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Adele breaks down in tears as she hugs Céline Dion at Vegas Residency
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Adele breaks down in tears as she hugs Céline Dion at Vegas Residency

Adele feels the love of a fellow musician at her latest concert!

The “Easy on Me” the 36-year-old singer got emotional after seeing Celine Dion in the audience at her Las Vegas residency show on Saturday, October 26.

One video posted by a fan account on X (formerly Twitter), Adele was singing her song “When We Were Young” when she approached Dion, 56, who was sitting in a box to the side at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

Adele began to cry as the pair embraced for a few seconds, before saying a few words to Dion as the Canadian singer held Adele’s face in her hands. Dion then held and kissed Adele’s hand as the British singer waved to bystanders. He then said a few more words to Dion before leaving to continue his performance.

Adele and Celine Dion.

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A closer angle of the emotional moment, too posted on X, showed Adele in tears as she came over and hugged Dion, before leaving with tears visible on her cheeks. In the clip, Dion also appeared extremely emotional as she hugged and chatted with her fellow singers. Still another clip showed Dion sitting back after her sweet moment with Adele and dabbing at her own eyes.

The “My Heart Will Go on” singer appears to have been with her two sons, Nelson and Eddy Angélil14 years as both boys comforted their mother after her emotional encounter. One clip posted on X, also showed Adele walking away from Dion and continuing to sing the song while dabbing her tear-stained face.

Adele accepts the Grammy Award for Song of the Year from Dion in February 2017.

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The powerhouse singers’ emotional meeting in Vegas was a full-circle moment for the pair, after Adele came to see Dion perform at the same theater a few years ago.

In January 2018, Adele visited Dion backstage after performing at the Coliseum during the “Power of Love” singer’s second Vegas residency.

In a post shared on Instagram at the time, Dion wrote after meeting Adele at her show: “I couldn’t make all of my shows but was thrilled that Adele came to one of them… I love her so much! !”

Superfan Adele wrote further Instagram of the experience, “Queen Celine! What a show, an absolute highlight of my life, thank you so much for the attention to the crowd and the crazy humor. Happy birthday Mrs. x.”

The “Hello” singer posted a photo of herself wearing a matching Dion T-shirt during her visit to the concert alongside her message.

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The British singer has long been a big fan of Dion and also revealed in a video 73 questions for Vogue in 2021 that her “proudest possession” is a framed piece of Dion’s gum.

” “It’s pretty amazing,” the singer told the press in the clip. “James Corden — who’s a friend of mine, but he also does Carpool Karaoke, which I did — did one with her. She knew how much of a fan I was of her and she made her spit her gum into a piece of paper and she framed it for me.”

Adele is set to wrap up her two-year residency in Las Vegas in November.

While performing in concert in Munich in September, the 16-time Grammy winner said she plans to step away from music for “a long time” once her residency ends.

One video posted on TikTok Adele told fans on stage: “I’ve got 10 shows to do, but after that, I won’t be seeing you for an incredibly long time and I’ll hold you dear to my heart.”