Oh, things are SERIOUS between Adele and Rich Paul!
24.01.2022 - 21:03 / perezhilton.com
More details are coming to light about Adele’s Las Vegas residency postponement!
The singer shocked fans on Thursday when she delayed her entire Weekends with Adele concert series at the last minute, leaving many diehards stranded in Sin City after already traveling to see the singer perform on opening night. At the time of her announcement, she posted a teary video to Instagram blaming COVID-19 cases among her team and shipping delays for the inability to put on the show she desired.
But, rumor has it, there are a lot more issues that went into this major rescheduling!! On Sunday, Showbiz411 spoke with Keith D. Nelson, the secretary/treasurer of the Musicians’ Union of Las Vegas, Local 369, who had a lot of claims about the inner workings of the Easy on Me vocalist’s band! And from the sounds of it, Adele and her team were being cheap AF!!
Related: Adele FaceTimes With Fans Who Traveled To Las Vegas Before Last Minute Residency Cancellation!
According to the insider, when musicians are needed for a show (no matter where in the world it takes place), it is standard for an artist to use a local “contractor” to find and hire the help needed. But rather than rely on a Nevada-based contractor — who would have found unionized musicians to put on the event — Adele’s team hired an unknown contractor from Canada to avoid the union!
Nevada is one of 28 “right to work states,” meaning that employees can take work in a unionized setting even if they aren’t members themselves. Usually, the states that allow this behavior are known to be less financially stable and “red.” But thanks to gambling, Nevada has few financial worries and is also considered to be a “blue” state. All that said, legally, there’s nothing wrong with what
Oh, things are SERIOUS between Adele and Rich Paul!
Adele has promised her fans that her Weekends with Adele residency in Las Vegas will “absolutely 100 per cent” happen this year.The singer was due to start the residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on January 21, with the run of shows extending through to April.However, Adele postponed the gigs the day before the opening night of her residency, telling her fans in a video message that her show wasn’t ready.“We’ve tried absolutely everything 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,” she said. Weekends with Adele has yet to be rescheduled.A post shared by Adele (@adele)Speaking on The Graham Norton Show, which airs on BBC One tonight (February 11), Adele moved to reassure her fans that her Vegas residency will still be taking place in 2022.“It has to happen this year because I’ve got plans for next year,” she told Norton (via BBC News).
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Adele has FaceTimed fans who went to Las Vegas to see the opening nights of her residency to apologise for postponing the shows.The singer announced on Instagram on Thursday (January 20) that the residency would no longer start the next day. “We’ve tried absolutely everything 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,” she said.Now, fans who were meant to attend this weekend’s concerts have shared videos of the star FaceTiming them.
Some fans got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!