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Adele may be on the cusp of beginning her long-awaited Las Vegas residency — if everything goes according to plan. The original residency, which was supposed to start in January 2022, was set to take place at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. Instead, Adele may have brokered a new deal with Planet Hollywood to perform the upcoming residency at Zappos theater.
Though Adele blamed the cancellation on COVID-19 issues, there have been persistent rumors that creative differences between herself and her staff had a lot to do with it, per TMZ. The root of the issues reportedly came down to an ongoing conflict between Adele and her longtime creative collaborator, Esmeralda ‘Es’ Devlin, per The Telegraph. A source told the outlet that the breakdown of the relationship was even caught on camera. “There was a documentary crew following the build-up in Vegas,” they noted. “Footage of the Es blow-up and the total implode of the production exists.” By April, Adele announced that she had fired Devilin and hired a whole new creative team to ensure that the residency would kick off as soon as possible.
In addition to having more creative control over at Zappos, Adele will also reportedly be turning a much heftier profit. Zappos seats nearly twice as many people as the Colosseum, which means more ticket sales. According to sources who spoke to TMZ, Adele has also arranged a more profitable deal for herself at Zappos, ensuring she gets a larger cut of ticket sales. Talk about turning lemons into lemonade!
Source: Nicki Swift
