The Chainsmokers at XS Nightclub

Artist Profile

About The Chainsmokers

The Chainsmokers are an American DJ-producer duo consisting of Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall, who formed their partnership in New York City in 2012 after Pall had already been building a DJ career and Taggart joined as the production-focused partner with a background in music composition. Taggart, born in Portland, Maine, had studied music at Syracuse University, developing both production skills and an understanding of song structure that would later define the duo's hybrid DJ-songwriter approach. Pall, born in New York City, had been working in marketing while pursuing DJing on the side, with a network in the New York nightlife scene that provided the business infrastructure when they decided to formalize the partnership. Their early output established a sound at the intersection of indie pop, progressive house, and the melodic electronic mainstream. Their 2014 release #Selfie — a deliberately ironic commentary on social media culture set to a dancefloor-functional production — went viral internationally and reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart, providing a commercial foothold before their subsequent output shifted toward a more emotionally earnest register. The pivot was deliberate: where #Selfie succeeded through novelty, their subsequent approach built commercial durability through the combination of emotional vulnerability with dance-optimized sonic architecture that would define their most successful catalog. Their breakthrough into mainstream awareness arrived with Roses featuring ROZES in 2015, which reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and introduced the signature combination that would carry their commercial peak: honest emotional writing delivered through production that prioritized melodic accessibility over genre-specific club functionality. The critical commercial breakthrough arrived in 2016 with Don't Let Me Down featuring Daya, which won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in 2017 — a Recording Academy recognition that confirmed their approach had achieved crossover legitimacy between the dance music industry and the mainstream pop critical apparatus that Grammy nominations represent. The commercial apex arrived with Closer featuring Halsey, which spent weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2016 — the longest-running number one of that calendar year — while also reaching number one in Ireland and New Zealand and the top five in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and Germany. The global chart performance of Closer established their commercial profile as genuinely international: a track that reached the summit in multiple markets across different radio formats, streaming demographics, and cultural contexts simultaneously. Closer's specific commercial achievement — the longest Billboard Hot 100 number one of 2016 — placed them in company with the year's most commercially dominant acts regardless of genre. Their debut studio album Memories...Do Not Open arrived in April 2017 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 — a rare achievement for an electronic act that confirmed their commercial momentum had crossed from the singles market into the album-buying demographic, where electronic acts typically face resistance from listeners who consume dance music through individual tracks rather than albums. Something Just Like This, their 2017 collaboration with Coldplay, became one of that year's most globally streamed tracks, earning a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and demonstrating the cross-genre collaborative reach that few electronic acts achieve when working with established non-dance artists. Subsequent albums Sick Boy... (2019) and So Far So Good (2022) continued developing the duo's catalog while maintaining active touring and residency commitments throughout both album cycles. The Chainsmokers' Wynn Las Vegas relationship, which began in 2017, has become one of the most enduring artist-venue partnerships in Las Vegas nightclub history. They extended their Wynn Nightlife residency agreement in 2026 through 2029 — a total of more than a decade at XS Nightclub and Encore Beach Club — at a point when Las Vegas residency agreements are typically structured in one- or two-year increments. The multi-year extension reflects mutual commercial commitment: Wynn's investment in their continued presence as a flagship headliner, and their recognition that the Wynn Nightlife framework provides the production infrastructure that their live format requires. What distinguishes The Chainsmokers live performance from conventional DJ sets is Andrew Taggart's practice of singing live during their shows — a hybrid format that combines DJ performance, production playback, and live vocal delivery in a way that elevates the energy and intimacy of their sets beyond a standard DJ performance. The live vocal element means their Wynn Las Vegas shows function simultaneously as concert and club experience, appealing to fans who arrive specifically for the performance alongside the broader nightclub audience drawn by the music's commercial reputation. Taggart's live singing is not a selective addition to specific songs but a consistent feature of their Las Vegas shows — he is performing vocal parts throughout the set while managing transitions, creating a hybrid show format that few acts at the same commercial level deploy in a nightclub context. Their 2026 Wynn Nightlife residency is