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Adele Announces Spring Tour

• 16th Dec 2010

Adele has announced a European tour for Spring 2011, which comes to the UK and Ireland in April.

The full dates are:

APRIL
12th – Olympia, Dublin, Ireland
14th – O2 Academy, Leeds, UK
15th – O2 ABC, Glasgow, UK
17th – Ritz, Manchester, UK
18th – HMV Institute, Birmingham, UK
20th – Guildhall, Southampton, UK
21st – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK

Tickets will go on sale exclusively to fans from Adele.tv on Wednesday December 15th at 9.00am GMT and will go on general sale on Friday December 17th.

“Rolling In The Deep”, Adele’s forthcoming single is released on Sunday January 16th. Written and produced by Adele and award winning British producer Paul Epworth, it’s a “dark bluesy gospel disco tune” according to Adele herself.

Adele’s new album “21” is set to be released on Monday January 24th. Most of the album was recorded in Malibu with the legendary Rick Rubin (Johnny Cash, Jay Z, Red Hot Chilli Peppers) and back in Kensal Rise in London with Paul Epworth (Plan B, Bloc Party, Florence). Adele cites Wanda Jackson, Yvonne Fair, Andrew Bird, Mary J Blige, Mos Def, Elbow, Tom Waits and Kanye West amongst others as key influences on “21”.

About its release she says “ It's taken a while and it knocked me for six when writing it. It's different from “19”, it's about the same things but in a different light. I deal with things differently now. I'm more patient, more honest, more forgiving and more aware of my own flaws, habits and principles. Something that comes with age I think. So fittingly this record is called “21”. The whole reason I called my first album “19” was about cataloging what happened to me then and who I was then, like a photo album you see the progression and changes in a person throughout the years”.

“Rolling In The Deep” is released on XL Recordings on Sunday January 16th
“21” is released on XL Recordings on Monday January 24th