Shows were set for earlier this year

Adele is rumored to announce her long-delayed Las Vegas residency for December 2022. A source tells The UK’s The Sun that an announcement is imminent.

“Adele loved performing in London and it gave her the drive to push forward with her Vegas residency,” they report. “An announcement is coming in the next few weeks. Management have asked for a celebration to promote her return.”

In January, Adele was scheduled to kick off her Weekends With Adele Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, but indefinitely postponed the entire 24 run engagement the day before it was to begin. She cited COVID and supply chain issues for her reasoning, but it was later revealed it was canceled due to creative issues.

At the time, the pop superstar was eyeing for a late July or early August start that would run through the end of the year. In April, it was reported that she was “finalizing a deal” to move the residency to The Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood where she would add another two thousand seats per night and have full creative control.

It’s unclear at this time if the show will stay at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace or move across the street to The Zappos Theater. Weekends with Adele has not been formally canceled and her image is still remains at Caesars Palace.

In a recent interview with the BCC promoting her two night headlining BST Hyde Park in London shows earlier this month, the pop star said she stood by her decision even though it left her “devastated.”

“I definitely felt everyone’s disappointment and I was devastated and I was frightened about letting them down. I thought I could pull it together and make it work and I couldn’t, and I stand by that decision,” she says. “I’m not going to just do a show because I have to or because people are going to be let down or because we’re going to lose loads of money. I’m like, the show’s not good enough.”

The decision to cancel at the eleventh hour was too late for many fans who trekked the Sin City to see the singer, leaving mixed reactions. The night before the first show was scheduled, she was seen FaceTiming fans who were shopping for merchandise at The Colosseum shop adjacent to the venue’s entrance. Fans who presented a concert ticket to one of Adele’s shows received a gift tote bag with a specifically made T-shirt, magnets and keychain.

Adele has reportedly parted ways with her longtime creative director, Esmeralda “Es” Devlin, and has hired Take That’s Kim Gavin and Stufish for a new direction. Gavin has won a BAFTA for his work and has been behind every Take That tour since 1992. Stufish are the production designers behind the Rolling Stones 60th anniversary tour.

Sources state the team will “develop a new show as everything from the Es show has been scrapped,” which includes a 60 piece choir backing her for a “Skyfall” opening. Adele and Es reportedly clashed in “explosive arguments” over the Caesars Palace production and staging. Caesars Entertainment had also reportedly invested heavily in redesigning the main Colosseum dressing room to accommodate Adele’s needs with the hopes of having her there until 2024.

We’ll have details as they become available.