Boyz II Men ramps up the romance at new residency at The Chelsea

Tue, Aug 27, 2024 (8:04 a.m.)

When radical couldn’t find the words to explicit however they felt, they played Boyz II Men. 

For the amended portion of 30 years, this legendary trio of harmonizers has had its emotion ballads connected lock, producing immoderate of the astir iconic tracks successful R&B, songs radical get married to. So it’s nary wonderment the assemblage was afloat of heavy-lidded lovers connected opening night, arsenic Boyz II Men kicked disconnected its four-night engagement astatine The Chelsea. 

After piloting a residency astatine The Mirage for astir 8 years, the trio wasted small clip adjusting to their caller surroundings. The brushed spoken and incredibly disarming Shawn Stockman took constituent connected the microphone, steering the night’s banter, portion Wanyá Morris gave america each the snake hipped dancing we could handle. The vigor of these men could extremity the shingles disconnected a roof. And possibly it had thing to bash with their friends successful the stands. Vegas-bred comedian Jo Koy and R&B hitmaker Babyface, who wrote galore of Boyz II Men’s jams, including “End of the Road,” were some successful attendance. Stockman expressed other gratitude to the second star, saying “We would not beryllium Boyz II Men if not for that man.” 

Signature songs similar “Water Runs Dry” and “On Bended Knee” blew a fewer twelve minds, arsenic radical swayed to the harmonies, cradling their chests and visibly feeling these lyrics successful their bones. Morris sank to his ain knees astatine 1 point, eyes screwed shut, arsenic though reliving the signaling for the archetypal time. The boys assumed specified a visceral swagger to them, particularly Nathan Morris and Stockman, who took his earpiece retired for “Hey Lover,” dazzling the women successful the beforehand enactment with his candied vocals. But the afloat value of those harmonies didn’t afloat deed until “4 Seasons of Loneliness,” erstwhile they pulled up stools and sang unneurotic successful adjacent proximity. 

The nighttime took different pleasantly astonishing crook erstwhile Stockman and Nathan grabbed their guitars, backing Wanyá connected a bid of covers that evolved into a full-blooded stone show. Never did we expect to perceive Boyz II Men shredding to Lenny Kravitz’s “American Woman” oregon The Beatles’ “Come Together” but it happened. And boy, were we blessed it did. 

Toward the end, romance was visibly successful the air, and successful the trio’s hands arsenic they suavely passed retired roses for “I’ll Make Love to You.” Talk astir knowing their audience. 

Love could beryllium seen and felt connected truthful galore antithetic levels here. Fans successful the assemblage engaged with full strangers, elated by their favourite songs and unafraid to walk the excitement along. There were surely some cell phones successful sight, but for the astir part, radical were genuinely surviving successful the moment. And that’s intelligibly what Boyz II Men enjoyed seeing. 

“This is simply a caller epoch for america successful Las Vegas,” Stockman told the crowd. “You guys beauteous overmuch fto america cognize that beauteous radical similar yourselves volition capable up rooms similar this. Hopefully, we’ll beryllium backmost again and again and again. We genuinely emotion Las Vegas.” 

Boyz II Men August 30-31, $119-$365+, the Chelsea, ticketmaster.com