Adele has revealed she was forced to postpone the next dates of her Las Vegas stay after an illness “weakened her voice”.
A few days after revealing she had been placed on vocal rest, the 35-year-old singer shared the sad news that all ten of her performances in March would be postponed until a later date after she was told by her doctor. a voice silence had been ordered.
Adele is due to finish her Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in June and is expected to earn around £1.5million per show.
It is not the first time that the singer has been forced to cancel performances for health reasons. A painful spinal condition and neck surgery meant she had to postpone other appointments in the past.
Here, Web takes a look at her past health battles and how they have affected her career.
Adele has revealed she was forced to postpone the next dates of her Las Vegas stay after illness “weakened her voice” (pictured in November). It's not the first time the singer has been forced to cancel performances due to health concerns. Issues with a painful spinal condition and neck surgery have meant she has had to postpone other dates in the past
Neck surgery forces her to cancel 2011 shows
Adele had to undergo “vocal cord microsurgery” to remove a benign polyp that forced her to cancel a series of performances in 2011. Pictured: the singer at the MTV Video Music Awards 2011
Adele suffered her first major health problem in 2011, which would negatively impact her career, when she underwent “vocal cord microsurgery” to remove a benign polyp, which forced her to cancel a number of appearances.
According to a statement from Massachusetts General Hospital in the American city of Boston, Adele, then 23, underwent the operation.
“On the advice of her doctor and voice therapist in the United Kingdom, Adele came to Boston to receive consultation and corrective voice surgery,” the statement said.
This type of surgery is designed to prevent repeated bleeding of the vocal cords. and came less than a month after the singer canceled the remaining dates she was scheduled for this year.
Adele posted on Instagram at the time: “If I continue to pick up on everything before I get over these issues properly and nip them in the bud, I will be completely exhausted,” she explained on her blog last month.
“Singing is literally my life, it is my hobby, my love, my freedom and now my job.”
Singer was “devastated” after canceling the final two shows of the 2017 tour
Adele performs at Wembley Stadium on June 28, 2017. She had to cancel the last two dates of this tour after reinjuring her vocal cords
In 2017, disaster struck again for the singer when she was forced to cancel the final two shows of her European tour.
She was due to play homecoming shows in London at Wembley Stadium but was forced to pull out after revealing in an emotional post on Facebook that she had re-injured her vocal cords.
She wrote: “Following medical advice I am simply unable to perform on the weekend.”
“To say I’m heartbroken would be a complete understatement.”
Adele later revealed that she had included copies of a handwritten note in the tour program for the first two nights of her Wembley show.
In a letter posted on the star's official social media channels, she admitted she was “so desperate” to finish her tour that she had “even thought about miming” from the shows could have taken place.
Adele promised fans they would be given priority on her next tour, but unfortunate ticket holders are still waiting.
Due to the symptoms of sciatica, Adele was no longer able to walk
In January 2024, Adele reportedly revealed to fans that she collapsed backstage before a performance due to a sciatica attack. Adele is seen here performing in Las Vegas on January 26th
In August 2023, Adele revealed to fans that she had collapsed backstage before a performance due to a sciatica attack, according to The Sun.
She allegedly told fans: “They lifted my whole body off the ground.”
Adele also had to sit down during her Weekends With Adele appearance, declaring, “I'm going to sit down and rest my sciatica.”
According to the NHS, sciatica is “a place where the sciatic nerve, which runs from the lower back to the feet, is irritated or compressed.”
It can cause stabbing pain and a cramping feeling and can be so severe that someone can no longer walk.
Earlier this year, Adele described her chronic back pain while hobbling around the stage during another show in Las Vegas.
While speaking to the audience, she fired a handgun at T-shirts at the audience and said, “I have two more, I just have to get over to the other side of the stage.”
“I have to waddle these days because I have really bad sciatica,” Adele added in the video obtained by the Daily Star.
Adele has previously spoken about suffering from pain for “half of her life” before losing weight and how her body makeover helped her deal with her problems.