Citing illness, Adele sitting March out
ADELE is calling out, for the first time in her residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. Citing vocal concerns, the Strip headliner has knocked out all shows in March. That’s 10 shows total, beginning Friday and Saturday.
Adele referred to the pause as a postponement, saying on on social media: “Sadly I have to take a beat and pause my Vegas residency. I was sick at the end of the last leg, and all the way through my break. I hadn’t quite gotten the chance to get back to full healed before shows resumed and now I’m sick again, and unfortunately it’s all taken a toll on my voice.”
She added, “The remaining 5 weekends of this leg are being postponed to a later date. We are already working out he details and you will be sent the information ASAP.”
Prior to the announcement, Adele had not missed a show at the Colosseum, and has sold out all 80 of her performances over 40 weeks. She of course wiped out her entire first residency series in January 2022, citing production delays and illness during COVID-19. That announcement arrived a day before she was to open.
Adele has suffered from vocal issues over her career. In November 2011, she underwent vocal cord surgery to alleviate recurrent hemorrhaging caused by a benign polyp on her vocal cord. The procedure forced her to cancel her world tour.
The superstar headliner talked of taking vocal rest during her show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Saturday. She told the crowd, “I can’t hit my head notes properly. I didn’t sleep very well, and my chest is on fire. Straight after this show, I am going on voice rest.”
In that performance, the “Rolling in the Deep” singer cracked that her vocal quality was similar to the villainous sea witch from “The Little Mermaid,” saying, “And Ursula from the ocean has come from my chest tonight.”
“Weekends With Adele” is scheduled to end June 14-15. She is then booked for 10 shows at Munich Messe in Germany. The arena is unlike the 4,300 seat Colosseum, with seated grandstands and standing areas and a capacity 80,000.
Curran, Sky 3 close it out
It’s the end of an era, and an air-a, at KSNV Channel 3.
Kelly Curran, the station’s traffic reporter and meteorologist, is leaving for KCRA Channel 3 in Sacramento, that city’s NBC affiliate. Thursday is her final day at News 3.
And, the Sky 3 helicopter has been grounded. Thus ends the station’s 34-year run of sending helicopters over Southern Nevada to track traffic jams, weather updates and the odd chase scene.
Sky 3 was the only helicopter employed by a news organization in the state. But the chopper wasn’t all that was soaring out of the station.
So were costs to keep the bird aloft. It’s final flight was New Year’s Eve.
“It’s not was an expense that, heading into this year, we just couldn’t really justify,” KSNV General Manager Larry Strumwasser said Tuesday. “So that was the bottom line.”
The chopper, a Robinson R66, had replaced the old Robinson R44 this past June. Curran had spent the the past two years as an “aerial reporter and photographer” at the station. She covered a range of elevated news stories, from the F1 traffic closures, to structure fires to train derailments.
Curran has been at Channel 3 since 2015. She will report news and weather in California’s state capital. KCRA’S Livecopter 3 is piloted by “Chopper Dave” Allen. Curran says she will report from the air occasionally, and also the station’s “stateof-the-art” SUV on wildfires, floods, and mountain snow.
Curran said the decision to leave the city has been difficult.
“I love Las Vegas, the mountains, the people, the entertainment, my amazing friends that have become more like family to me,” Curran said in text Tuesday. “I miss Sky 3 every day its pilot, Patrick Edenfield. We had such a good time up there. There is nothing that will ever compare to flying down the middle of the Strip at night.”
Strumwasser said the company is already narrowing the candidates to fill the void left by Curran.
“We’re going to miss Kelly,” Strumwasser said. “She’s been such a good employee, and rock-solid on her newscasts.”
Some tremors …
About the future of Paris Theater. Hearing from one camp “Annie Get Your Gun” is planning an eight-week run, ending Dec. 15, much of it coinciding with NFR. And, a return of the “Nitro Circus” show is in the long-term horizon. This would be backed by UFC Dana White, who has confirmed his involvement.
Your Vegasville Moment
Master music director and trombonist Nathan Tanouye, smiling and chuckling all the way through a five-minute joke by Pete Barbutti during Sunday’s ”Joe Williams Scholarship Concert” at UNLV’S Ham Hall. The odyssey ended with the punch line, “Artie chokes, three for a dollar.” Worth the wait. As Barbutti says, “I don’t use any one-liners.”
Cool Hang Alert
It’s Easy’s (like Sunday morning, except this happens at night) Cocktail Lounge at Aria. A triple shot of superb speakeasy talent. Friday it’s the ever-sultry soul-r&bpop artist Mecca & Friends, Saturday the ever-rocking Cassie Stone, and Sunday the ever-stylish country artist Cali Tucker. Can we ever get enough? Hours are 6 p.m. 2 a.m., intel at easysvegas.com. Find the place tucked away at Proper Eats.