Why did Adele and Styles turn their noses up at Jubilee gig?
SHE was the humble Londoner who grew up in a small flat above a discount furniture store, but now Adele is so grand that she turned down the Queen.
I hear that the organisers of the Party at the Palace asked the Los Angeles-based superstar to perform at the concert held to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
‘They were told she couldn’t do it,’ a source tells me. ‘Scheduling issues, or something like that, were given as an excuse. It caused a lot of surprise, particularly as she was awarded an MBE. After all, how many chances will there be to perform in front of Buckingham Palace for the Queen?’
And Adele, 34, is not the only British mega-star to snub the monarch. I can disclose that Harry Styles also rejected the opportunity to sing in front of a global audience of millions. A source close to the 28-year- old former One Direction star confirms: ‘He was asked.’
Pop superstars who did perform included Ed Sheeran, Sir Elton John, Sir Rod Stewart and Queen.
At least it meant there wasn’t a lastminute pull-out by Adele. In January, she cancelled her Las Vegas residency with less than 24 hours’ notice in a teary Instagram video in which she said the show had been ‘absolutely destroyed’ by Covid and what she called ‘delivery delays’.
Some fans were furious as they faced losing hundreds of pounds from flights and hotel reservations.
Adele could not be reached for comment, while a spokesman for Styles declines to discuss the snub. However, a source close to him claims: ‘He could not participate because of timing with his schedule.’
A spokesman for the BBC, which organised the concert, declines to comment.