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Adele Live 2016
ADELE LIVE 2016
Tour by Adele
Associated album 25
Start date February 29, 2016
End date July 2, 2017
Shows 53 in Europe
58 in North America
11 in Oceania
122 in total
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Adele Live 2016 (titled as Adele Live 2017 for the shows in 2017) is the third concert tour by English recording artist Adele in support of her third studio album 25. It began on February 29, 2016 in Belfast, North Ireland at the SSE Arena and continued throughout Europe, North America, and Oceania.

It was initially scheduled to conclude on July 2, 2017 at Wembley Stadium in London, England; however, on June 30, Adele announced via social media that she had regretfully cancelled her final two performances upon medical advice due to vocal injuries.[1]

Background

Adele announced the Western European headlining dates on 26 November 2015. After tickets went on sale on December 4, many venues reported sell-outs, resulting in extra dates being added in multiple cities on the itinerary.

Tickets sold out nearly instantaneously, with promoters for Glasgow's SSE Hydro reporting tickets for the 13,000 venue sold out within two minutes. Due to the high demand, online queues were set up, which resulted in queues of over 50,000 people for venues only seating a quarter of that.

On December 14, 2015, Adele announced the North American leg of the tour. The leg included six nights at Madison Square Garden and eight nights at Staples Center. Adele broke Taylor Swift's five-show record for most consecutive sold-out shows at Staples Center. However, she didn't break Swift's lifetime record of 16 sold-out shows.

Ten million people tried to buy tickets to the North American leg of Adele's world tour. Only 750,000 tickets were available.

On March 18, 2016, Adele confirmed rumors that she would be headlining Glastonbury Festival 2016, on 25 June. She was the fourth solo female to perform a headline set at the festival, and the first on a Saturday. Adele confirmed the news live on stage at the O2 Arena, in London.

In July 2016, Pollstar released its 2016 Mid Year Special featuring the top-grossing tours of the year so far. Adele was announced as the sixth highest-grossing worldwide act of 2016 so far, with ticket sales of $75.9 million and 709,498 tickets sold from the 49 shows of the European leg of her tour.

The show at the Talking Stick Resort in Phoenix, Arizona on August 17 was cancelled due to illness[2] and rescheduled to November 21.[3]

On November 14, Adele confirmed via her social media that she had added five dates in Australia and that she would be performing in stadiums in order to accommodate the high demand for tickets.[4] Additionally, shows in New Zealand were announced on November 18, 2016.[5] Her first two shows in New Zealand sold out in record-breaking 23 minutes, and a third show was announced, with all tickets sold in under 30 minutes.

It was announced on November 23, 2016 that the tour would conclude with a two-night finale at Wembley Stadium in London, England on June 29 and July 1, 2017.[6] After both dates sold out, additional concerts were scheduled at the stadium for June 28 and July 2.[7] However, the final two dates were cancelled after Adele damaged her vocal cords, leaving it uncertain as to whether or not the shows would be rescheduled to later dates.

Setlist

UK and Europe
    1. "Hello"
    2. "Hometown Glory"
    3. "One and Only"
    4. "Rumour Has It"
    5. "Water Under the Bridge"
    6. "I Miss You"
    7. "Skyfall"
    8. "Million Years Ago"
    9. "Don't You Remember"
    10. "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
    11. "Make You Feel My Love"
    12. "Sweetest Devotion"
    13. "Chasing Pavements"
    14. "Someone Like You"
    15. "Set Fire to the Rain"
    Encore
    1. "All I Ask"
    2. "When We Were Young"
    3. "Rolling in the Deep"
  1. "Hello"
  2. "Rumour Has It"
  3. "I'll Be Waiting"
  4. "One and Only"
  5. "Water Under the Bridge"
  6. "Skyfall"
  7. "Hometown Glory"
  8. "Don't You Remember"
  9. "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
  10. "River Lea"
  11. "Rolling in the Deep"
  12. "Make You Feel My Love"
  13. "Set Fire to the Rain"

Encore

  1. "When We Were Young"
  2. "Someone Like You"
North America
    1. "Hello"
    2. "Hometown Glory"
    3. "One and Only"
    4. "Rumour Has It"
    5. "Water Under the Bridge"
    6. "Skyfall"
    7. "Million Years Ago"
    8. "Don't You Remember"
    9. "Make You Feel My Love"
    10. "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
    11. "Sweetest Devotion"
    12. "Chasing Pavements"
    13. "Someone Like You"
    14. "Set Fire to the Rain"
    Encore
    1. "When We Were Young"
    2. "Rolling in the Deep"
Oceania and Wembley
    1. "Hello"
    2. "Hometown Glory"
    3. "One and Only"
    4. "I'll Be Waiting"
    5. "Rumour Has It"
    6. "Water Under the Bridge"
    7. "I Miss You"
    8. "Skyfall"
    9. "Don't You Remember"
    10. "Make You Feel My Love"
    11. "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
    12. "Sweetest Devotion"
    13. "Chasing Pavements"
    14. "Take It All"
    15. "Set Fire to the Rain"
    Encore
    1. "When We Were Young"
    2. "Rolling in the Deep"
    3. "Someone Like You"

Notes

Tour merchandise

All merchandise available on Adele's official website, except where noted. 

