Cantopop Trio Grasshopper Marks 40 Years With Two Vegas Strip Shows

Cantopop trio Grasshopper is bringing its 40th-anniversary world tour to the Las Vegas Strip, with two shows booked at Fontainebleau Las Vegas on November 27 and 28. The Hong Kong group, made up of Edmond So, Calvin Choy and Remus Choy, is selling out arenas across Asia this year, and the Strip stop puts the trio's decades-long run on display for local audiences and touring fans alike.

The shows land inside BleauLive Theater, which as FOX5 Vegas notes is the newest performance venue on the Strip. Grasshopper signed with PolyGram Records early in its career and has since built a catalog that includes hits like “La La Means I Love You” and “Material Girl.” Tickets go on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. Pacific time through the Fontainebleau Las Vegas website, according to the same report.

A Chance Encounter Backstage With Anita Mui

Grasshopper's origin story traces back to Hong Kong in 1985, when So and brothers Calvin and Remus Choy entered the city's New Talent Singing Awards. A power outage at the venue led to a backstage conversation with Cantopop superstar Anita Mui, who recruited the young performers as her backup dancers and singers before they landed their PolyGram deal in 1987, according to Vegas 411. Mui served as the group's early mentor until her death in 2003.

The trio broke out in the mid-1980s and helped pioneer Hong Kong's boy band scene, introducing high-energy, Japanese-influenced dance pop and synchronized choreography to a market then dominated by slow ballads, per the outlet's reporting. That uptempo sound set a benchmark for Asian pop groups through the 1990s, and Grasshopper scored a string of hits across that stretch and into the following decade.

A Rare Reunion That Has Lasted Two Decades

Grasshopper took a hiatus in the late 1990s as members pursued solo projects, then officially reunited in 2005 — keeping its original three-member lineup intact for more than 40 years, a stability that is uncommon among 1980s Cantopop acts, according to the Malay Mail. The group's continued pull in Asian markets was on display when its August 29 concert at Kuala Lumpur's Unifi Arena sold out so quickly that organizers added a second performance the following night, the outlet reported.

The Las Vegas dates also arrive against a backdrop of health struggles for Remus Choy. He disclosed in October 2024 that he had undergone surgery to remove a brain tumor, sitting out the band's San Francisco tour dates that September, before making his full stage comeback in July 2025 at Kelly Chen's Hong Kong Coliseum concert, according to The Straits Times. His temporary absence had marked a rare stretch where Grasshopper performed as a duo.

Part of a Milestone World Tour

The November dates form part of Grasshopper's 40th-anniversary world tour, titled “Grasshopper Three in Love Concert 2026,” which launched in April with a seven-night sold-out stand at the Hong Kong Coliseum, as reported by Dimsum Daily. The tour title nods to the trio's enduring bond across four decades together. The Fontainebleau shows will feature signature choreography, new arrangements and an updated stage production, per FOX5 Vegas.

Falling over Thanksgiving weekend, the bookings continue a long-standing Las Vegas casino tradition of scheduling top-tier Cantopop and Mandopop acts during major U.S. holidays to draw regional Asian-American tourist traffic, according to 99 Concerts. Major Strip resorts frequently compete for high-limit Asian gaming clientele during those holiday stretches, and a Hong Kong act of Grasshopper's stature fits squarely into that pattern.

Inside the Strip's Newest Showroom

BleauLive Theater sits inside the $3.7 billion, 67-story Fontainebleau Las Vegas, which opened in December 2023 with 3,644 luxury rooms and 150,000 square feet of casino space after nearly two decades of development delays and ownership changes, per Wikipedia. The 90,000-square-foot theater spans three levels and can hold up to 3,800 guests for standing events or 2,800 for seated concerts, according to Fontainebleau Las Vegas.

Since opening on New Year's Eve weekend in 2023 with Post Malone, BleauLive Theater has built a lineup that includes Justin Timberlake, Tears for Fears, Pitbull and Creed, according to Vegas 411. Grasshopper's two nights add a Cantopop milestone celebration to that growing roster, giving the venue another marquee booking as it competes with established Strip rooms like The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.