When Adele saw her idol sitting in the audience of a recent show, a slew of emotions and memories returned for the singer.
On Saturday, Oct. 26, Adele, 36, shared an emotional moment with Céline Dion after spotting her in the audience of her Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. In a video posted on X, Adele became tearful as she approached Dion, 56, and the two shared a heartfelt embrace.
In a later post on X, Adele explained why the moment was so special for her.
“i have been performing in Celine Dion’s room at the Colosseum for almost 2 years now,” Adele wrote. “It was the only venue I wanted to play in Vegas because it was built for her. I have a picture of her right next to the stage that I touch every night before I walk on and she came to the show this weekend and it was a surprise and it was a MOMENT!!”
The venue was built in 2003 to house Dion’s A New Day… residency and has since attracted residencies and performances from Elton John, Kylie Minogue, Diana Ross and more.
“Celine I love you so very very much,” Adele continued. “Words will never sum up what you mean to me, or what you coming to my show means, let alone how it felt seeing you back in your palace with your beautiful family… Such a full circle moment for me to be there with you. Thank you so much.”
In 2018, Adele visited the “My Heart Will Go On” singer backstage at the Colosseum for her second residency. In a post shared to Instagram after their encounter, Adele wrote, “Queen Celine! What a show, an absolute highlight of my life, thank you so much for the attention to your crowd and insane humor. Happy New Year lady x.”
Dion also recently showed love to Kelly Clarkson after the American Idol alum covered “My Heart Will Go On” on The Kelly Clarkson Show.
“Kelly, when I came back from the Olympics, I got to watch and listen to your reaction to my performance on the Eiffel Tower,” Dion said in an Instagram Reel. “It was so sweet to hear you — your voice. Your voice was breaking and it touched me so tremendously. You were crying and then you made me start crying. What’s up with all this friggin’ crying?”
“I just saw you singing ‘My Heart Will Go On’ and I’m crying again,” she continued. “You were absolutely incredible, fantastic. I loved it so much. I hope we can see each other in person soon, very soon. And I hope we’re not going to start crying. I love you so much.”
Clarkson responded with a full circle moment of her own, explaining that Dion’s validation made up for a “bad” American Idol performance she did in 2002.
“22 years ago on American Idol, I got laryngitis,” Clarkson explained. “Everybody got sick one week because they worked us ragged. They had no idea the show was going to blow up.”
“The week that I had laryngitis… I had to sing Céline Dion’s ‘I Surrender All.’ I bawl that night because I’m just mortified that Céline Dion is going to see this performance,” she continued. “I could have cared less about votes at that point.”
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