Adele Opens Up About Postponing Her Las Vegas Residency: ‘I Stand By That Decision’

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Adele still stands by her decision to postpone her Las Vegas residency, after cancelling all show dates in January. The English singer-songwriter opened up about her decision to cancel the concerts, which were scheduled to begin Friday, Jan.

21 and run through mid-April at Caesars Palace. “I definitely felt everyone’s disappointment and I was devastated and I was frightened about letting them down, and I thought I could pull it together and make it work and I couldn’t, and I stand by that decision,” she told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. READ MORE: Keith Urban Recalls ‘Panicked Call’ To Fill In After Adele Postponed Vegas Residency Adele acknowledged that the backlash from angry fans was “brutal” after they had already spent money on travel and hotels, as well as booked time off from work just to see her perform.

The anger left her feeling like a “shell of a person for a couple of months.” However, the “Easy on Me” singer explained, “You can’t buy me, you can’t buy me for nothing.

I’m not going to just do a show because I have to or because people are going to be let down or because we’re going to lose loads of money.