Anyway, more news has come out. Yes, it seems Adele was full of shit, and indeed there was a lot more to the story.
Read these two articles....
Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-meltdown.html
The Sun: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbi...xplosive-rows/
Both are quite detailed.
Here's the cliffs of what I got out of them:
- Adele wanted a simple show where she mostly sings, and does little else. Caesars wanted a spectaular show with elaborate sets and effects. The two sides were constantly clashing over this.
- Adele's biggest fight was over Caesars' demand that Adele have a 60-person choir backing her up. Adele absolutely did not want this.
- Adele has well documented stage fright, and has admitted in several past interviews that she hates performing and that it makes her physically ill, due to anxiety. Unlike egotistical perromers like Criss Angel, Adele hates applause, and it makes her feel awkward.
- Adele was having major fights with her (famous) set designer Brit "Es" Esmerelda, especially after Adele kept claiming to be "unhappy" with Es' work despite millions being spent on the set. It seemed that Adele was basically browbeat by Caesars into agreeing to have semi-elaborate sets, only to renege on the agreement once she saw the sets completed. This caused "endless changes" to the sets and the show, and the two sides could simply never reconcile something which made both happy.
- It is unlikely that any makeup dates will happen before June, and very possible that it won't be until 2023. Some believe there will never be a makeup show. Adele has never made up any of her other past missed concerts.
- People were highly doubting that Adele would really complete 24 shows in 12 weekends, given her hatred of performing. One person called it "madness" that she even attempted such a thing, given how difficult it is for her to get through a single performance.
- In addition to canceling those two series of shows I mentioned in 2011 and 2017 due to "throat problems", she also cancelled shows in 2008 and 2016. The 2008 cancellation is most eyebrow-raising, as there was seemingly no reason for it, and she was only 20 and not that famous yet. This was huge opportunity for her, and yet she backed out of it.
- Caesars employees were threatened with termination if any of them spoke to the media about Adele's show cancellations. This strongly implies the situation was about a lot more than just COVID.
This really seems like a bad marriage, where Caesars (the man) wants to get married, the woman (Adele) very reluctantly agrees but isn't really into it, and then the man starts demanding that the woman makes all kinds of changes if she's going to be his wife. The result? A runaway bride.
This show never should have been. I understand the temptation for Caesars to bring such a coveted act to its stage, but they should have seen this one coming. At the very least, they should have agreed upon a show concept beforehand, and then contractually bound Adele to it, with penalties for pulling out.
Here it looks like they just haphazardly signed her, believing it would be a huge boon to them, and didn't bother to research that she hates performing, hates elaborate shows, and probably couldn't complete a 24-show residency if her life depended upon it.
What a fail.
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