Adele ‘hit hard’ by tragic death during Las Vegas residency

Adele asked fans to light up their phone torches at her most recent Las Vegas show, as she shared some sad news from her personal life.

Adele. Picture: Gareth Cattermole/Getty

The phrase “It never rains but it pours” couldn’t be more appropriate for Adele.

First the Easy On Me singer battled sickness in the run-up to her already delayed Las Vegas residency earlier this month.

And now, The Sun reports that despite only just kicking off the biggest shows of her career, she has made sure she is on hand to support her best friend, photographer Raven Varona, whose mum died just hours after Adele’s first weekend in Sin City.

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Adele paid tribute to her photographer’s late mum at a recent show. Picture: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images.

As well as being one of her closest friends, Raven is Adele’s official photographer for her Vegas residency, which runs until the end of March.

A source said: “For the past 12 months Adele’s focus has been on these Vegas shows but despite being under serious pressure herself, when Raven lost her mum she rushed to offer support.

“Family is a massive thing for Adele and she was keen to make it clear that she could take all the time she needed away before returning to work.

“The passing has hit them both hard.”

It’s been a tough few months for Adele and her team. Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images.

Despite Adele telling her to take time out, Raven still covered the singer’s second weekend of shows — with the singer dedicating 2008 song Make You Feel My Love to her.

Halting her gig to pay tribute, an ­emotional Adele told the audience: “I would really appreciate it if you could all put on your torches on your phone and shine them like stars so I know her mum can see us.”

Sharing footage of the moment, Raven wrote: “One of the last things I got to do with my mum on the Sunday before she passed was show her the photos from weekend one.

“I was so excited to show them to her and was hopeful I’d be able to bring her to one of the shows. Thank you Adele and everyone at the show for honouring my mum.”

Adele also told the audience about her own health problems before her doomed initial run of performances earlier this year: “A week before the shows I was as sick as a dog — you can imagine my panic.

“I was like, ‘I am going to have to be on that stage in a hospital bed with a bunch of doctors and nurses’.

“But thank goodness the good Lord, he took me under his wing and I was better, but I had to watch a lot of production rehearsals from up at the top balcony.”

This article originally appeared in The Sun and has been reproduced here with permission

Originally published as Adele ‘hit hard’ by tragic death during Las Vegas residency