New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Plans First-Ever Live West Coast Countdown From Las Vegas

Dick Clark Productions and MGM Resorts International are teaming up to expand Dick Clark’s iconic New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest with its first-ever live countdown from Las Vegas, sources tell Billboard.

The show, which airs on ABC and commands the largest TV viewership of any non-sports rated show, will now be a bi-coastal affair, with performances by a wide range of top music stars at MGM Resorts venues including Dolby Live at Park MGM, the MGM Grand Garden Arena, and Mandalay Bay. Artists confirmed for performances include Lenny Kravitz, these sources add. The West Coast show will coincide with the iconic Times Square ball drop broadcast in New York City.

The performance wraps up an exciting year for Kravitz who dropped his 12th studio album, Blue Electric Light, back in May via Roxie Records/BMG. The project was written and recorded by Kravitz in his studio in the Bahamas, and features the singles “Paralyzed,” “TK421” and “Human.” The collection, he told Jimmy Fallon for a late-night interview that aired in March, is about “celebration, life, humanity, sexuality, sensuality, spirituality.” Blue Electric Light is “just that vibration of love, of god, of spirit.”

In addition to musical acts, expect famous magicians, circus artists and more at New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest. Last year, the show reached 36 million viewers, up 22% from the previous year, with 28.9 million people tuning in at midnight moment alone, according to Nielsen. The NYE party included performances from NewJeans, Megan Thee Stallion, Jelly Roll, Sabrina Carpenter, LL Cool J, Cardi B, Green Day and more.