Kelly Clarkson cancels first live Vegas shows – just minutes before she was due on stage
KELLY Clarkson shocked fans when she canceled her first live Vegas shows – just minutes before she was due to go on stage.
The much-loved singer, 43, announced earlier this year that she’ll perform a multi-month residency at Caesars Palace in Sin City.
Kelly Clarkson: Studio Sessions – The Las Vegas Residency was due to kick of yesterday and was promising to “bring the studio experience” to the stage.
But, with just an hour and a half until show time, she broke the bad news to fans.
Taking to Instagram, Kelly penned: “We have been working 24/7 to make Studio Sessions the most intimate and extraordinary experience with and for my incredible fans.
“I am beyond grateful that you always show up for me and I am devastated to have to postpone tonight and tomorrow’s opening at Caesars.”
Kelly said that both “prep and rehearsals” had “taken a toll” on her voice, and that she wanted “the shows to be perfect for y’all.”
The Because Of You singer added: “I need to protect myself from doing serious damage so I am taking this weekend and next week to rest up so that we can deliver what you all deserve.
“The show is truly incredible. The musicians and singers are outstanding, and I want us all to start out strong.”
She concluded the heartfelt post with: “I can’t wait to be back next weekend and show y’all what we’ve been working on.”
The announcement came just hours after she got fans going to the show excited with behind-the-scenes snaps, and wrote: “TONIGHT!!”
After news of Kelly cancelling this weekend’s shows, fans commented with one saying: “‘Totally bummed that we flew all the way to Vegas only to find out that the show was cancelled 1 1/2 hours prior to show time. So so sad!!”
While this one added: “‘I’m outside the doors”, followed by crying face emojis.
Kelly will now start her Vegas show later this month, with dates in August as well.
The residency will then take a break and resume in November.
FUTURE OF TALK SHOW
Last month, there was concern from fans that her Vegas residency could put Kelly’s talk show in jeopardy of being canceled.
However, an insider recently assured The U.S. Sun that this wasn’t the case,
In fact, the team at NBCUniversal worked to make sure the residency did not interfere with the talk show.
“NBCUni worked with the Caesars group to make sure filming didn’t overlap. Kelly’s show won’t be impacted by the residency,” the source told us.
“Everyone walked away from it happy. Caesars gets their show, NBC gets their show, and they’ll cross-promote, respectively.”
The source then added: “The Kelly Show is NBC‘s number one daytime priority and is in no way in any danger of being canceled.
“There are big plans for the future of the franchise and the network encourages Kelly to take gigs outside of the show because it only helps her talk show’s viewership too.”
Her NBC daytime show is on hiatus for the summer, so it will not be impacted by the July and August Vegas dates.
When The Kelly Clarkson Show resumes production in September, when Kelly will be back to focusing on her hosting duties.
However, she was able to “find a workaround” for the November dates, and all of her talk show tapings are planned to go on as scheduled.
