sale to the general public Saturday, February 9 at 10 a.m. PT. Tickets will be available for purchase at Ticketmaster.com, venetian.com, any box office at The Venetian Resort or by calling 702.414.9000 or 866.641.7469. All shows are scheduled to begin at 8 p.m.

Steely Dan fan club members will have access to a pre-sale beginning Wednesday, February 6 at 10 a.m. PT. American Express Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Wednesday, February. 6 at 12 noon PT. Grazie loyalty members and Live Nation and Ticketmaster customers will receive access to a pre-sale beginning Thursday, February 7 at 10 a.m. PT. All pre-sales will end Friday, February 8 at 10 p.m. PT. 

On all shows, Donald Fagen will be joined once again by the group of acclaimed musicians who have supported him in recent years, including: Jon Herington (guitar), Connor Kennedy (guitar), Keith Carlock (drums), Freddie Washington (bass), Jim Beard (keyboards), a four-piece horn section and three backup vocalists. Walter Becker, who founded Steely Dan with Donald Fagen while the two were students at Bard College, sadly passed away in 2017.

Founded in 1972, Steely Dan has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and helped define the soundtrack of the '70s with hits such as "Reelin' in the Years," "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," "F.M.," "Peg," "Hey Nineteen," "Deacon Blues," and "Babylon Sisters," from their seven platinum albums issued between 1972 and 1980 – including 1977's sold-out tours (that continue through today). In 2000 they released the multi-GRAMMY winning (including "Album of the Year") Two Against Nature, and released the acclaimed follow-up Everything Must Go in 2003. Steely Dan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.

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