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Adele Ends Vegas Residency With Heartfelt Goodbye & Thanks For “Second Chance”

Adele is saying goodbye.

On Saturday, the singer performed the final show of her "Weekends with Adele" Las Vegas residency, which she kicked off two years ago. It was also the 100th show of the residency.

In farewell remarks, Adele became emotional while thanking her fans and loved ones, videos shared on social media showed.

"I will miss it terribly, and I will miss you terribly," she said. "I don't know when I'm next going to perform again. I'm not doing anything else."
"Of course, I'll be back. The only thing I'm good at is singing. I just don't know when I next want to come on stage."

Adele thanked her son, noting she did a residency rather than a tour so she could keep his life "normal." She said she's excited to spend time with him on weekends, adding, "I love you to bits."

She also thanked her partner, Rich Paul, for "making me feel that I could do whatever I want to do."

"Weekends with Adele" began in controversy after the 16-time Grammy winner postponed the residency in January 2022 with just one day's notice. In a tearful video at the time, Adele said she and her team were "absolutely destroyed by delivery delays and COVID," and it was "impossible to finish the show" in time.

Adele had the most spectacular Vegas residency since Celine: Inside the Drama and Triumph.

Fans who had tickets to the show and were already in Vegas expressed frustration with the last-minute announcement, but Adele defended the decision. She told Elle Magazine she was "embarrassed" about the delay but said it "made my confidence in myself grow because it was a very brave thing to do," and she is "very proud of myself for standing by my artistic needs."

"Weekends with Adele" began in November 2022. Ahead of the first show, the "Rolling in the Deep" hitmaker shared on Instagram that she was "highly emotional" and "incredibly nervous."

The residency ultimately received rave reviews, with music writer Melissa Ruggieri saying, "This retooled expression of artistry is a spectacular two hours, even for casual Adele fans."

With the end of her residency approaching, Adele said last year that the shows had changed her life.

"I desperately needed to fall back in love with performing live again, and I have," she wrote on X. "I needed to reconnect with my songs and remember what they mean to me, and I have! Being on stage over the last year so up close and personal with an audience again after all these years has been a truly extraordinary restorative experience that I'll never forget."

Adele previously revealed she plans to take a lengthy break after the end of the residency. In August, she told fans that when she wraps up her last shows, "I will not see you for an incredibly long time."

"I just need a rest," she explained. "I've spent the last seven years building a new life for myself, and I want to live it now. I want to live the life that I've been building."






Credit: USA Today