Adele kissed her son Angelo and fiancée Rich Paul after giving an emotional speech to close her successful two-year Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Saturday night.
The British singer, 36, recalled the start of her time in Sin City as “fucking rocky” and described 2022, in which she canceled concerts less than 24 hours before the first show, as the “worst year of her life.” life’.
Their entire 24-date residency was canceled at 11am claiming that half their team has Covid and that they “ran out of time” to get the show ready.
On stage, Adele drank a glass of wine and told the large audience of 5K fans, in a clip shared with .
“It started off so fucking hard that it was one of the worst years of my life. “They were beating me up, it was horrible and they told me it was career suicide and that Las Vegas would never forgive me (canceling) something like that at the last minute.”
Adele kissed her son Angelo and fiancé Rich Paul after giving an emotional speech to close her successful two-year Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Saturday night.
The British singer, 36, recalled the start of her time in Sin City as “fucking rocky” and described 2022, in which she canceled concerts less than 24 hours before the first show, as the “worst year of her life.” life’
At the time, Adele admitted she was “gutted” to cancel the shows as a result of COVID-19 cases among crew members (pictured in 2022).
Fighting back tears, she continued, “But we were talking as a team earlier. That’s when I started crying. If I had done that show that I canceled, I certainly wouldn’t have endured her tonight doing my 100th show here.”
She continued: “If something doesn’t feel right to you, in any way, don’t do it, no matter what, and I’m talking about gut instinct, if something doesn’t feel right.” Feel good, don’t do it.”
“I’m full of pride and I’m very proud of myself and very proud of my team, the band, my fans. I’m very grateful to Vegas for giving me that second chance.”
After her speech, she made her way through the audience where she hugged Rich, 43, after finally confirming their engagement in August, and her son whom she shares with ex-husband Simon Konecki, 50.
By 2022, fans paying between $85 and $12,000 for a ticket (or up to $30,000 on the black market) had already traveled to Las Vegas from all over the world, including the United Kingdom, for the inaugural concert.
But with just 24 hours to go, the British star canceled his entire 24-night performance, which was due to net him $685,000 (£500,000) per performance before marketing – a Las Vegas record.
‘Weekends With Adele’ was due to be presented until April in Las Vegas, with all available tickets sold out. In an Instagram post, a visibly upset Adele said: “I’m so sorry but my show isn’t ready,” saying they “ran out of time.”
‘We have tried absolutely everything we can to get it ready on time and good enough for you, but delivery delays and COVID have completely destroyed us. Half my crew and crew are (sick) with Covid and still are, and it’s been impossible to finish the show.
She continued: “I’m devastated. I’m sorry it’s last minute, we’ve been up for over 30 hours trying to figure it out and we ran out of time,” she continued, as her voice began to ring out. break. ‘I’m very upset and really embarrassed and I’m so sorry to everyone who traveled to get (to the show). I’m very, very sorry.’
On stage, Adele drank a glass of wine and told the large audience of 5K fans, in a clip shared with .
Fighting back tears, she continued, “But we were talking as a team earlier. That’s when I started crying. If I had done that show that I canceled, I certainly wouldn’t have endured her tonight doing my 100th show here.”
After her speech, she addressed the audience where she hugged Rich, 43, and her son (pictured), who she shares with ex-husband Simon Konecki, 50.
Adele finally accepted in August that music executive Rich was engaged after months of speculation (pictured in 2023).
Fans wished her and her team the best, but wondered why Adele and her team had only come to that conclusion on the eve of her first show.
The Weekends With Adele residency was announced in November 2021, but the process leading up to it was not easy.
Adele and her ex-husband separated in 2019 and she found her life in the spotlight again.
“I’m still not completely over it. It makes me feel very uncomfortable choosing to dismantle my son’s life on my own,” she said in an interview with CBS at the time.
Before her last show, Adele revealed that she had run out of gas both emotionally and physically after two years of shows.
After a hugely lucrative and successful career, as well as a 10-night residency at a purpose-built stadium in Munich, Adele is ready to hang up her microphone after the sheer volume of shows left her feeling “beaten.”
In a new interview ahead of her final show on Saturday, the Hello singer said she’s ready to say goodbye to her fans for a long time, and Adele hopes to enjoy plenty of bed rest and red wine, having denied herself the latter because of the impact it has on your vocal cords.
Speaking to audience members – which included The mirror – At one of her recent shows in Sin City, Adele said: ‘Doing four hours a weekend singing completely live is a lot. And I talk a lot, I am very, very sensitive and emotional. I am battered after these shows. And I take every person in this room into my soul, I take them home with me.’
To further emphasize how much her epic shows have taken a toll on her, Adele joked that she looks like “the pigeon lady from Home Alone”, joking that she sports a “disheveled” look as she doesn’t get home until the early hours. of the morning. weekend shows.
The superstar, who has been taking to the stage every Friday and Saturday, added that she has been “fully recovering” every Sunday and Thursday and despite her “love” for the shows, she is now ready for them to be “over.” .
After the show, Adele uploaded a series of backstage snaps to Instagram.
She looked beautiful in a low-cut black lace dress as she took to the stage for the last time.
During all his shows he makes his way among the audience of his fans and Saturday was no exception.
In an epic finale, a sea of pink confetti covered the stage
Addressing how it feels to finally complete her epic Las Vegas run, Adele shared: “It’s very important to me because it’s very, very bittersweet. But this (the residency) has been on my mind for four years… four years for a damn idea. So I hope I have a lot of free time to love my children, love my man and love another child in my house.’
The Hometown Glory singer added that she “needs” to “get back to my own life,” the publication reports.
During an interaction with the crowd, Adele noted that her initial plans were simple: enjoy a bottle of red wine that she previously avoided because it “fucks me up,” “dries out my vocal cords” and gives her ‘the worst hangovers.’
He continued: ‘Saturday night I’m probably going to drink a lot of red wine. So that’s the most exciting thing for when the show ends! Then after that, I think I’m going to be really vegetative until the end of the year. I feel like I’m already hibernating early.’
Elaborating on her idealistic plans once her residency ends, the Tottenham-born star revealed that she wants to “stay in bed” and “watch a lot of TV”, adding that the relaxation session always “comforts her”.
The beauty added that she could even set a New Year’s resolution and that she would finally have time to stick to it and take it “seriously.”