Adele ‘upset and embarrassed’ over concert delay
Adele ‘upset and embarrassed’ over concert delay
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A tearful and apologetic Adele on Thursday postponed a series of Las Vegas concerts due to start on Friday because half her crew was sick with COVID-19 and the pandemic had caused delivery delays.
Adele Postpones Las Vegas Concerts
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Loren Allred, Lena Hall, Tamika Lawrence, Rosé Set For BROADWAY SINGS ADELE
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The acclaimed Broadway Sings concert series has announced the lineup for its Tenth Anniversary concert event, Broadway Sings Adele. On February 28 at 8pm, a bombshell cast of stars including Loren Allred (“The Greatest Showman”), Tony Award Winner Lena Hall (Hedwig), Tamika Lawrence (Caroline, Or Change), and Rosé (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”) will belt out new arrangements of the hits of the pop superstar Adele, accompanied by a 14-piece orchestra at the beautiful Sony Hall.
Also featured in the lineup are Nick Rashad Burroughs (Tina), Kayla Davion (Tina), Tim Ehrlich (Rent), Sam Gravitte (Wicked), Eric Michael Krop (Godspell), Corey Mach (Kinky Boots), Lindsay Pearce (Wicked), Jelani Remy (Ain’t Too Proud), Kate Rockwell (Mean Girls), Britton Smith (Be More Chill), Raena White (Chicago), and introducing Rebby Han.
The concert will give tribute to the iconic songs from every album Adele has released, including “Hello”, “Rolling in the Deep”, “Easy On Me” and “Someone Like You”. The music will be orchestrated and arranged by Joshua Stephen Kartes.
Broadway Sings Adele is produced and directed by Corey Mach (Waitress, Wicked). Previous singers honored in the series, created in 2012, include Sara Bareilles, Beyoncé, The Beatles, Rihanna, and most recently Lady Gaga’s 2020 album Chromatica. More information about the upcoming Broadway Sings Sondheim, as well as the virtual platform Broadway Sings PARTY!, can be found on their website: www.broadwaysingsconcert.com.
For tickets to the show, visit https://www.sonyhall.com. Sony Hall is located at 235 West 46th Street. Tickets are $40-$110, with a limited amount of tickets available for $30 at the door with a valid student ID. General admission seating and student tickets are first come, first served. All ages are welcome and all performers are subject to change.
Adele postpones Vegas concert series
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Adele postpones Vegas concert series
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Adele has postponed her entire Las Vegas residency, just 24 hours before the opening night.
“I’m so sorry, but my show ain’t ready,” the star told fans in a tearful update on Instagram.
“Half my team have Covid and it’s been impossible to finish the show,” she said, adding that “delivery delays” had also played havoc with her plans.
She was due to play the first of 24 planned shows at the Caesars Palace’s Colosseum on Friday, January 21.
Announced late in November, the Weekends With Adele series was scheduled to have the singer performing two shows every weekend until April.
Tickets ranged from US $85 to $685, and Adele was forecast to make more than £500 000 per show.
They would have been her first live concerts in five years. Along with two dates in London’s Hyde Park this summer, they are the only shows she has announced to promote her blockbuster fourth album, 30.
Speaking on Instagram, Adele said she had been “awake for 30 hours” trying to rescue the production, but she had simply “run out of time”.
“It’s been impossible to finish the show,” she added. “I can’t give you what I have right now and I’m gutted.” (BBC)
Fugees cancel reunion tour due to COVID-19
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Ready or not… they’re not coming.
The Fugees have been forced to ax their reunion tour due to the ongoing pandemic.
The formerly estranged hip-hop group apologized to fans Friday for backing out of the concerts, which were intended to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their critically acclaimed sophomore album, “The Score.”
“We anticipate and understand disappointment, but our anniversary tour will not be able to happen. The continued COVID pandemic has made touring conditions difficult, and we want to make sure we keep our fans and ourselves healthy and safe,” they said in a statement.
Band members Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel shared the news with fans on social media.
The Fugees disbanded in 1997, one year after releasing “The Score,” and reunited last fall for the first time in 15 years to help kick off the Global Citizen Live concert.
“We’re grateful for the special night we did get to share with some of you in New York, with that rare live moment,” they said in the statement.
“If opportunity, public safety and scheduling allow, we hope to be able to revisit this again sometime soon. Thank you for all your love and support throughout the years,” they added.
Each member of the band pursued solo projects after they disbanded, but rumors circulated that Jean’s affair with Hill contributed to the split. In Jean’s 2012 autobiography, “Purpose,” he accused the songstress of lying about the paternity of her child with Rohan Marley.
“She led me to believe that the baby was mine, and I couldn’t forgive that,” he wrote.
Meanwhile, they aren’t the only musical act to cancel due to the pandemic. A tearful Adele announced that she was postponing her Las Vegas residency 24 hours before opening night.
“Half my crew, half my team is down with COVID — they still are — and it’s been impossible to finish the show. I can’t give you what I have right now,” she said.
New dates have not been announced.