Tenors of Rock on Tour
Few of us could even dream of playing the guitar like Angus Young or playing drums like John Bonham, but we all feel no shame in belting out our favorite song when it comes on the car stereo. That's the basic premise behind the Tenors of Rock — they reimagine the rock ‘n' roll concert less as a display of instrumental wizardry than a communal singing event. The five-man UK crew effectively blur the line between rock band and boy band, performing classic anthems by Queen, Guns N' Roses and Bon Jovi as a united harmonic front, like a barbershop troupe decked out in ripped jeans, covered in tattoos and flashing the devil's sign. (Or, in the case of the group's biggest and most animated member — Jimmy Denning — it's a mohawk, leather jacket and kilt.) But as a Vegas institution since 2017, the Tenors of Rock are no stranger to spectacle — at their shows, you can expect dazzling video backdrops, flashing lights, choreographed moves, copious amounts of dry ice and, of course, a room full of people singing along like nobody's listening.
Tenors of Rock Background
When they formed in 2010, the Tenors of Rock didn't boast the most rock ‘n' roll résumés: vocalists David "Dai" Richards, Jimmy Denning, Jonathan Williams, Tommy Sherlock and Dan Schumann were all veterans of Broadway and London's West End. But anyone who's ever heard a Queen record knows that the distinction between rock showmanship and musical theater has always been a little hazy, and when the Tenors of Rock appeared on UK singing-competition show X Factor in 2013 to put a vocal-troupe spin on fist-pumping classics like Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer," they became instant sensations. After performing concerts all over the world, the group settled in Las Vegas in 2017, holding down a two-year residency at Harrah's before moving over to Planet Hollywood.