Tour by Adele | |
Location | Europe • North America |
---|---|
Associated album | 21 |
Start date | 21 March 2011 |
End date | 25 September 2011 |
Legs | 4 |
No. of shows |
|
Attendance | 111,874 |
Box office | $2 million (10 shows) |
Adele concert chronology |
Adele Live was the second concert tour by English singer-songwriter Adele. She visited Europe and North America, the tour supporting her second studio album, 21 . Adele was backed by a five-piece band and backing singers. [1] The setlist comprised all of her songs from 21, except for "He Won't Go", as well as selected songs from 19. The shows garnered positive critical reviews, many of which emphasised the show's understated, “unplugged” nature, as well as the singer's vocal performance and accessible persona.
Recurring health and vocal problems led to numerous adjustments and postponements to the tour itinerary. The first European leg of the tour was uninterrupted, however. For the first North American leg (which was originally scheduled to begin 12 May 2011 in Washington, D.C. and end on 22 June in Minneapolis), Adele canceled the last nine dates after she was diagnosed with acute laryngitis. [2] [3] These dates were rescheduled with some additional dates and some larger venues. The tour was sold out quickly across North America and Europe, and received positive reviews.
In September 2011, "continuing problems with a serious cold and chest infection" prompted the further postponement of seven additional dates on the second leg of the European stop. However, the tour was resumed on 13 September, and new dates for the missed shows were rescheduled. In October 2011, the singer again cancelled the remaining dates of the second leg of her North American tour—this time due to a vocal hemorrhage that caused internal bleeding near her vocal cords. [4] Adele was forced to cancel the remaining dates of her tour to undergo emergency surgery for the throat hemorrhaging. [5]
Production designer Rob Sinclair wanted the stage to be sparse so the audience would focus on Adele and her voice. The back wall of the stage featured a "distinctive" wall of 96 cone-shaped lampshades using 60-watt household lightbulbs to illuminate them. Each lamp was individually dimmed and the bulbs of each lamp were dipped in a special rubber solution so they wouldn't break. The rest of the show featured moving lights and much white light to focus on Adele at the center of the stage. The moving lights were designed so that they didn't appear to move from the audience's point-of-view and were powered by Jands Vista's next-generation Vista v2 software. The decision to focus on sculpted white light for the stage won "considerable acclaim." [6] [7]
The tour was minimalist in every aspect, from stage design to using each venue's own sound system rather than transporting a tour-specific system. The front-of-house engineer for the tour was Dave McDonald. McDonald carried an Allen & Heath iLive-112 with him during the tour and hooked it up to each venue's sound system with a Cat 5 connector. This allowed the tour to travel light and allowed McDonald to control the mix for each show using each venue's systems. McDonald used plug-ins to replicate the sound of vintage ENT plates for the sound. The tour chose to only use Sennheiser microphones. McDonald chose to have Adele use a wireless Sennheiser SKM 2000 system with an SKM 500–965 G3 transmitter. For the back-up singers, McDonald chose hardwired Sennheiser e 935s. The guitarists used Avalon DIs and the piano was a "gag piano", lacquered upright to look traditional but actually housed a Yamaha MO. McDonald's goal for the tour was, "I want the audience to forget who they are for a moment and be able to project themselves solely onto what's occurring onstage. That is, after all, why we go to shows." [8]
The tour featured a 12-piece string section that backed Adele up, consisting of eight violins, two violas, and two cellos. During some performances, a 20-ft mirrorball (named "Mirrorball Mike") descended from the ceiling during the encore. A screen lifted up at the beginning of the concert to reveal Adele and occasionally descended behind her with images projected upon it. During "Hometown Glory", an image of St. Paul's Cathedral was projected onto the screen. [9] [10]
