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Adele reportedly paid tribute to her close friend’s mother on stage after she passed away during the singer’s ongoing residency in Las Vegas.
The 34-year-old singer is said to have dedicated her emotional 2008 song Make You Feel My Love to her boyfriend Raven Varona’s late mother during her performance on Saturday.
Raven, who is the official photographer for Adele’s residency, sadly lost her mother Leigh after the run of Las Vegas shows kicked off last weekend.
Kind gesture: Adele has reportedly paid tribute to her close friend’s mother on stage after she died during the singer’s ongoing residency in Las Vegas
According to The sunAdele stopped her performance to pay tribute to her friend’s mother and told the audience: “I’d really appreciate it if you could all put up your flashlights on your phones and make them shine like stars so I know her mom can see us.”
A source also told the publication that the passing has hit both Adele and Raven “hard,” adding that Adele had told her friend to take as much time away from work as she needed.
They said: ‘For the past 12 months, Adele’s focus has been on these Vegas shows, but despite being under a lot of pressure herself, she rushed to offer support when Raven lost her mother.
“Family is hugely important to Adele and she was keen to make it clear that she could take all the time she needed before returning to work, the death has hit both of them hard.”
Sad times: The singer, 34, is said to have dedicated her emotional 2008 song Make You Feel My Love to her boyfriend Raven Varona’s late mother during her performance on Saturday
But Raven still decided to cover Adele’s second weekend of shows in Las Vegas, and she later took to Instagram to thank Adele for her heartfelt tribute.
Raven shared photos of Adele onstage, writing, “One of the last things I dealt with my mom on the Sunday before she passed was showing her the weekend 1 photos.
“I was so excited to show them to her and hoped I could take her to one of the shows. Thank you Adele and everyone on the show for honoring my mom. I felt her there all the time.
‘She was and remains my driving force, so going to work felt like an honor to her. I love you A x.’
Grief: Raven, who is the official photographer for Adele’s residency, sadly lost her mother Leigh and took to Instagram to thank Adele for her heartfelt tribute
Loss: Sharing photos of Adele on stage, Raven wrote: “One of the last things I dealt with my mom on the Sunday before she passed was showing her the weekend 1 photos”
Earlier this week, celebrity photographer Raven took to Instagram to pay a loving tribute to her mother following her passing.
She wrote, “I am so honored to be your daughter. You are and forever will be the axis on which my world revolves. I am so proud to have you as a mother and I will continue to live the life you wanted me to live. Your personality was gigantic.
“Your legacy will live in every room I walk into. The list of things I will miss about you is endless, but I am so thankful that our love and life together was so detailed. I remember and know everything. Our love was loud and reactive.
“Thank you for teaching me how to be myself. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I miss you already, but it’s good to know you’re no longer in pain. You waited for me. Even in your last moments you still took care of me.
Tribute: Earlier this week, celebrity photographer Raven took to Instagram to pay a loving tribute to her mother following her passing
You lived for me and I will LIVE for you. Forever Leigh’s daughter. I hope you’re having a Margarita on the rocks with extra lime, no salt, with grandma and boo and uncle dom.
‘Your drink just like your personality. I love you. Guide me forever, it’s never goodbye because you live in me.’
It comes after Adele finally kicked off her highly anticipated Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace last Friday.
The singer, who tearfully canceled her scheduled concerts at the last minute in January, managed to get through her first two-hour set of 20 songs in front of the nearly 4,100 spectators with barely a hitch.
During the spectacular show it rained, a piano was ‘set on fire’ on a waterbed and Adele shot T-shirts into the room with a plastic gun.
She is back! It comes after Adele finally kicked off her highly anticipated Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace last Friday
While she previously placed some of the blame on crew members suffering from Covid for delaying the original dates, she later claimed she was unhappy with the extravagant scale of the production.
It is believed she earns around £800,000 per night for the 32 night run. Favorites including Chasing Pavements and Rolling In The Deep aired, but the loudest cheers came as the screens lifted behind her to reveal the 24-piece string section and she called out Skyfall in true Bond-themed fashion.
When the singer finished her set, almost everyone in the audience had forgiven her. Heart-shaped confetti rained down and as she disappeared through a hatch in a hail of pink glitter, she silhouetted in typical fashion. “I have no idea what I’m getting into for five months,” she said, “but I can’t wait.”
Incredible: the singer, who tearfully canceled her scheduled concerts in January at the last minute, managed to get through her first set with barely a hitch