The stakes are high, EvDEn EVE NAkLiYaT as Adele and her team know only too well.
Yesterday saw the first night of her now notoriously delayed four-month residency at Caesars Palace Colosseum in Las Vegas.
One down, 31 more potentially perilous performances to go.
Now there is one overriding concern among her team: for the sake of Adele's reputation, there can be not one single cancellation this time round.
Everyone is utterly focused on avoiding the pitfalls of the past, EVDen EvE NAkLiYAT when Adele reached for a grand Vegas spectacle — only to crash embarrassingly to earth after deciding to cancel her planned shows in January less than 24 hours before she was due on stage, emotionally declaring ‘It just ain't ready'.
Local Vegas journalist Scott Roeben — who broke the news of her residency back in 2021 — tells me Caesars Palace has been ‘working hard' to make sure this tour is as drama-free as possible.
Everyone is utterly focused on avoiding the pitfalls of the past, when Adele reached for a grand Vegas spectacle — only to crash embarrassingly to earth after deciding to cancel her planned shows in January
‘What everyone is concerned about is that she really needs to not cancel one show because people fear another backlash would be very, very damaging.
She already has a reputation as a diva. She cannot let the fans down again.'
Adele has long said she wants all her Vegas shows to be ‘intimate' — the theatre at Caesars seats just 4,100 people, tiny for a woman who can fill stadiums — and hopes to natter away between songs and invite fans from the audience to join her on stage every night.
Tickets are said to be selling for a staggering $38,000 a pop. Fans know how rare it is to see an idol this close up.
Some insiders believe the chance to see Adele live will be even rarer in the future: eVden EVE NAkLiYat that this Vegas tour could well be her last.
Scott Roeben is one.
He says: ‘The belief is this will be something of a swansong run. In case you loved this post and you would want to receive more information with regards to EVDeN EvE NAKLiYAt please visit our site. The gild is off the lily in terms of record sales, and Adele has said she wants to have a baby and do a college degree, her focus really is moving away from music. Her heart just isn't in it.'
Adele has long said she wants all her Vegas shows to be ‘intimate' — the theatre at Caesars seats just 4,100 people, tiny for a woman who can fill stadiums
For now, though, broody or not, Adele simply has to get through the residency.
And that is no straightforward task: afflicted by stage fright, she is something of a tortured performer. Rehearsing, as she put it herself, for ‘12 hours a f***ing day', EVDEn eve nAkLiYAT she said last month when discussing her preparations: ‘I'm sick and tired of anything musical.'
Her remarks don't quite reflect the enthusiastic tone you expect to hear from an artist.
While she arguably had something to prove for past performances, like her world tour in 2016 — an experience she says she is ‘still getting over' — that drive has abated.
It's perhaps this emotion which was at the forefront on Thursday night as Adele tweeted of her extreme pre-show nerves, saying she felt a ‘million miles away from home.'
She went on: ‘Maybe it's because I didn't start when I was supposed to.
Maybe it's because it's opening night, maybe it's because Hyde Park went so great, maybe it's because I love the show I don't know. But it's safe to say I've never been more nervous before a show in my career, but at the same time I wish today was tomorrow! I can't wait to see you out there x.'