Adele’s shows were ‘heading for disaster’ and won’t go ahead for at least six months

“Indecision and conflict” ruined Adele’s Las Vegas residency, which now may not go ahead for at least a year.

Adele’s whole Vegas residency has been pushed back.

Adele’s dramatic cancellation of her Las Vegas concerts came after a series of explosive rows about the staging derailed the production.

The superstar left fans – some of whom had paid up to $17,000 for tickets – devastated when she announced last week that her shows at Caesars Palace would not go ahead.

The show was meant to run every weekend from now until April – but all of those shows have now been wiped, and the residency will not start until the second half of the year, or even 2023, The Sun reports.

In a tearful video posted on social media, Adele blamed the last-minute postponement on “half her crew” being off work with Covid.

Adele tearfully announces her Vegas postponement.

But sources say the production had long been in jeopardy thanks to behind-the-scenes clashes, including with acclaimed set designer Esmeralda Devlin.

Known as Es, the set designer previously worked with Adele on her world tour in 2016.

But it is understood she and the Hello singer argued in the run-up to the opening night of her latest concerts.

One source said: “In spite of the set costing millions to put together, Adele was unhappy with the result, and she made her feelings very clear to Es.

‘Too much indecision’

“She was already nervous and the falling out sent her spiralling into a panic because she was desperate that everything should be perfect.”

A second source told how the argument came after the production had already been thrown into chaos by “endless changes” to the running order.

Adele (left) and Es Devlin (right) have reportedly clashed behind the scenes.

They revealed: “There was no real clarity around what Adele wanted for the show because of the endless changes being made to the production.

“It seemed that while she has always preferred a stripped-back performance, she was under some pressure to come up with a huge extravaganza.

“So there was a constant ricochet between those two versions of what the show should be, and it did cause some quite explosive arguments.

“Most shows have teething problems of one kind or another, but there has been a feeling for some time that these shows were heading for disaster.

“It is well known that Adele suffers badly with anxiety when it comes to performing live, so it’s hard to imagine her going ahead if she wasn’t happy.”

The entire residency was pulled just 24 hours out.

While Adele’s shows sold out instantly online during the pre-sales period, prices on resale websites reportedly began dropping earlier this month.

And tellingly, a statement issued by Caesars Palace last week did not mention Covid, but noted: “Creating a show of this magnitude is incredibly complex.”

The source added: “Adele was so excited about these shows. But when it came down to it, there was too much indecision and conflict for them to work.”

The revelations come as Adele tried to win back favour with her fans by FaceTiming them personally – and offering them free merchandise.

Planning for the shows was marred by ‘indecision and conflict’.

A message scrawled on a mirror on the Adele store in Caesars Palace yesterday read: “Hi guys, I’m so upset to not be with you tonight, but I know some of you are here already, so please hang out and look at the outfits, take pics of anything you want of yourselves and with each other.

“There’s people in the room I worked with on the store and the merch. There’s members of my management here too to show you around.

“And any of you in here who were due to come to the show this weekend can have a gift on me! I’m so sorry again, Love Adele x”

Or as a fan might put it: “I came to Vegas to see Adele, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.”

This story originally appeared on The Sun and is republished here with permission