Van Morrison scoops up Adele’s dates
FOLLOW the bookings, music fans. It’s a reliable way to figure out if and when Adele will return to the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
We know now she won’t be onstage Oct. 7-9. Van Morrison has settled that piece of scheduling.
The rock legend has moved his previously scheduled performances to that Friday-through-sunday slot. Originally, Morrison was scheduled to play Caesars from Feb. 16-18. Those were the only dates taken during the “Weekends With Adele” series when the superstar announced on Jan. 20 she was canceling all of her shows.
No formal announcement was issued by Caesars Entertainment, Live Nation or Morrison himself regarding the postponed dates. But the move to the fall does limit the options for Adele to restart her residency later this year.
Simply, the more shows that are booked at the Colosseum this year, the less likely it is that Adele will return.
To line up the options, Adele has wiped out all of her dates through April. Rod Stewart headlines May 13-21. Keith Urban is back May 27-29, Sting from June 3-June 18, and Stewart again from Sept. 23-Oct. 1, leading to Morrison’s rescheduled shows.
The earliest Adele could conceivably be back would be mid-october. If Live Nation and Caesars start filing the Colosseum’s dates into November, and through the end of the year, Adele won’t likely be playing the Colosseum at all in 2022.
Other indicators for Adele’s plans are in the secondary ticket market. Brokers on those platforms do not typically offer refunds unless an event is canceled. Viagogo reps said this week that the “Viagogo Guarantee” does not cover postponed shows — Adele’s is still being listed as postponed. But even in this uncertain climate, primary ticket-seller Ticketmaster will issue full refunds until Feb. 20, a month after Adele postponed the residency.
Adele might illuminate her fans further when she’s in the U.K. for next week’s Brit Awards. She’s set to sit with BBC late-night host Graham Norton, a friendly media rep with a long reach who could draw details about the Vegas residency. Adele’s lone announcement on social media, was that she was taking part in the Brits Awards and planning for a “chat on the couch with Graham.”
Adele was laughing and holding a 10 of hearts in that post. It seemed a lot of fun, but that message did nothing to allay concerns from Adele’s worldwide following that her Las Vegas plans were being ditched.
A Dolly good time
The Academy of Country Music Awards is playing a big room in March. The show needed a personality to match.
So welcome to fabulous Las Vegas, Dolly Parton.
Parton is one of multiple stars to co-host the 57th annual ACM Awards show, being performed for the first time at Allegiant Stadium on March 7. Her co-hosts and the list of this year’s nominees is to be announced.
Parton’s participation was announced Thursday by co-producers the Academy of Country Music, Prime Video and MRC. The two-hour event will stream live without commercials on Prime Video at 5 p.m. Pacific time. The event is the first awards show to be livestreamed exclusively.
Parton will be joined by co-hosts to be announced at a later date. (Vegas headliners and former hosts Luke Bryan at the Theatre at Resorts
World and Keith Urban at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace are headlining around the time of the awards show).
In its time in Las Vegas, the ACM Awards have previously been staged at Mandalay Bay Events Center (now Michelob Ultra Arena), MGM Grand Garden and T-mobile Arena. The event honors the top performers and new artists in country music.
In a statement, Parton said she was excited to be hosting the show from Vegas.
“Watch for us because we’re going to have some fun,” Parton said. She releases her album “Run, Rose, Run,” on March 4. The novel of the same name, co-written by James Patterson, is due out March 7. Parton is also among the nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2022, joined by fellow first-time noms Beck, A Tribe Called Quest and Eminem.
The country-music icon and film actress has won 13 ACM Awards. She also hosted the show from the Universal Amphitheatre in L.A. in 2000.
“Dolly is the most iconic and multi-talented artist of all time, and we are proud that she is a friend and supporter of the Academy,” Academy of Country Music CEO Damon Whiteside said in a statement. “There is no one better than Dolly to represent the ACM Awards brand and country music on a global scale.”
Cool Hang Alert
There’s a little love in all of Clint Holmes’ performances. His “Songs Of The Heart” show at 2 p.m. Saturday at Notoriety is loosely attached to Valentine’s Day, with some familiar titles, but also features some new original numbers. Longtime Prince backing vocalist Elisa Fiorillo joins Holmes and his band of Tom Schuman on keys, Dave Ostrem on bass and Jakuba Griffin on drums. Holmes says if Schuman didn’t have so many outside commitments with the acclaimed jazz-fusion band Spyro Gyra, this lineup would be his fulltime band. Catch this outfit while you can at Notoriety, where tickets start at $50 and available at notorietylive.com.