{"id":36887,"date":"2025-11-05T19:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T19:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/36887\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T19:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T19:58:10","slug":"north-texas-native-kelly-clarkson-returns-to-stage-months-after-ex-husbands-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/36887\/","title":{"rendered":"North Texas native Kelly Clarkson returns to stage months after ex-husband\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">North Texas native <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/08\/07\/north-texas-native-kelly-clarkson-postpones-vegas-shows-citing-ex-husbands-illness\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/08\/07\/north-texas-native-kelly-clarkson-postpones-vegas-shows-citing-ex-husbands-illness\/\">Kelly Clarkson<\/a> will return to the stage this week, three months after postponing her Las Vegas residency because her ex-husband was ill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cWhile I normally keep my personal life private, this past year, my children\u2019s father has been ill and at this moment, I need to be fully present for them,\u201d the singer wrote on social media in August. She shared two children with her former partner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/08\/07\/brandon-blackstock-kelly-clarksons-ex-husband-and-former-manager-dies-at-48\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/08\/07\/brandon-blackstock-kelly-clarksons-ex-husband-and-former-manager-dies-at-48\/\">Brandon Blackstock<\/a>, 48, who died of cancer the day after her announcement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Clarkson, 43, was born in Fort Worth and grew up in Burleson, rising to fame as the inaugural winner of American Idol in 2002. After her recent hiatus, she came back into the public eye in late September, when the seventh season of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/2025\/09\/09\/the-kelly-clarkson-show-season-7-premiere-to-spotlight-texas-hill-country-flood-heroes\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/2025\/09\/09\/the-kelly-clarkson-show-season-7-premiere-to-spotlight-texas-hill-country-flood-heroes\/\">her daytime talk show<\/a> premiered. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">She will perform at Las Vegas\u2019 Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Nov. 7, the first of four \u201cStudio Sessions\u201d concerts scheduled this month. <\/p>\n<p>News Roundups<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Catch up on the day&#8217;s news you need to know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">New dates for \u201cStudio Sessions\u201d have also been added for next summer, when her residency will run from July 17 to Aug. 15. <\/p>\n<p>Details<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Tickets are on sale at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/kellyvegas\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/kellyvegas\">ticketmaster.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__P4zn3 inline-block pr-8 shrink-0 w-auto flex flex-col\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/things-to-do\/2025\/11\/07\/christmas-holiday-concerts-d-fw-andrea-bocelli-leslie-odom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__6H-hI dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762372689_35_KETV7XOXDZAIBF7BHGZUIUTMRM.jpg\" alt=\"Pentatonix\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/things-to-do\/2025\/11\/07\/christmas-holiday-concerts-d-fw-andrea-bocelli-leslie-odom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sounds of the season: 13 holiday concerts happening in North Texas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get into the holiday spirit by listening to artists like Leslie Odom Jr., Andrea Bocelli, Lindsay Stirling and more in concerts across Dallas-Fort Worth. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__P4zn3 inline-block pr-8 shrink-0 w-auto flex flex-col\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/things-to-do\/2025\/11\/05\/christmas-shows-plays-dallas-fort-worth-nutcracker-christmas-carol-story\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__6H-hI dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762372689_856_SSYM3V32U5PVNZMHCNMMDTSKJA.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;A Christmas Story: The Musical&quot; will be performed at Winspear Opera House from Nov. 21...\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/things-to-do\/2025\/11\/05\/christmas-shows-plays-dallas-fort-worth-nutcracker-christmas-carol-story\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">From \u2018A Christmas Carol\u2019 to \u2018Espresso Nutcracker,\u2019 9 holiday shows in D-FW to see in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Christmas season in North Texas will be filled with classic and favorite holiday plays, musicals, ballets and other festive performances fit for the whole family. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Texas native Kelly Clarkson will return to the stage this week, three months after postponing her Las&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,436,6980,116,23177,278,4661],"class_list":{"0":"post-36887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arlington","8":"tag-arlington","9":"tag-arlington-headlines","10":"tag-arlington-news","11":"tag-burleson","12":"tag-celebrities","13":"tag-fort-worth","14":"tag-kelly-clarkson","15":"tag-music","16":"tag-pop-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}