Adele said her Las Vegas residency show was “perfect” and “looked just like how I imagined” as she kicked off the first night of her postponed run.
The singer became emotional as she thanked fans for “coming back to me” as she opened the show at the Colosseum venue at the Caesars Palace hotel.
She received a standing ovation as she took to the stage, but told fans that she ought to be the one giving them one instead.
“Thank you so much for coming back to me,” she told them. “It looks just like I imagined it would. It’s just perfect, thank you.”
In her typically jokey manner, Adele continued: “I don’t get to go off stage for about 50 minutes so I’m going to have [a] shitty face of streaked makeup for the whole first part of the show.
“I’m so nervous and I’m so scared and I’m so happy. It might be a bit wobbly at times because my nerves are out of control … it’s a bloody massive week for me this week. It’s the Walking Dead finale on Sunday!
“It’s opening night, it’s the Walking Dead, it’s the Grammys and it’s the World Cup, f—— hell, there’s a lot going on.”
The singer added that the show “started small” before launching into her first song of the evening, a rendition of her 2015 number one single Hello, after which she received another standing ovation.
Throughout the evening Adele delivered a selection of powerful and emotional hits that spanned her four studio albums, accompanying most with spectacular visuals.
She followed Hello with another number one single, Easy On Me. Other songs from her latest Brit award-winning album, 30, included I Drink Wine, Oh My God and Cry Your Heart Out.
Fans were also delighted to a rendition of her Oscar-winning James Bond theme, Skyfall, with visual effects showing the singer set against fiery backgrounds.
At one point in the show, Adele fired a T-shirt cannon into the audience. “It’s a signed T-shirt, a handwritten note and 50 bucks – go and get a drink,” she told the recipient.
The singer had announced the last-minute postponement of her Vegas run on Instagram earlier this year, telling fans in a tearful message that the show was “not ready”.
On Thursday night, Adele shared an Instagram post online, in which she said she had “never been more nervous before a show in my career” but could not sit still with excitement.
“I’m feeling all sorts as I write this. I’m highly emotional, incredibly nervous but can’t sit still because I’m so excited,” she wrote, sharing a picture of herself in rehearsal.
“I always get scared before shows, and I take it as a good sign because it means I care and means I just want to do a good job.
“But it’s safe to say I’ve never been more nervous before a show in my career, but at the same time I wish today was tomorrow! I can’t wait to see you out there x.”
At the show, Adele thanked Caesars Palace for the support she had been shown following the run’s postponement, saying she was “honoured” to be performing at the venue.
“I’d really like to thank Caesars because there has been a lot of shit written about me since I cancelled my shows.
“I tell you 90% of it is absolutely completely made up – there’s been rumours that I’m moving hotels and I’m moving theatres and all this and never once did they ask [me] any questions.”
Thousands of fans, who had travelled from across the world for the show, gathered outside the venue hours before it began and streamed through the doors once they were opened.
Attendees said it “did not feel real” to be back in Las Vegas for her previously cancelled show, but they were sure it would be “worth the wait”.
Others described having “butterflies” and not wanting to set their expectations too high in case of a second disappointment.
Some fans described being “triggered” by another last-minute post from the singer, before realising her message had been a positive one.
Amy Jaron, 23, from Los Angeles, California, said: “It doesn’t feel real, it’s finally here and it feels like forever ago that we were here.
“We met so many people so it was a great thing to happen out of a sad thing that happened … We’re happy to be reunited.”
Rafael Faci, a 23-year-old medical student from Brazil, said he had missed multiple exams to travel to the US again to see the show.
Adele’s run at Caesars Palace had originally been due to begin at the Colosseum on 21 January 2022, running until 16 April. Her new run is scheduled to take place from 18 November to 25 March, with the 24 rescheduled shows as well as eight extra dates.
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