one of the most extensive booking calendars on the Strip, spanning XS Nightclub and Encore Beach Club across a full May through September season. XS Nightclub dates include May 2, May 16, May 23, June 6, May 30, and June 13. Encore Beach Club dates span June 20, July 11, August 1, August 15, August 29, September 5, September 12, and September 19 — a summer-long EBC calendar that positions them as the defining act of Encore Beach Club's 2026 season. EBC at Night bookings include August 21, 2026. The breadth of their 2026 calendar — XS and EBC across four consecutive months — reflects a booking density that converts casual visitors into repeat attendees across the arc of a single Las Vegas trip and multiple visits during the summer season. For guests attending their XS Nightclub shows: the late-night nightclub format with Taggart's live vocal element creates an intimacy that outdoor festival performances cannot replicate. The XS Nightclub crescent configuration places every guest within direct visual range of the production setup, and the Funktion-One sound system reproduces the pop-melodic production of their catalog with the clarity that confirms the production quality of their studio work. For Encore Beach Club daytime appearances, the open-air amphitheater format and afternoon pool environment give their melodic pop-EDM a different character — the natural light and poolside crowd reduce the concentration of nightclub ritual and reveal the daylight-listenable quality of their streaming catalog in the dayclub context. Guest list through NoCoverVegas for The Chainsmokers at XS Nightclub and Encore Beach Club provides free entry for qualifying guests, with advance registration essential for the high-demand summer dates that define the peak of the Las Vegas nightlife season. Source: wynnsocial.com, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chainsmokers, billboard.com Andrew Taggart's live vocal performance during their shows is not a selective addition reserved for their most recognizable tracks but a consistent feature of their set format — he sings throughout the performance while managing DJ transitions, creating a hybrid experience that functions simultaneously as concert and nightclub event. This format distinguishes their Wynn Las Vegas shows from conventional DJ residencies in the same calendar and provides a specific audience value that streaming listens or festival field performances cannot replicate: the intimacy of watching the producer who created the tracks singing the parts that made them commercially significant, in a nightclub room scaled to reveal nuance that festival distances obscure. Their Wynn relationship and its 2029 extension reflect a mutual commercial investment in the Las Vegas market at a scale that their catalog's streaming dominance makes sustainable. The XS Nightclub format — crescent-shaped, indoor/outdoor, Funktion-One sound system, 40,000 square feet — provides the production infrastructure that their hybrid DJ-live-vocal performance format requires. The Encore Beach Club summer calendar converts their residency from a nightclub-focused booking into a full season presence that spans every major demand peak from late May through late September, positioning them as the artist most consistently associated with the Wynn summer nightlife experience in the Las Vegas market. For guests attending any Encore Beach Club date between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekend, The Chainsmokers appear more frequently in the summer calendar than any other single act in the 2026 Wynn Nightlife roster. The September calendar — with EBC dates on September 5, 12, and 19 — extends their presence through the Labor Day Weekend and into the fall pool party season that Encore Beach Club operates before the outdoor venue transitions to its off-season mode. Their Labor Day Weekend EBC appearance on September 5 is among the highest-demand single pool party dates of the Las Vegas autumn calendar, when holiday weekend demand converges with the end-of-summer emotional register that their melodic catalog resonates with. For guests planning Las Vegas trips around their Wynn Nightlife appearances, the September calendar provides dates that combine lower hotel rates than peak summer (mid-week pricing in early-to-mid September is typically 20-30% below July and August weekend rates) with the same EBC production scale and headliner performance quality that the peak summer season delivers. Guest list through NoCoverVegas for all their 2026 EBC and XS dates provides free entry for qualifying guests. For first-time Las Vegas visitors unfamiliar with the specific difference between XS Nightclub and Encore Beach Club as performance environments, The Chainsmokers' extended Wynn calendar offers the chance to experience both within a single Las Vegas trip or across multiple trips during their May through September residency. Their May XS dates — when the nightclub operates in its enclosed late-night format — deliver Taggart's live vocal performance in the 40,000-square-foot room where nightclub acoustics concentrate his voice against the Funktion-One system's precision. Their June through September EBC dates shift the experience outdoors: the floating-stage barge format, the natural daylight, and the pool-party crowd create a different sensory context for the same catalog. The cross-format residency is a feature of their Wynn relationship that few other artists can offer — the same headline act, the same calendar season, two entirely different Las Vegas nightlife experiences.