LAS VEGAS — This was worth the wait — and not only for the reasons Adele might've foreseen.
Finally launching her long-delayed five-month residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Friday night, the superstar British singer made no attempt to slide by the memory of her shocking cancellation in January, when she announced just hours before its planned premiere that she was putting off the show indefinitely because it wasn't ready.
"I should be giving you a standing ovation," she told the audience through tears Friday after fans rose to their feet to applaud the one-two punch of heavy-duty balladry — "Hello" followed by "Easy on Me" — that opened her set. "Thank you so much for coming back to me." Later she described bailing as "the worst feeling I've ever had but the best decision I've ever made" and said, "I do stand by it."
