One of the most highly anticipated headlining residency shows in the history of the Las Vegas Strip turned to rubble on January 20. That was the day Adele announced on Twitter that she was forced to postpone all 24 concerts in her Weekends With Adele series, just a day before she was supposed to take the stage at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
Adele promised she would make up the shows as soon as possible. Then, for months, nothing. Nothing but rumors and reports attempting to detail the behind-the-scenes struggles of the long-awaited production.
Now, the 34-year-old singer is finally back on the schedule. Adele announced today her residency will open on November 18 at the Colosseum and run through March 25, rescheduling all 24 original dates and adding eight new shows.
“Words can’t explain how ecstatic I am to finally be able to announce these rescheduled shows. I truly was heartbroken to have to cancel them,” Adele posted on Twitter. “But after what feels like an eternity of figuring out logistics for the show that I really want to deliver, and knowing it can happen, I’m more excited than ever!
“Now I know for some of you it was a horrible decision on my part, and I will always be sorry for that, but I promise you it was the right one. To be with you in such an intimate space every week has been what I’ve most been looking forward to and I’m going to give you the absolute best of me.”
A select number of tickets will be available across all 32 performances and there will be two opportunities to purchase them. Access will be limited with priority given to fans who held tickets for the original show dates or had previously registered and been waitlisted via Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan Presale. Those eligible will receive an email invitation from Ticketmaster on August 3. For more information, visit blog.ticketmaster.com/adele-vegas.
After touring in 2017, Adele hadn’t performed live until the Brit Awards in February and then two concerts during the British Summer Time Hyde Park Festival on July 1-2. Her eventual arrival on the Strip is crucial for Las Vegas, which also saw Celine Dion postpone her comeback residency at Resorts World last year, and for the Colosseum, currently anchored by residency shows from Rod Stewart, Sting and Keith Urban. Usher just reopened his show at Dolby Live at Park MGM after moving out of the legendary Caesars Palace theater.
The complete Weekends With Adele schedule: November 18-19 and 25-26; December 2-3, 9-10, 16-17 and 23-24; January 20-21 and 27-28; February 3-4, 10-11, 17-18 and 24-25; March 3-4, 10-11, 17-18 and 24-25.
