Purple Reign Keeps Prince Alive on the Strip, Tuesday at the V Theater

Las Vegas' long-running Prince tribute plays its regular Tuesday show at Planet Hollywood's V Theater on Oct. 27, with Jason Tenner out front.

Some Las Vegas shows come to town for a weekend. Purple Reign has stayed for years. On Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 8:30 p.m., the Prince tribute takes the stage again at the V Theater inside the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood. It is a regular night on its calendar, which is the point: you can still get a full dose of Prince on a Tuesday on the Strip.

The V Theater lists the show at about 75 minutes, for ages 16 and up, with Jason Tenner as the lead performer. Tickets are sold through the V Theater's own box office and through Ticketmaster, which has the Oct. 27 date.

The run has survived a move. Purple Reign played the Tropicana from 2017, and when that resort closed the show moved to the V Theater. Local coverage of the move said it would play Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 8:30 p.m., the same slot it still holds. A tribute losing its room and keeping its audience in the same city is rarer than it sounds in Vegas, where showrooms open and close faster than residencies get announced.

That staying power is reflected in our records. Purple Reign has logged more than 2,200 Las Vegas dates in our data, more than in any other market, which makes it about as local as a Strip act gets. For many visitors it is the only way to hear this catalog played live with a band in a small room. The V Theater seats a few hundred, and from most seats you can see the guitar work and the footwork up close.

A tribute show lives or dies on its frontman, and the V Theater puts Tenner's name at the top. The rest is what you'd hope for: a band that can play the hits the way people remember them, in a room small enough that a guitar solo reaches the back row. Ticketmaster shows dates running well into the season, so it isn't a farewell or a last-chance run. It is simply one of the steadiest nights out in town.

If you live here and have never gone because it seemed like a tourist thing, a Tuesday is a good night to fix that. Shows that run this long usually run tight, and a midweek crowd tends to be there for the music. Park at Miracle Mile, wear something purple if you want, and plan on being back out on the Strip before 10.

Showtimes and tickets are on the V Theater's Purple Reign page, and the Oct. 27 date is also on Ticketmaster.

Sources: V Theater — Purple Reign, The Prince Tribute Show! (vtheater.com); V Theater — Tickets to Purple Reign, 8:30pm performance (vtheater.com); Ticketmaster — Purple Reign - Prince Tribute tickets (ticketmaster.com); 8 News Now — Purple Reign finds new home at V Theater (digital-release.8newsnow.com); Purple Reign: The Prince Tribute Show - NoCoverVegas (nocovervegas.com)