Adele’s Strip residency expected to open in November
Adele’s residency is reportedly set for a Nov. 18 launch at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, a running through Feb. 24 with a holiday break.
Independent sourcing confirms social-media reports that the series will open on that date, with a formal annoucement set for Monday morning. Look shows to stretch into February, with a break between Christmas and Jan. 20. The shows will reportedly be held at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, as originally planned for “Weekends With Adele.”
Also, expect several additional performances to be added to the original set of 24. Those shows would need to be onsale through in August.
Concert promoter Live Nation and Caesars Entertainment, which owns the Colosseum, have not responded to requests for comment.
The recording superstar has consistently said she plans to restart the production, after halting the series on Jan. 20, a day before she was to premiere.
She has since reportedly dropped her famous set designer Es Devlin, replacing her with industry vet Kim Gavin, who partnered with and has worked with British pop group Take That and is also on the Rolling Stones’ 60th anniversary tour.
Since the postponement, Adele’s vast set pieces and equipment have been taken out of the hotel, the venue’s stagehands laid off through September, and dates in November-December held for her return.
All of it is reportedly part of a documentary about Adele’s relationship with star sports agent Rich Paul, and her Vegas stage show.
This month, prior to her two Hyde Park shows on July 2-3, Adele told BBC radio said she “definitely felt everyone’s disappointment” upon after postponing the series. The 34-year-old headliner described her feelings as “devastated.”
“I was frightened about letting them down and I thought I could pull it together and make it work, and I couldn’t,” she said. “I stand by that decision. I don’t think any other artist would have done what I did, and I think that is why it was such a massive, massive story.”
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