Kelly Clarkson is gearing fans up for a back-to-back series of shows coming up amid her intermittent absences from her talk show.
The 42-year-old talk show host may have had some more absences from The Kelly Clarkson Show in recent weeks, the latest being a guest hosting stint from Andy Cohen, but she’s also counting down to an exciting return to the stage.
On May 9 and 10, Kelly will headline two concerts at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, and she drummed up some enthusiasm among her fans with a tease.
© Getty Images“Who has tickets for Atlantic City? Can’t wait to see y’all there!” she wrote beside a photograph of her onstage at the venue, and fans were suitably thrilled by the update.
Kelly in Vegas
Later this year, Kelly will also be making her way back to Las Vegas for a new residency, titled Studio Sessions: The Las Vegas Residency, featuring her in-studio Kellyoke band.
The 18-date residency will kick off on July 4 at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, continuing up until August 16. It will then break for three months before she returns for another week, November 7-15.
Kelly excitedly penned alongside her announcement back in February: “I’m so excited to be back in Vegas! We’re bringing the studio to the stage this time with ‘Studio Sessions’! See you soon! Be sure to sign up for fan club emails on my website, they could contain fun things!”
© Getty Images“We’re very excited,” she said in a promotional video on social media. “We’re bringing the studio to the stage, this time with studio sessions, which we are stoked about. We can’t tell you all the things but we do have 18 shows on select dates, starting in July.”
Kelly’s record label
Recently, while interviewing Keke Palmer on the NBC talk show, the “Breakaway” singer also surprised by revealing she’d started her own record label.
© Getty Images“It’s my first time in my career and I just now started my own label and I’m putting out my own stuff,” she told the actress. “I’ve had some good teams, like, to work with, but there is nothing like being that 10-year-old again and being excited and nobody saying ‘Oh, you should do this’ and ‘You should do this.'”
Kelly Clarkson: 5 surprising facts
© Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via G1. Cocktail waitress
In her pre-pop star days, Kelly worked as a cocktail waitress in comedy clubs around Texas.
2. Children’s author
Kelly has written a series of children’s books featuring a main character named River Rose, inspired by her daughter of the same name.
3. Her ex-husband was her former manager
Kelly was in a relationship with her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock for seven years. During their divorce settlement in 2023, Kelly was awarded more than $ 2.6 million from him for any commissions he earned from deals while acting as her manager.
4. Name change
In February 2022, Kelly legally changed her name to Kelly Brianne due to a strained relationship with her late father. However, she still goes by Kelly Clarkson in the public eye.
5. Singing sensation
Kelly is a vocal powerhouse, and publications such as Rolling Stone and Billboard have named her as one of the greatest singers in history.
However, during an appearance soon after on Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce, she clarified that while had started a label, it was more so to release her own music independently rather than to sign and represent other artists.
© Getty Images“I just had to create something because I’m releasing my stuff and it was like you have to release it through some kind of vessel,” the mom-of-two explained. “So I’m not taking artists, and I’m really lucky to be clearing the air right now.”
“Because it’s not that I don’t want to. I know a lot of amazing artists. My cup runneth over. I’m a single mom with two kids and like a lot going on.”
The “Because of You” hitmaker did add she found it liberating to be able to own her own creativity in such a way, saying: “We just shot a video in the little town that I live in in Montana, which is where I wrote the song. It’s a really cool thing. It was just me, my band, and some really cool people I’ve known for decades.”
