Adele postpones Las Vegas residency because of Covid-related delays.
Adele onstage in October 2021. A Las Vegas residency following the release of her latest album, “30,” has been delayed.Credit...Cliff Lipson/CBS
By Joe Coscarelli
Jan. 20, 2022, 6:38 p.m. ET
An apologetic and teary-eyed Adele announced on Thursday that her forthcoming Las Vegas residency would be delayed, citing production problems and the toll of Covid-19.
The show, titled “Weekends With Adele,” was scheduled to open on Friday at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, with two concerts weekly running through April 16.
“I’m so sorry but my show ain’t ready,” the singer, her voice trembling, said in a video posted to her social media channels. “We’ve tried absolutely everything that we can to put it together in time and for it to be good enough for you, but we’ve been absolutely destroyed by delivery delays and Covid — half my crew, half my team are down with Covid, they still are.”
The shows will be rescheduled, she said, describing herself as “gutted” and “really embarrassed.”
Adele’s latest album, “30,” was released in November and topped the Billboard chart for six straight weeks.
The recent surge in coronavirus cases has led to a number of concert cancellations, including Dead & Company’s Playing in the Sand festival in Mexico, though festivals like Coachella and other high-profile tours are proceeding.
Joe Coscarelli is a culture reporter with a focus on pop music. His work seeks to pull back the curtain on how hit songs and emerging artists are discovered, made and marketed. He previously worked at New York magazine and The Village Voice. @joecoscarelli
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By Joe Coscarelli
Jan. 20, 2022, 6:38 p.m. ET
An apologetic and teary-eyed Adele announced on Thursday that her forthcoming Las Vegas residency would be delayed, citing production problems and the toll of Covid-19.
The show, titled “Weekends With Adele,” was scheduled to open on Friday at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, with two concerts weekly running through April 16.
“I’m so sorry but my show ain’t ready,” the singer, her voice trembling, said in a video posted to her social media channels. “We’ve tried absolutely everything that we can to put it together in time and for it to be good enough for you, but we’ve been absolutely destroyed by delivery delays and Covid — half my crew, half my team are down with Covid, they still are.”
The shows will be rescheduled, she said, describing herself as “gutted” and “really embarrassed.”
Adele’s latest album, “30,” was released in November and topped the Billboard chart for six straight weeks.
The recent surge in coronavirus cases has led to a number of concert cancellations, including Dead & Company’s Playing in the Sand festival in Mexico, though festivals like Coachella and other high-profile tours are proceeding.
Joe Coscarelli is a culture reporter with a focus on pop music. His work seeks to pull back the curtain on how hit songs and emerging artists are discovered, made and marketed. He previously worked at New York magazine and The Village Voice. @joecoscarelli
Let Us Help You Love Classical Music Even More
Spend 5 minutes digging a little deeper into the best parts of music.
Take five minutes to discover the varied, explosive, resonant sounds of percussion instruments, whether struck, shaken, pounded or scratched.
Listen to the sweeping musical statements at the foundation of the orchestral repertory: symphonies.
Learn to love choral music — ancient, contemporary, gospel, opera, sacred, romantic — with selections from our favorite artists.
Looking for specific musicians? Check out Maria Callas, opera’s defining diva; the genre-spanning genius of Mozart; and 21st-century composers like Caroline Shaw and Thomas Adès.
That’s just the beginning: Here are five minutes to fall in love with tenors, the flute, the trumpet, Brahms, string quartets and so much more.
Coronavirus
Austria takes a big step toward a Covid vaccine mandate for adults.
Booster shots are keeping older Americans out of the hospital, new C.D.C. data suggest.
A South African study of infected zoo lions spurs worries about the virus spreading in the wild.
The U.S. will require vaccinations for incoming essential workers crossing land borders.
NBC’s play-by-play coverage for the Beijing Olympics will be mostly remote.
France, with an election approaching, sets a timeline to lift pandemic restrictions.
A son’s plea, after the death of a mother who celebrated catching Covid.
Omicron was probably in N.Y.C. well before the first U.S. case was detected, wastewater data suggest.
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