Notes
"As I’m sure most of you know I had to cancel over half of my US tour a couple weeks back. It was a devastating decision to make, but I really had no choice. I had to give my voice 2 weeks rest or risk permanent damage"
— Adele on cancelling part of her North American tour. [21]
Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening Act |
---|---|---|---|---|
Leg 1 – Europe [22] | ||||
21 March 2011 | Oslo | Norway | Rockefeller Music Hall | |
23 March 2011 | Stockholm | Sweden | Debaser Medis | |
26 March 2011 | Hamburg | Germany | Docks Club | |
27 March 2011 | Berlin | Huxleys Neue Welt | ||
29 March 2011 | Munich | Kesselhaus | ||
30 March 2011 | Milan | Italy | Discoteca Alcatraz | |
1 April 2011 | Barcelona | Spain | Sala Bikini | |
2 April 2011 | Madrid | Sala La Riviera | ||
4 April 2011 | Paris | France | La Cigale | |
5 April 2011 | Brussels | Belgium | Cirque Royal | |
7 April 2011 | Cologne | Germany | Burgerhaus Stollwerck | |
8 April 2011 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Paradiso | |
10 April 2011 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Vega Musikkens Hus | |
12 April 2011 | Dublin | Ireland | Olympia Theatre | |
14 April 2011 | Leeds | England | O2 Academy Leeds | |
15 April 2011 | Glasgow | Scotland | O2 ABC Glasgow | |
17 April 2011 | Manchester | England | Manchester Academy | |
18 April 2011 | Birmingham | HMV Institute | ||
20 April 2011 | Southampton | Southampton Guildhall | ||
21 April 2011 | London | O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire | ||
Leg 1 – North America [23] | ||||
12 May 2011 | Washington, D.C. | United States | 9:30 Club | |
13 May 2011 | Philadelphia | Electric Factory | ||
15 May 2011 | Boston | House of Blues | ||
16 May 2011 | Montreal | Canada | L'Olympia de Montréal | |
18 May 2011 | Toronto | Air Canada Centre | ||
19 May 2011 | New York City | United States | Beacon Theatre | The Civil Wars |
21 May 2011 | United Palace Theater | Plan B | ||
23 May 2011 | Royal Oak | Royal Oak Music Theatre | ||
24 May 2011 | Chicago | Riviera Theatre | ||
28 May 2011 | Denver | Ogden Theatre | ||
Leg 2 – Europe [24] | ||||
2 July 2011 [A] | London | England | Heaven | |
7 July 2011 [B] | The Roundhouse | |||
Leg 2 – North America [25] | ||||
9 August 2011 | Vancouver | Canada | Orpheum Theatre | Wanda Jackson |
11 August 2011 | Troutdale | United States | McMenamins Edgefield | |
12 August 2011 | Seattle | Paramount Theatre | ||
14 August 2011 | Berkeley | Hearst Greek Theatre | ||
15 August 2011 | Los Angeles | Greek Theatre | ||
17 August 2011 | Hollywood Palladium | |||
18 August 2011 | San Diego | SDSU Open Air Theatre | ||
20 August 2011 | Las Vegas | Chelsea Ballroom | ||
21 August 2011 | Salt Lake City | Gallivan Center | ||
24 August 2011 | Saint Paul | The Theater at Xcel Energy Center | ||
Leg 2 – Europe [26] | ||||
13 September 2011 | Leicester | England | De Montfort Hall | |
14 September 2011 | Newcastle | O2 Academy Newcastle | ||
16 September 2011 | Manchester | O2 Apollo Manchester | ||
17 September 2011 | ||||
19 September 2011 | London | HMV Hammersmith Apollo | ||
20 September 2011 | ||||
22 September 2011 | Royal Albert Hall | |||
24 September 2011 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Usher Hall | |
25 September 2011 | Glasgow | O2 Academy Glasgow |
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
21 March 2011 | Oslo, Norway | John Dee | This concert has been moved to the Rockefeller Music Hall |
26 March 2011 | Hamburg, Germany | Cafe Keese | This concert has been moved to the Docks Club |
29 March 2011 | Munich, Germany | Theaterfabrik München | This concert has been moved to Kesselhaus |
2 April 2011 | Madrid, Spain | Sala Caracol | This concert has been moved to Sala La Riviera |
17 April 2011 | Manchester, England | The Ritz | This concert has been moved to the Manchester Academy |
18 May 2011 | Toronto, Ontario | Kool Haus | This concert has been moved to the Air Canada Centre |
26 May 2011 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | First Avenue | This concert has been rescheduled due to 22 June 2011. [29] |
