Everything to know about Adele’s Vegas residency shows, per a fan

Over the past year, Adele has officially become the face of the Southwest’s City That Never Sleeps — Las Vegas.

Starting in November 2022, the 12-time Grammy winner took over Caesars Palace on Fridays and Saturdays as part of her ‘Weekends With Adele’ residency.

Her concerts quickly became the hottest ticket in town and prices skyrocketed to high-roller dollar amounts; oftentimes, the cheapest seat in the building was in the neighborhood of $1500 before fees on Vivid Seats.

This summer, the soulful mezzo-soprano is doing it all over again.

From June 16 through Nov. 4, Adele is returning for 17 more weekends and prices aren’t cheap.

However, if you’re planning on seeing her live there are quite a few things you should know as a fan who’s about to drop a pretty penny.

Where should you sit? What is the stage set up like? When is the best time to grab merch?

That’s where we come in.

The Post spoke with Adele super fan Georgie Exinord about her experience — which she thought was worth every penny — at a recent Adele gig.

Here’s what she had to say.

Adele performance

• Adele’s show was such a hair-raising experience. You know how she sounds on her albums? Multiply that tenfold live — somehow, she’s even better!
• You can tell she’s such a seasoned professional because it looked as if she was barely trying to deliver what she gave vocally. Like water, she floats and vacillates across musical scales with so much fluidity, ease, and confidence. She’s a true vocalist!
• Adele is a private person, and yet she uses this show as a vehicle for her fans to get to know her more intimately. She shares anecdotes behind the inspiration for some of her most legendary ballads, as well as pictures from her upbringing.
• “Turning Tables” is based on her declining relationship with an ex at a restaurant that had Lazy Susans. “I can’t keep with your turning tables..”

Adele set/stage

• The stage slides and evolves throughout the show! At the beginning of the show, it starts out in the shape of her eponymous letter “A” and transmogrifies to reveal her quartet about 20 minutes into her performance. At this point, she says, “Now it’s time to really get this show started.” There are floating chandeliers, rain, fire, and confetti in the form of polaroid pictures that fall from Ceasar’s Colosseum’s roof. 
  • Spoiler Alert!: She sets an actual piano ON FIRE during “Set Fire to the Rain.”

‘Weekends With Adele’ concert-going tips

• Get to the show about 30-40 mins before showtime. Going through security and ticketing is a breeze. Still, you’ll want to leave sufficient time to purchase merch*, take quality IG pictures in the lobby, use the bathroom, and possibly buy drinks. There’s no intermission or breaks throughout the show, so seize all the time beforehand. The show start time is 8 p,m. Adele is on the stage ready to greet you with her idiosyncratic South London charm by 8:07.
• I regretfully waited until after the show to buy merch and the lines were so long it took 40 minutes to get to the cashier. Before the show, the line is much shorter.
• For a seated show, it was VERY warm in the event space. There was no heat or AC, so be ready to shed some layers.
• This is a gamble, but you’re better off either shelling out close to ~$1K+ to have floor seats to be as close as possible to Adele OR intentionally buying “nosebleed” seats. Based on my experience, those seem to be the only two camps of concert-goers. 
  • If you’re on the floor (front/rear orchestra), she’ll eventually walk around and greet you as she sings.
  • If you’re in the ‘nosebleeds’ (aka second mezzanine) there’s a chance she’ll select you and a guest to sit in the floor in seats that she reserves for underdog fans. Adele also shoots signed t-shirts (out of a T-shirt gun!) to guests in the second mezzanine.
  • If you’re in the middle (like Georgie was; first mezzanine), enjoy watching the London native from the Jumbotron.  Unfortunately, the first mezzanine folks got no love; and that’s my only criticism. I wish she could have spread the love more. Especially since my tickets were $600/each, so it wasn’t like I paid chump change.

Tickets for all 34 upcoming Adele Las Vegas concerts can be found here.

Huge concert tours in 2023

While you may need to make a pilgrimage to Las Vegas to see Adele live, many of music’s biggest stars are traveling all over North America these next few months.

Here are just five of our favorites you won’t want to miss live when they come to a city near you.

• Taylor Swift

• Beyoncé

• Madonna

• Drake

• Ed Sheeran

Want to see who else is touring? Check out our list of the 52 biggest concert tours of 2023 here.