Adele has extended her residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, with performances planned between June and the end of November. The British singer has revealed that new dates have been added between June and November. The ‘Weekends with Adele’ series was due to end last weekend. Fans can now register for …
The $5m Emperor Package to watch Formula 1 in Las Vegas
Entertainment conglomerate Caesars Entertainment used the Christmas period to launch its ‘Emperor Package’ for the inaugural Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, though it would have been quite a generous present – the cost is $5m (£4m/€4.8m). The package has been designed for multiple F1 fans, with Paddock Club passes for 12 people; two tickets …
2022 in review – January
The year kicked off with an acquisition as TodayTix Group acquired Goldstar, a North American live events discovery and ticketing platform. While financial details were not disclosed, TodayTix said that the deal more than doubled its North American audience and expanded its reach beyond theatre to include sports, concerts and live events. Daniel Nardicio asked …
Backstage: Adele, Eurovision and more…
A round-up of the latest live music news… Adele (pictured) has announced that her postponed Las Vegas residency will begin in November, 11 months after it was originally set to begin. The singer wrote on Instagram: “Words can’t explain how ecstatic I am to finally be able to announce these rescheduled shows. I truly was …
BST Hyde Park sells 530,000 tickets
American Express presents BST Hyde Park sold 530,000 tickets across its nine shows and three weekends in London, and attracted 600,000 visitors. Music fans were treated to performances from major global artists including Adele, who performed for two nights and The Rolling Stones, who also headlined for two nights. Sir Elton John also performed, as …
Live music revenues faced further decline in 2021
PRS for Music, a body that collects royalties for songwriters, has said that royalties from live performances of music fell roughly 30% in 2021, despite concerts and festivals resuming in the summer. Revenue from concerts amounted to just £8m (€9.5m/$10m), down from £11.3m in 2020 and £54m in 2019. PRS said that only 19,300 setlists …
Adele could move venues for Las Vegas Residency
British singer Adele could be set to move her Las Vegas residency away from current venue Caesars Palace. According to reports, Adele has been approached to perform at Planet Hollywood’s Zappos Theatre. Adele was due to perform at Caesars Palace in a string of shows starting January 21, with the singer performing two concerts every …
Adele postpones Las Vegas residency as fans fight for refunds
Adele fans have until mid-February to claim their refund for tickets to the singer’s cancelled Las Vegas residency, according to reports. Last week, Adele left some fans feeling frustrated after cancelling her shows at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace just 24 hours before the first concert was due to start. The concert series, Weekends with …
AWS outage affects Ticketmaster and Adele pre-sale
An outage for Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Tuesday resulted in issues for Ticketmaster, and also a delay in the pre-sale for artist Adele’s (pictured) new Las Vegas residency. Music and entertainment fans were unable to purchase concert tickets from the ticketing platform as it uses AWS, a global on-demand cloud computing platform and application …