Notes

Personnel

Gallery

All photos taken by Alexandra Waespi.

UK & Europe

SSE Arena, Belfast

March 1, 2016

3Arena, Dublin

March 4, 2016
March 5, 2016

Manchester Arena, Manchester

March 7, 2016
March 8, 2016
March 10, 2016
March 11, 2016

O2 Arena, London

March 15, 2016
March 16, 2016
March 18, 2016
March 19, 2016
March 21, 2016
March 22, 2016
April 4, 2016
April 5, 2016

The SSE Hydro, Glasgow

March 25, 2016
March 26, 2016

Genting Arena, Birmingham

March 29, 2016
March 30, 2016
April 1, 2016
April 2, 2016

Tele2 Arena, Stockholm

April 29, 2016

Telenor Arena, Oslo

May 1, 2016

Forum, Copenhagen

May 3, 2016

Jysk Bank Boxen, Herning

May 4, 2016

Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin

May 7, 2016
May 8, 2016

Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg

May 11, 2016

Lanxess Arena, Cologne

May 14, 2016
May 15, 2016

Hallenstadion, Zurich

May 17, 2016
May 18, 2016

MEO Arena, Lisbon

May 21, 2016
May 22, 2016

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

May 24, 2016
May 25, 2016

Arena di Verona, Verona

May 28, 2016
May 29, 2016

Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam

June 1, 2016
June 3, 2016
June 4, 2016
June 6, 2016

AccorHotels Arena, Paris

June 9, 2016
June 10, 2016

Sportpaleis, Antwerp

June 12, 2016
June 13, 2016
June 15, 2016

Glastonbury Festival

June 25, 2016

North America

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

July 5, 2016
July 6, 2016

United Center, Chicago

July 10, 2016
July 11, 2016
July 13, 2016

Pepsi Center, Denver

July 16, 2016
July 17, 2016

Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena, Vancouver

July 20, 2016
July 21, 2016

KeyArena, Seattle

July 25, 2016
July 26, 2016

SAP Center, San Jose

July 30, 2016
July 31, 2016

Oracle Arena, Oakland

August 2, 2016

Staples Center, Los Angeles

August 5, 2016
August 6, 2016
August 9, 2016
August 10, 2016
August 12, 2016
August 13, 2016
August 20, 2016
August 21, 2016

Talking Stick Resort, Phoenix

August 16, 2016
November 21, 2016

The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills

September 6, 2016
September 7, 2016

Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

September 9, 2016
September 10, 2016

TD Garden, Boston

September 14, 2016
September 15, 2016

Madison Square Garden, New York

September 19, 2016
September 20, 2016
September 22, 2016
September 23, 2016
September 25, 2016
September 26, 2016

Bell Centre, Montreal

September 30, 2016
October 1, 2016

Air Canada Centre, Toronto

October 3, 2016
October 4, 2016
October 7, 2016

Verizon Center, Washington

October 10, 2016
October 11, 2016

Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

October 15, 2016
October 16, 2016

American Airlines Arena, Miami

October 25, 2016
October 26, 2016

Philips Arena, Atlanta

October 28, 2016
October 29, 2016

American Airlines Center, Dallas

November 1, 2016
November 2, 2016

Frank Erwin Center, Austin

November 4, 2016
November 5, 2016

Toyota Center, Houston

November 8, 2016
November 9, 2016

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

November 14, 2016
November 15, 2016

Australia

Domain Stadium, Perth

February 28, 2017

The Gabba, Brisbane

March 4, 2017
March 5, 2017

ANZ Arena, Sydney

March 10, 2017
March 11, 2017

Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

March 13, 2017

Etihad Stadium, Melbourne

March 18, 2017
March 19, 2017

Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland

March 23, 2017
March 25, 2017
March 26, 2017

References

  1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BV-4S86lbHV/?taken-by=adele
  2. ↑ https://twitter.com/Adele/status/766043655341826050
  3. ↑ https://twitter.com/Adele/status/766277344516538369
  4. ↑ https://twitter.com/Adele/status/798224060668854272
  5. ↑ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11747893
  6. ↑ http://www.ew.com/article/2016/11/23/adele-tour-wembley-stadium
  7. ↑ http://www.nme.com/news/music/adele-adds-two-shows-wembley-stadium-residency-1886469
  8. ↑ http://m.torontosun.com/2016/03/03/brawl-breaks-out-at-adele-concert
  9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcoJ-5PZ11w
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6hPzQUSUok
  11. ↑ https://twitter.com/DaydreamerIlse/status/735614526213771265
  12. ↑ https://twitter.com/DaydreamerIlse/status/735612995569614848
  13. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDCHBsf5MkQ
  14. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDCHBsf5MkQ
  15. ↑ http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/adele/2016/pepsi-center-denver-co-53ff3779.html
  16. ↑ http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/adele/2016/pepsi-center-denver-co-63ff2eb7.html