29 May 2011 | Salt Lake City, Utah | The Depot | Postponed. [30] The show was rescheduled to 21 August 2011 and moved to the Gallivan Center. |
31 May 2011 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Commodore Ballroom | This concert has been moved to the Orpheum Theatre |
31 May 2011 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Orpheum Theatre | Postponed. [30] The show was rescheduled to 9 August 2011. [31] |
1 June 2011 | Seattle, Washington | Showbox at the Market | This concert has been moved to the Paramount Theatre |
1 June 2011 | Seattle, Washington | Paramount Theatre | Postponed. [30] This show was reschedule to 12 August 2011. [31] |
3 June 2011 | Portland, Oregon | McMenamins Crystal Ballroom | Postponed. [30] This show was reschedule to 11 August 2011 and moved to McMenamins Edgefield in Troutdale, Oregon. [31] |
4 June 2011 | San Francisco, California | Warfield Theatre | This concert has been moved to the Hearst Greek Theatre |
4 June 2011 | Berkeley, California | Hearst Greek Theatre | Postponed. [32] This show was reschedule to 14 August 2011. [31] |
6 June 2011 | Los Angeles, California | Greek Theatre | Postponed. [32] This show was reschedule to 15 August 2011. [31] |
8 June 2011 | San Diego, California | Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay | Postponed. [32] This show was reschedule to 18 August 2011 and moved to the Open Air Theatre. [31] |
9 June 2011 | Los Angeles, California | Wiltern Theatre | This concert has been moved to the Hollywood Palladium |
9 June 2011 | Los Angeles, California | Hollywood Palladium | Postponed. [32] This show was reschedule to 16 August 2011. [31] |
12 June 2011 | Austin, Texas | Waller Creek Amphitheatre | Postponed. [32] This show was reschedule to 19 October 2011 and moved to the Frank Erwin Center. [31] |
15 June 2011 | Dallas, Texas | House of Blues | Postponed. [32] This show was reschedule to 21 October 2011 and moved to the Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie in Grand Prairie, Texas. [31] |
17 June 2011 | Atlanta, Georgia | The Tabernacle | Postponed. [32] This show was reschedule to 16 October 2011 and moved to the Fox Theatre. [31] |
18 June 2011 | Asheville, North Carolina | Orange Peel | This concert has been moved to the Wolfe Auditorium |
18 June 2011 | Asheville, North Carolina | Wolfe Auditorium | Postponed. [32] This show was reschedule to 11 October 2011. [31] |
20 June 2011 | Nashville, Tennessee | Ryman Auditorium | Postponed. [32] This show was reschedule to 10 October 2011. [31] |
22 June 2011 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | First Avenue | Postponed. [32] This show was reschedule to 24 August 2011 and moved to the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. [31] |
4 September 2011 | Plymouth, England | Plymouth Pavilions | Postponed [33] Rescheduled to 15 November 2011 |
5 September 2011 | Bournemouth, England | Windsor Hall | Postponed [33] Rescheduled to 12 November 2011 |
7 September 2011 | Cardiff, Wales | Motorpoint Arena Cardiff | Postponed [34] Rescheduled to 14 November 2011 |
8 September 2011 | Blackpool, England | Empress Ballroom | Postponed [34] Rescheduled to 10 November 2011 |
9 September 2011 | Wolverhampton, England | Wolverhampton Civic Hall | Postponed [35] Rescheduled to 7 November 2011 |
10 September 2011 | Wolverhampton, England | Wolverhampton Civic Hall | Postponed [35] Rescheduled to 8 November 2011 |
7 October 2011 | Atlantic City, New Jersey | Borgata Events Center | Cancelled due to strained vocal cords [36] |
8 October 2011 | Durham, North Carolina | Durham Performing Arts Center | Cancelled due to strained vocal cords [36] |
10 October 2011 | Nashville, Tennessee | Ryman Auditorium | Cancelled due to strained vocal cords [36] |
11 October 2011 | Asheville, North Carolina | Wolfe Auditorium | Cancelled due to strained vocal cords [36] |
13 October 2011 | Orlando, Florida | Hard Rock Live | Cancelled due to strained vocal cords [36] |
14 October 2011 | Miami | Waterfront Theatre | Cancelled due to strained vocal cords [36] |
16 October 2011 | Atlanta | Fox Theatre | Cancelled due to strained vocal cords [36] |
