The Showgirl Must Go On was a concert residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas that starred pop diva Bette Midler. Showgirl premiered on February 20, 2008 and closed on January 31, 2010. Midler signed for 300 shows from 2008 to 2010 at a pace of 100 performances a year. Shows were presented five nights a week with the house dark on Mondays and Thursdays.^[1] According to Billboard, the residency grossed $72 million.^[2]

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The Showgirl Must Go On

Residency by Bette Midler
Associated album	Jackpot: The Best Bette
Start date	February 20, 2008
End date	January 31, 2010
Legs	10
No. of shows	66 in 2008 85 in 2009 18 in 2010 169 in total
Bette Midler concert chronology
Kiss My Brass (2003–05) The Showgirl Must Go On (2008–10) Divine Intervention Tour (2015)

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1. "Big Noise from Winnetka"
2. "The Showgirl Must Go On"
3. "In the Mood"
4. "Friends"
5. "The Rose"
6. "Do You Want to Dance?"
7. "From a Distance"
8. "My Kind of Town"
9. "It's Now or Never"
10. "Viva Las Vegas"
11. "Lucky Be My Lady"
12. "Blue Hawaii"
13. "Hello in There"
14. "When a Man Loves a Woman"
15. "Pretty Legs"
16. "Hot in Here"
17. "The Glory of Love"
18. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
19. "Wind Beneath My Wings"

All shows were performed at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.

On December 31, 2010, The Showgirl Must Go On was broadcast on HBO channels at 9 pm. The 70 minute special contained some of the performances from the 2 hour long show.

The DVD of this pared down performance was released on October 4, 2011.^[3]