Adele Forced to Cancel U.S. Tour Dates Due to Illness

NEW YORK, Oct. 4, 2011
/PRNewswire/ — Adele has been forced to cancel her upcoming 10 city
sold-out tour of the U.S. due to a haemorrhage into her vocal chord.
Vocal chord issues forced the British singer to postpone dates earlier
this year as well. Adele has just wrapped up touring around the UK and
was preparing to kick off her US tour on October 7 in Atlantic City, NJ
when her illness reappeared (see below for full list of cancelled US
tour dates). Renowned for her powerful live vocal performances, Adele
has been advised by doctors that she’ll need an extended rest period in
order to begin to recuperate properly. Further details to follow
regarding these cancelled dates.  Refunds may be obtained at point of
purchase. Adele recently posted the following on her site about the
cancellations:

“singing
is literally my life, its my hobbie, my love, my freedom and now my
job. I have absolutely no choice but to recuperate properly and fully,
or i risk damaging my voice  forever. i have great confidence in
believing you know how much this upsets me, how seriously i take it and
how truly devastated and annoyed i am by this. wanting to do something
so bad and not being able to is the most frustrating thing as im sure
you know! my voice is weak and i need to build it back up. I’m  gonna be
starting up vocal rehab as soon as, and start building my over all
stamina in my voice, body and mind. i will be back and im gonna smash
the ball out the park once im touring again. i apologise from the bottom
of my heart, sincerely i do. i know its not only disappointing because
of the show, but its plane tickets, hotel bookings, birthdays,
anniversaries and time wasted. but please have faith in me that this is
the only thing i can do to make sure i can always sing and always make
music for you to the best of my ability. truly yours and yours only
forever, adele xx “

www.Adele.tv

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SOURCE Columbia Records