18 October 2011 | The Woodlands | Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion | Cancelled due to strained vocal cords [36] |
19 October 2011 | Austin | Frank Erwin Center | Cancelled due to strained vocal cords [36] |
21 October 2011 | Grand Prairie | Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie | Cancelled due to strained vocal cords [36] |
7 November 2011 | Wolverhampton, England | Wolverhampton Civic Hall | Cancelled due to strained vocal cords |
8 November 2011 | Wolverhampton, England | Wolverhampton Civic Hall | Cancelled due to strained vocal cords |
10 November 2011 | Blackpool, England | Empress Ballroom | Cancelled due to strained vocal cords |
12 November 2011 | Bournemouth, England | Windsor Hall | Cancelled due to strained vocal cords |
14 November 2011 | Cardiff, Wales | Motorpoint Arena Cardiff | Cancelled due to strained vocal cords |
15 November 2011 | Plymouth, England | Plymouth Pavilions | Cancelled due to strained vocal cords |
Venue | City | Tickets sold / available | Gross revenue |
---|---|---|---|
Olympia Theatre | Dublin | 1,621 / 1,621 (100%) | $66,942 [37] |
9:30 Club | Washington, D.C. | 1,200 / 1,200 (100%) | $42,000 [37] |
L'Olympia de Montréal | Montreal | 1,851 / 1,851 (100%) | $57,300 [37] |
Air Canada Centre | Toronto | 6,624 / 6,624 (100%) | $322,594 [37] |
Beacon Theatre | New York City | 2,770 / 2,770 (100%) | $118,141 [37] |
Royal Oak Music Theatre | Royal Oak | 1,700 / 1,700 (100%) | $42,500 [37] |
Riviera Theatre | Chicago | 2,500 / 2,500 (100%) | $85,000 [37] |
Hearst Greek Theatre | Berkeley | 8,189 / 8,189 (100%) | $400,040 [37] |
Greek Theatre | Los Angeles | 5,856 / 5,856 (100%) | $254,393 [37] |
The Theatre at Xcel Energy Center | Saint Paul | 9,443 / 9,443 (100%) | $525,483 [37] |
TOTAL | 41,754 / 41,754 (100%) | $1,914,393 |
The concert at The Roundhouse (a part of the iTunes Festival) was streamed live on iTunes. [38] The event was followed with an EP release entitled iTunes Festival: London 2011 . The album showcases an abbreviated concert with the songs; "One and Only", "Don't You Remember", "Rumour Has It", "Take It All", "I Can't Make You Love Me" and "Rolling in the Deep". [39] The album is an iTunes exclusive and was made available for download on 14 July 2011. A DVD/Blu-ray/CD entitled Live at the Royal Albert Hall was released on 28 November 2011. It features the entire concert along with behind the scenes footage. [40]
Source: Adele's Official Myspace
The Version 2.0 World Tour was the second world concert tour cycle by American/Scottish alternative rock group Garbage, which took the band throughout North America, Europe, South Africa, Asia and Australia in support of its second album Version 2.0.
The Black Ice World Tour was a 2008–2010 concert tour by Australian rock band AC/DC, in support of their fifteenth studio album Black Ice, which was released on 20 October 2008. This tour had 8 legs around the world lasting more than 20 months starting on 26 October 2008 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and finishing on 28 June 2010 in Bilbao, Spain.
Tour of the Universe was a 2009–10 worldwide concert tour by English electronic band Depeche Mode in support of the group's 12th studio album, Sounds of the Universe, which was released in April 2009.
The Gold Cobra Tour was a tour by American rap rock band Limp Bizkit, taking place in support of their album Gold Cobra, beginning in 2010. It was the band's first promotional tour for the new album after their original line-up reunion tour in 2009, and their first North American tour since the Results May Vary Tour in 2004.
The Asylum Tour was a 2010–11 concert tour by American heavy metal band Disturbed in support of the group's fifth studio album, Asylum, which was released in August 2010.
The Screaming Bloody Murder Tour is a concert tour by rock band Sum 41, taking place between 2010–11 and resuming again in 2012, in support of their fifth full-length studio album Screaming Bloody Murder.
A Thousand Suns World Tour was the worldwide sixth concert tour by American rock band Linkin Park. The tour supported the band's fourth studio album A Thousand Suns. The tour ranked 35th in Pollstar's "Top 50 Worldwide Tour (Mid-Year)", earning over 20 million dollars.
