Fine Music In Town: Adele in Vegas
Tickets for the first row on the first night of Adele in Vegas are being sold for up to US$ 43,000 on websites. Adele is expected to perform at least 32 times in the city on her tour. The cheapest tickets, in the last row of The Colosseum Theater at Caesars are US$ 500.
It is worth mentioning that all were sold out a few days after they went on sale. The most expensive ticket beats singers such as Celine Dion, Elton John, Rod Stewart, J-Lo, and Brodie Cooper.
On November 18th, Adele finally debuted her long-awaited residency in Las Vegas, called “Weekends With Adele”. Boasting a mega structure and breathtaking special effects, the star confessed that she was nervous and excited about the occasion.
The British singer set fire to the rain to interpret one of her classics (“Set Fire To The Rain“). She walked among the audience in a nostalgic vibe while singing “When We Were Young“. Adele made a performance of “Love in The Dark“ with a starry sky as a backdrop. The singer also mysteriously disappeared from the stage in her farewell to the sound of “Love Is A Game“.
The setlist mixed hits from the album “21” and “25” with new features from the Grammy-nominated album, “30”. The show started right away with two big hits: “Hello” and “Easy On Me“. Soon other instrumentalists joined the band and the curtains of the theater opened up giving a new perspective to the stage.
Adele’s Career
Why you should see Adele in Vegas? Find out more about the trajectory of this extraordinary artist.
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins or just Adele was born on May 5, 1988. She grew up in Tottenham, a district of London. Adele started showing her musical gifts at just 4 years old. In 1997, she moved with his mother to Brighton in the south of England.
In 1999, she returned to London, first to Brixton and then to West Norwood, where she had written “Hometown Glory” in 2004. She was a student at the London School for Performing Arts & Technology (BRIT School), graduating from it in 2006. In addition to being a singer, the British singer is also a composer and multi-instrumentalist.
In 2006, after graduating, Adele recorded three demos that she posted on MySpace and they became a huge success. That same year, he signed a contract with the XL Recordings label.
In January 2008, she debuted with the album “Adele 19”, where “Hometown Glory”, “Chasing Pavements” and “Best for Lost” stood out. The album got three times platinum in the UK and two Grammys and reached number 11 on the Billboard 200.
In 2011, Adele released “Adele 21”, which was successful in the United States and England, with “Rolling in the Deep”. The album reached #1 on the Billboard 200, selling fast in just one week of release.
Her Greatest Successes
The song “Someone Like You” was the greatest success of the singer. The song reached number one on the UK charts in 2011. Adele has received several awards: six Grammy Awards, including “album of the year”, two Brit Awards, one of them as “Best British album of the year”, and three American Music Awards.
Adele has received six awards: “Grammy 2012, Record of the Year – Rolling in the Deep”, “Album of the Year – 21”, “Song of the Year – Rolling in the Deep”, “Best Pop Solo Performance – Someone Like You”, “Best Short Video – Rolling in the Deep” and “Best Pop Vocal Album – 21”.
With the success of “21”, Adele got several mentions in the Guinness Book. She was the first woman in history to have three singles in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time.
She was also the first female artist to have two top 5 albums on the Billboard 200 and two top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. “21” was the longest-running number-one female solo artist album in UK and US history.
Why You Should Go See Adele in Vegas
In 2012 Adele released “Skyfall”, a song she wrote and recorded for the James Bond film, “007 – Operation Skyfall. This song won an Oscar, a Grammy, and a Golden Globe for “Best Original Song”.
After a three-year gap, Adele released her third album, “Adele 25”. It which became the best-selling album of 2015 and broke sales records in the UK and US. Its single “Hello” became the first song to sell over a million digital copies in its first week of sales.
On February 12, 2017, Adele was also the highlight of the Grammy Awards, receiving five trophies: Best Recording, Best Song, and Best Pop Performance for “Hello”, and Album of the Year and Best Pop Album for “25”. If you like the Grammy Awards, check out this post about the origin of the ceremony and its curiosities!
On November 19, 2021, after four years, Adele released “Adele 30” with songs about her 2019 divorce. In 2022, Adele won her first Emmy. The singer was awarded the “Emmy Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-recorded)”, for the CBS special “One Night Only”. Now, the British singer is close to conquering the status of EGOT, that is, Oscar, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony winner, the latter being what the artist lacks.
More Reasons To See Adele in Vegas
The “One Night Only” event included many hits from the artist’s career, such as “Rolling in the Deep” and “Someone Like You”, in addition to songs from the album, “30”. The special aired in November 2021, hosted by Oprah Winfrey, is the most watched on television since the previous year’s Oscars.
In addition to an Emmy for “Outstanding Variety Special”, the project also won other awards at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmys, including “Outstanding Direction for a Variety Special”, “Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special”, “Best Sound Mixing for a Variety or Special Series, Best Technical Direction” and “Camera Work, Video Control for a Special”.
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