Leona Lewis wants to “share her life” with fans during her Las Vegas shows.
The Bleeding Love hitmaker will be performing her A Starry Night shows at Voltaire at The Venetian in Sin City between November and January and she plans to take inspiration from Adele’s residency, where she mixed belting out her hits with telling stories and chatting with the audience.
Leona told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: “I love that about [Adele’s] show.
“She has the most incredible voice, but I just loved her chatting and sharing life with everyone.
“It’s about pulling back the curtain and knowing who the artist really is and why we sing the songs we sing.
“The fact that it is so intimate is one of the reasons why I wanted to do the residency here…
“It has been 20 years since I stepped on the scene with X Factor, and a lot has happened in my life.
“This is not just a show. This is me sharing what I’ve been through, How I started, why I wrote certain songs, why I performed certain songs. It’s the culmination of my life’s work in music.”
Leona feels “very proud” to have been offered her own Las Vegas residency and her family are planning to join her in the city for the duration.
She said: “I feel very proud and privileged that I get to follow in the footsteps of Elton John and Adele and have a show in Las Vegas.
“It’s a big deal coming from the UK, a girl from Hackney, to do a big Vegas show. That really means something to me, my family and my community…
“We are moving for the family really, because my mum and dad are going to come out. They’re going to help me with my daughter Coco.
“My husband’s here a lot. He has a production here. So we were just like, ‘Let’s be here for a minute and really just feel embedded in the community’.”
The 40-year-old star shot to fame when she won The X Factor in 2006 and her former mentor on the show, Simon Cowell, still “has her back”.
She said: “When I told him about Vegas he was so supportive. He has always had my back from day one on the show and he still does now.
“I can always call him up. If I need support with something, he’s great.”