An Evening with Adele was the debut

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by English singer-songwriter

Adele Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (; born 5 May 1988) is an English singer-songwriter. Regarded as a British cultural icon, icon, she is known for her mezzo-soprano vocals and sentimental songwriting. List of awards and nominations received by 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. In 2008, Adele canceled her tours in

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, and the

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. The cancellation was reported to be due to family issues. In a candid interview with Nylon magazine, Adele explained: "I was really unhappy at home and there was a lot of family issues going on... But I got better again - I stopped drinking." "We refer to that period as my E.L.C., my Early Life Crisis. Now I'm sober, I'm like, 'I can't believe I did that.' It seems so ungrateful." 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

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was supposed to appear at the performance but cancelled at the last-minute due to illness and was replaced by

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. The last performance of the tour was at the

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Opening acts

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(North America, early 2009) * James Morrison (North America, January 2009) * Sam Sparro (United Kingdom, mid-2008) * Jenny Lindfors (Ireland, mid-2008)

Setlist

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Tour dates

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Box office score data

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

Broadcasts and recordings

The concert at The Roundhouse (a part of the

) was recorded and released as '' iTunes Live from SoHo''.

References

External links

Adele's Official Website

Adele's gigography on SongkickAdele's gigography on Last.FM
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