Posted on: September 21, 2023, 12:19h. 

Last updated on: September 21, 2023, 12:19h.

A recent COVID outbreak in Las Vegas has resulted in the cancellation of several upcoming shows.

Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, and Stephen Colbert have canceled their “Strike Force Three” Las Vegas show due to Kimmel testing positive for COVID.

The show, based on their podcast “Strike Force Three,” which features fellow talk-show hosts Seth Meyers and John Oliver, was intended to raise money for their staff who are currently on strike and unemployed. It was scheduled to take place on Saturday, Sept. 23 at the Dolby Live Theatre at Park MGM.

However, the show had to be canceled after Kimmel contracted COVID.

“I could never forgive myself if I got my hometown friends sick,” tweeted the Las Vegas native.

According to Kimmel’s post, ticket holders will receive a full refund and the group will attempt to reschedule the show, if possible.

Also on Wednesday, Steve Martin and Martin Short’s co-headlining comedy shows, “You Won’t Believe What They Look Like Today!,” were canceled due to COVID-19. These shows were scheduled for Friday, Sept. 22 and Saturday, Sept. 23 at the Encore Theater.

Martin, in a tweet, blamed the postponement on “rampant COVID in our crew and one other essential guy,” seemingly referring to Short.

Martin’s tweet stated that the dates would be rescheduled to “mid-December, where your tickets will be honored with an added date-moving tax of nine thousand dollars.”

That was another joke. (Hopefully.)

Adele made a serious announcement on Saturday, stating that she would no longer interact or take selfies with her audience during the rest of her residency at Caesars Palace, which runs until Nov. 4.

The reason for this decision is because “everyone that I know that I work with has f***ing COVID, so it’s a miracle that I haven’t had it yet,” she tweeted. “And I really do love chatting with you, but I don’t want to get sick.”

What Doesn’t Happen in Vegas

Performers understand that canceling a show in Las Vegas brings a higher level of disappointment to their fans, especially when it happens just days before the scheduled date.

When it comes to canceling shows for hometown crowds, their threshold may be higher, but for Vegas crowds, there really is no other option. Fans have cleared their schedules and have likely spent a significant amount of money on a Vegas vacation centered around the show.

If a performer cancels a show in Vegas, it’s because there was no other choice.