Kelly Clarkson, 43, gets rare ‘bad’ career news… after THAT unexplained absence from her talk show

Kelly Clarkson seems poised to join Beyoncé and other major stars who have struggled to move tickets to their high-profile concerts in recent months.

The 43-year-old singer and talk show host now faces the prospect of leaving an enormous chunk of tickets to her upcoming Las Vegas residency unsold.

As of Wednesday night, around 70 percent of the tickets to her July 4 opening-night performance at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace are still available on Ticketmaster.

And the problem isn’t confined to just one performance, as the following night — and every subsequent show in the run has just as many or even more tickets available.

Only a small number of seats being sold by Ticketmaster are resale seats, indicating that the vast majority have never been purchased.

Clarkson’s ticketing woes come after a significantly more popular act, Beyoncé, has struggled to sell tickets to her Cowboy Carter Tour and has been forced to significantly reduce prices to fill up stadiums.

Kelly Clarkson, 43, seems poised to join Beyoncé and other major stars who have struggled to move tickets to their high-profile concerts in recent months; pictured Tuesday on The Today Show

The singer and talk show host now faces the prospect of leaving an enormous chunk of tickets to her upcoming Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace (pictured) unsold

Clarkson’s July 4 show will kick off an 18-date residency in Vegas that is slated to run through November 15.

The Since U Been Gone singer’s prices may prove to be an obstacle for selling significantly more tickets.

Beyoncé has recently had to discount tickets at major cities on her Cowboy Carter Tour to as low as $35 dollars to get fans to bite, but the cheapest seats at the Colosseum — which can accommodate around 4,100 guests — are $85 for seats in the very back sections on the far sides after fees are included.

Anyone hoping to sit toward the center will pay $133, and the price jumps to $249 just to sit in the front center of the upper section.

Closer sections will cost anywhere from $230 to $350, and tickets in the closest sections cost between $377 on the sides and $1,000 in the center. 

The most exclusive VIP seating section just in front of the stage is usually long gone by this time for a performer of Clarkson’s stature, but anyone willing to shell out $1,220 to be close to her still has a shot for opening night.

Prior to her Vegas residency, the American Idol champion will be performing at the Hard Rock Live at Etes Arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey. 

Those shows appear to have sold a much better percentage of tickets, though there are still significant seats available.

As of Wednesday night, around 70 percent of the tickets to her July 4 opening-night performance are still available on Ticketmaster, and only a small number are resale tickets

While Beyoncé has had to discount tickets to as low as $35 before fees, the cheapest nosebleed seats to Kelly’s concerts cost $85 after fees, and better seats are well over $200; pictured on The Kelly Clarkson Show 

Sales for her second show on July 5 are nearly as bad, and the entire 18-concert run through November appears to be suffering from low sales; pictured on The Voice

The reason that Kelly and other major stars are having trouble selling concert tickets isn’t clear, but fans have pointed the finger at skyrocketing ticket prices.

As economic analysts have expressed fears about the potential of a looming recession, and tariffs have threatened to significantly raise the price of everyday goods, music fans may choose to save their money for safer times.

Music venues may also be dealing with some of the disinterest that has afflicted movie theaters.

Many people got into the habit to staying in rather than venturing out to the theater during the Covid-19 pandemic, though recent blockbusters have helped to lure some of those folks back into theaters.

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé fans were lucky enough to be able to catch their tours via concert films (though Beyoncé’s document of her Renaissance Tour has mysteriously failed to hit any streaming services despite finishing up its theatrical run).

Few artists of the stature of Taylor and Beyoncé, and fans shouldn’t expect most of their favorites to put out a document of their tours.

Kelly has been trying to raise interest in her tour by noting that it features a larger band to flesh out her arrangement.

‘I’m excited! This one is different,’ she said of her residency following a lie performance on The Today Show on Tuesday. 

The reason that Kelly and other major stars are having trouble selling concert tickets isn’t clear, but fans have pointed the finger at skyrocketing ticket prices; pictured on The Kelly Clarkson Show

Kelly advertised her residency shows as featuring ‘more musicians and more singers to cover everything to where there’s no [backing] band tracks’; pictured Tuesday on The Today Show

‘I hired more musicians and more singers to cover everything to where there’s no band tracks,’ Clarkson explained.

‘It’s all organic, it’s all live…’ she gushed. ‘I really wanted to make the experience as if you’re in the studio with us. So we’ve worked really hard on the sound.’

She has dubbed her Las Vegas residency the ‘Studio Sessions’ in reference to the beefed up sound and live musicians.

She also debuted new music in the former of a single, Where Have You Been, and an accompanying music video, which she may be playing at her upcoming concerts.