Blake Shelton wants Dolly Parton and Beyoncé to take the stage at his newly-opened bar in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The country superstar marked the grand opening of the new Ole Red location in Las Vegas earlier this month. Shelton took the stage to perform, and introduced wife Gwen Stefani as a surprise guest during the show, shortly after she reunited with No Doubt at Coachella. The husband-and-wife duo delivered renditions of two of their hit duets, “Nobody but You” and “Happy Anywhere.” Their most recent collaboration is “Purple Irises,” which made its debut earlier this year.
“It really does feel like you’ve stepped in through a portal and you’re in Nashville when you come through the doors,” Shelton said in an interview on CBS Mornings as he spoke about his Las Vegas venue and his romance with Stefani. When Entertainment Tonight’s Cassie DiLaura asked which artists he would want to perform at Ole Red in Las Vegas, Shelton quickly responded: “Dolly would be great. I was hoping to get Beyoncé to do a little something. If she wants to make it in the country music industry, and I think she must, it ain’t happening ’til she plays Ole Red.”
The Las Vegas venue is the latest Ole Red location, following those in Tishomingo, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; Gatlinburg, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee, and the Nashville Airport.