First new music in 5 years… and a €110m payday
Lizzo poses with candles set to sell out within minutes.” The tour backs a new album which had been expected in September.
But manager Jonathan Dickens confirmed this week it was delayed, saying only: “It’ll be ready when it’s ready.”
My sources tell me a new year’s release is on the cards.
If the tour goes ahead as planned, Adele could rake in €110million on ticket sales alone, based on earnings from her 16 months on the road that ended in June 2017.
Newly uncovered figures show she made €75million from tickets for the 121 gigs on her Adele Live tour, and €156million overall. The source explains: “Ticket income is boosted by royalties from merchandise and VIP and hospitality packages.” Adele confessed to fans at a gig in March, 2017: “Touring isn’t something I’m good at. “Applause makes me feel vulnerable. The only reason I’ve toured is you.” I can also reveal the star is keen to return to London’s Wembley stadium – where she had to cancel her final two 2017 dates due to vocal cord damage. She told fans: “I wanted my final shows in London – I don’t know if I’ll ever tour again.” When she does, I’ll be the first through the door…
Lizzo is a to us all
is my No1 crush again this week with this hair-raising spectacle.
The Good as Hell singer sits naked on stairs surrounded by candles, looking every inch a goddess with long black locks draped around her.
Asking fans to contribute to black organisations, Lizzo stripped off to highlight Juneteenth in the US – marking the day the last people enslaved were finally freed in 1865.
The 32-year-old has plenty to celebrate this summer after making history in the BET Awards.
As well as an Album of the Year nomination, she is the first personever to be nominated best female artist in one year for both the R&B/POP and Hip Hop categories.
No male artist has ever matched that in one year in the corresponding categories. Female power indeed.
I was speaking with a cloudologist, watching the sunset, and I said, ‘Look at those cumulus beauties’ and he said, ‘Those are actually cumulonimbus’. It was mortifying.
I walked by Chris Martin on the beach on January 1, 2018, at sunset. It was like being in the music video for Yellow.