- Music
- 29 Jun 17
The 29-year-old Grammy winner reveals "touring doesn't particularly suit her well".
Last night in her hometown London, Adele opened the last leg of her tour, where she played four sold out shows at the Wembly Stadium. It marked the 120th global show of this touring run.
Her setlist includes old favorites such as 'Make you feel my love', 'Chasing Pavements' and more. The fireworks on the Wembly Arch was another highlight of the show. She broke the attendance record at Wembley Stadium with 98,000 people.
The show ended with the whole stadium singing along to 'Someone Like You'.
What a night, 96k singing the final song last night @Adele @wembleystadium #Adele #AdeleLive2017 #AdeleWembley pic.twitter.com/2R4xDbdNC0
— Christopher Byrne (@cbyrne321) June 29, 2017
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However, the phenomenal British singer decided this could be the end of her live performances.
In a note reproduced in the tour programme, the singer penned a heartfelt letter, opening up about her nerves playing live.
“So this is it after 15 months on the road and 18 months of ’25’ we are at the end,” she wrote. “We have taken this tour across UK + Ireland, throughout Europe, all over America and I finally got to go to Australia and New Zealand too.”
“Touring is a peculiar thing, it doesn’t suit me particularly well,” it continues. “I’m a real homebody and I get so much joy in the small things. Plus I’m dramatic and have a terrible history of touring. Until now that is! I’ve done 119 shows and these last 4 will take me up to 123, it has been hard out an absolute thrill and pleasure to have done.
“I only ever did this tour for you and to hopefully have an impact on you the way that some of my favourite artist have had on me live,” the singer expresses her gratitude to her fans. “And I wanted my final shows to be in London because I don’t know if I’ll ever tour again and so I want my last time to be at home. Thank you for coming, for all of your ridiculous love and kindness. I will remember all of this for the rest of my life. Love you. Goodnight for now.”
Supportive fans shared uplifting words regarding the singer's decision.
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Touring doesn't suit Adele so she decided to have the last shows in her hometown in case she doesn't tour again. She did the tour for us ❤️
— Adele Union (@AdeleUnion) June 28, 2017