‘One of my favourite people of all time,’ Adele told the crowd of the Quebec megastar
Adele was in tears after she spotted Celine Dion in the crowd at her Las Vegas residency show over the weekend.
The 16-time Grammy winner was in tears as she approached the My Heart Will Go On singer as the two embraced with Dion, 56, holding Adele’s face between her hands.
The pair exchanged words and Adele, 36, waved to audience members who were seated nearby before she asked the crowd to help her continue singing the song. “Can you sing it for me?” Adele requested as she became overcome with emotion, dabbing her tearstained face with a tissue.
Dion stood up to take a bow and put her hand over her heart as Adele told the cheering crowd that the Quebec singer was “one of my favourite people of all time.”
The Power of Love hitmaker was joined at the show by her two of her sons, Nelson and Eddy Angelil, 14, who were seen in social media videos hugging their mother after Adele’s emotional tribute.
The meeting was a bit of a full circle moment, coming after Adele watched Dion perform at the same venue back in 2018.
In her response, Adele referred to Dion as “Queen Celine,” hailing the concert as “an absolute highlight of my life.”
“What a show,” she wrote. “Thank you so much for the attention to your crowd and insane humour. Happy New Year lady x.”
Dion’s attendance at Adele’s show follows her appearance at the City of Hope Spirit of Life Gala last week in Los Angeles, where she presented the Spirit of Life Award to AEG CEO Jay Marciano.
Marciano was being honoured for his philanthropic and humanitarian efforts towards cancer research. Dion’s husband, Rene Angelil, died of cancer on Jan. 14, 2016.
“The City of Hope is so well-named,” Dion said during her presentation speech. “It does so much more than the important research leading to new treatments. It provides care to people in their greatest time of need … it provides the most precious ingredient of all. It provides hope.”
And earlier this month, Dion surprised football fans when she popped up in an NFL promo ahead of the Sunday night game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys.
Meanwhile, Adele is entering the final stretch of her Las Vegas residency, which kicked off in 2022 and ends next month.