Adele has revealed she was forced to postpone the upcoming dates of her Las Vegas residency after an illness “affected her voice”.
Days after revealing she had been placed on vocal rest, the singer, 35, shared the sad news that her March 10 shows would be pushed back to a later date after she was ordered to rest on “doctor’s orders.”
Adele will finish her Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in June and is believed to be earning around £1.5million per show.
It is not the first time that the singer has been forced to cancel shows due to health problems, as a painful spinal condition and throat surgery have forced her to postpone other dates in the past.
Here, MailOnline looks at his previous health battles and how they have impacted his career.
Adele has revealed she was forced to postpone the upcoming dates of her Las Vegas residency after an illness “took its toll on her voice” (pictured November 2022).
It is not the first time that the singer has been forced to cancel shows due to health problems, as a painful spinal condition and throat surgery have forced her to postpone other dates in the past.
Throat surgery forces her to cancel shows in 2011
Adele was forced to undergo ‘vocal cord microsurgery’ to remove a benign polyp which forced her to cancel a series of concerts in 2011.
Adele encountered her first major health problem that would affect her career in 2011, when she was forced to undergo “vocal cord microsurgery” to remove a benign polyp that forced her to cancel a series of concerts.
Adele was 23 years old at the time and underwent surgery, according to a statement from Massachusetts General Hospital in the American city of Boston.
“Following the advice of her doctor and voice therapist in the United Kingdom, Adele came to Boston to consult and undergo corrective voice surgery,” the statement read.
This type of surgery is designed to prevent repeated bleeding of the vocal cords. and it came less than a month after the singer canceled the rest of the dates she had scheduled to perform that year.
In a post on Instagram at the time, Adele said: “If I continue to pick up everything before I have properly conquered these issues and nipped them in the bud, I will be completely and utterly screwed,” she explained. blog last month.
“Singing is literally my life, it is my hobby, my love, my freedom and now my job.”
Singer left ‘devastated’ after canceling final two shows of 2017 tour
Adele performs at Wembley Stadium on June 28, 2017. She was forced to cancel the last two dates of this tour after once again damaging her vocal cords.
Disaster struck the singer again in 2017, when she was forced to cancel the last two shows of her European tour.
He was due to play Wembley Stadium for a homecoming show in London but had to pull out after revealing he had damaged his vocal cords again in an emotional Facebook post.
She wrote: “On medical advice I simply cannot perform over the weekend.”
“To say I’m heartbroken would be an understatement.”
Adele later revealed that she had inserted copies of a handwritten note into the tour program during the first two nights of her Wembley show.
In a letter posted on the star’s official social media channels, she admitted to being “so desperate” to finish her tour that she had “even considered miming” so the shows could have gone ahead.
Adele promised her fans they would get priority on her next tour, but unlucky ticket holders are still waiting.
Sciatica symptoms left Adele unable to walk
In January 2024, Adele reportedly revealed to her fans that she collapsed backstage before a performance due to a sciatica attack.
In August 2023, Adele revealed to her fans that she collapsed backstage before a performance due to a sciatica attack, according to Sun.
He allegedly told his fans: “They picked up my whole body off the ground.”
Adele was also forced to sit down during her Weekends With Adele performance, explaining: “I’m going to sit down and rest my sciatica.”
According to him National Health ServiceSciatica is “where the sciatic nerve, which runs from the lower back to the feet, becomes irritated or compressed.”
It can cause shooting pains, a cramping sensation, and can be so severe that it leaves someone unable to walk.
Earlier this year, Adele detailed her chronic back pain during another show in Las Vegas while limping across the stage.
While speaking to the crowd, he shot T-shirts toward audience members using a hand cannon and said, “I’ve got two more, I just have to get to the other side of the stage.”
“I have to shimmy these days because I have very bad sciatica,” Adele added in the video obtained by the Daily Star.
Adele has previously spoken of being in pain for “half her life” before losing weight, and how overhauling her body has helped her cope with her problems.