The World Contamination Tour was a concert tour supporting My Chemical Romance's fourth album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. This was the first tour My Chemical Romance had done since the departure of their drummer Bob Bryar. For the tour, Michael Pedicone was the stand-in drummer.
The Defamation of Strickland Banks Tour was a concert tour by British musician Plan B in support of his second studio album The Defamation of Strickland Banks. Lasting from January 2010–September 2011, the tour visited the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States and Oceania.
An Evening with Adele was the debut concert tour by English singer-songwriter Adele, in support of her debut studio album, 19. The tour was unusual in that it included few dates in the United Kingdom, Adele's home country and the territory where 19 was the most successful. Instead, the tour focused heavily on North America. Adele and the tour gained some notoriety when she cancelled tour dates in 2008 in order to spend time with her then-boyfriend, an incident she later expressed regret over. One of the last performances on the tour took place at the historic Hollywood Bowl. Etta James was supposed to appear at the performance but cancelled at the last-minute due to illness and was replaced by Chaka Khan. The last performance of the tour was at the North Sea Jazz Festival.
The Heartbeat Tour was the debut concert tour by singer-songwriter Jessie J in support of her debut studio album Who You Are (2011). The tour visited Europe, South America, Oceania, North America, and Asia.
A Different Kind of Truth was a 2012–13 concert tour for hard rock band Van Halen. It was Van Halen's tour in support of their 2012 album, A Different Kind of Truth.
The Lonely Hearts Club Tour was the second concert tour by Welsh singer-songwriter Marina Diamandis, formerly known as Marina and the Diamonds.
The Summer Tour is the second concert tour by the American singer Bridgit Mendler. In 2013 the tour visited North America to support her debut album Hello My Name Is..., where it started in Burlington, Iowa and ended in Arlington, Texas. The setlist included all the songs from Hello My Name Is..., except "The Fall Song" and "Love Will Tell Us Where to Go". She also covered two songs in her performances: "Starry Eyed", by British singer Ellie Goulding, and "Animal", by American band Neon Trees.
The MTrain Tour was the second North America headlining concert tour by American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor to support of her 2015 debut major-label studio album Title. The tour was announced in March 2015, with dates being released at the same time. The show was exclusively promoted by Live Nation Entertainment. The set list featured the majority of the songs from Title. The tour was positively received by critics. The remainder of the tour was canceled on August 11, 2015, because Trainor suffered a vocal cord hemorrhage. As a result, Trainor was able to complete only 13 of the originally scheduled 29 shows.
Adele Live 2016 was the third concert tour by English singer-songwriter Adele in support of her third studio album, 25. It began on 29 February 2016, in Belfast, Northern Ireland at the SSE Arena, continued throughout Western Europe, North America and Oceania. It was originally scheduled to conclude on 2 July 2017, in London, England, at Wembley Stadium, however on 30 June Adele announced via social media that she had regretfully cancelled her final two performances upon medical advice due to vocal injuries.
The Courage World Tour was the fourteenth concert tour by Canadian singer Celine Dion, in support of her English-language studio album Courage (2019). It was her first world tour in over a decade, since her Taking Chances World Tour. The tour began in Quebec City, Canada, on 18 September 2019 and concluded in Newark, New Jersey on 8 March 2020.
The Future Nostalgia Tour was the second concert tour and first arena tour by English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa, in support of her second studio album, Future Nostalgia (2020). It began on 9 February 2022 at the FTX Arena in Miami and ended on 28 November of the same year at Tirana's Skanderbeg Square. The tour visited cities across North America, Europe, South America and Oceania.
The Take My Hand World Tour was the fourth headlining concert tour by Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer in support of their fourth and fifth studio albums Calm (2020) and 5SOS5 (2022). The tour began on 3 April 2022 in Dublin at the 3Arena and concluded on 10 December 2022 in Sydney at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt, consisting of 68 dates in total.
Star-Crossed: Unveiled was the concert tour by American singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves in support of her fifth studio album, Star-Crossed (2021). It began on January 19, 2022, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, and took place across cities in the United States, Europe and Japan. It concluded in Austin, Texas, United States, on October 16, comprising 27 shows. King Princess and MUNA served as opening acts during the first leg of the tour in the United States.