Adele has ordered concert bosses to build dozens of extra stages for her upcoming German residency.
The Grammy and British winning artist insisted she had to perform in front of audiences in all corners of the custom-built open-air arena, based at the Munich Messe in August.
However, the star can’t trek there in a golf cart, so she plans to walk FIVE miles a night while she plays her new summer shows in Germany.
The music superstar revealed she will spend ten nights strolling around the stadium singing different hits to separate sections of the audience.
The London-born star wants to share the intimacy created by her Vegas shows, which feature 4,100 guests, with the 80,000-strong crowd in Munich.
Adele has ordered concert bosses to build dozens of extra stages for her upcoming German residency
The Grammy and British winning artist insisted she had to perform in front of an audience in all corners of the custom-built open-air arena, located at the Munich Messe in August
Adele admits she has lost all inhibitions and nerves during live shows, which have influenced her for 15 years, as her Vegas experience was ‘damn sweet’.
Adele talked about the summer shows this weekend on the stage of her Caesars Palace residency, where she also dropped a lot of bombs.
She also admitted that son Angelo, 11, dreams of becoming a Premier League player.
Adele revealed her plans for Europe as she bragged about increasing her training sessions during her days off.
Speaking about her return to Germany, Adele said: ‘Vegas will always hold the most special place in my heart. I loved it.
‘But anyway, I want to be able to connect with the audience (in Munich). I was like, build me a stage in the crowd.
“And they said, ‘Well, we can’t get you there unless you walk on a stage there. I’m exaggerating a bit, of course, but I think I’d probably cover a good four or five miles on an overnight walk.
‘So I really need to increase my endurance. That’s why I train twice a day. All I’ve been doing is I’m training to become an athlete because I have some shows in the summer, I’m playing ten nights in Munich…
However, the star can’t trek there in a golf cart, so she plans to walk FIVE miles a night while she plays her new summer shows in Germany.
“I’m very excited and it’s a brand new show and it’s such a big audience, which I’ve done before and always felt a little bit separate because I’m thinking, how is it possible that there are a hundred thousand people here to see a person. That makes no sense whatsoever.
‘And it always felt so far away. This show has made me absolutely not afraid to perform in any capacity anymore. So I’m excited about this show.” And that’s really all I did.’
Adele canceled her initial residency start on January 22, just hours before opening night.
However, she overcame a ‘career low point’ and found a new-found confidence in performing after suffering from severe stage fright.
‘The safety this room has given me in myself and with my music has changed my life forever. I’m so happy. Some people thought I would just keep renewing, but this is really the end.
“Every time I say that I get so emotional because this has honestly been the highlight of my week for two years and after the way it first started or didn’t start, that was previously one of the lowest I think.” I’ve ever been in terms of my career and stuff like that…
“And I wasn’t sure if it would be bittersweet instead of just sweet. And it was damn sweet. So incredibly sweet, and I’m really going to miss it…
‘I like the routine it gives me. I enjoyed getting to know you and for a very long time I was very scared, not just of the general public, but just of crowds in general, because I had kind of touched the whole show…
Thousands of seats remain unsold for Adele’s Munich concert dates after the star was criticized for sky-high prices (seen in 2022)
‘It is not very normal, but it is also very normal that filming is no longer taking place. So I feel much more at home there now.’
Adele dropped plenty of F-bombs as she recapped her week for her audience.
Talking about son Angelo’s career expectations, she said: “My son is on the school basketball team and their team won this week, which is very exciting. They’re 11 – what the hell are you laughing about…
‘He’s British too. He wants to be a football star. He doesn’t want to be a basketball player.’
As the crowd reacted to the Premiership dream, Adele then asked the crowd: ‘Do we have any football fans here tonight? Tottenham Hotspur fans tonight?’ But when they scoffed, she hit back: ‘f** off.’
‘This really feels like a sports crowd. I think I’ve told you five times to stop, and I’ve only sung two songs. I’m from Tottenham. Do we have Man United fans? Have you ever been to Manchester?’,
Adele’s German shows have been criticized by fans for ‘ridiculous’ ticket prices.
The highest price ticket is over €700 (£598) if fans want a front row seat.
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There are already places occupied by sites on the second-hand market, which sell them at much higher costs.
Adele had upset fans in the past with her ticket prices for her opening weekends With residency shows in November 2022.
Front row tickets cost as much as £30,000, while other VIP packages saw seating and hotel deals in the region of £200,000.
At Vividseats – a second-hand retailer – the top seats cost more than $40,000 for Adele at the Caesars Palace Colosseum location, where she often interacts with fans in the front rows.
Last year, music analytics company Pollstar ranked U2 as the band music fans would happily spend the most money to see live, especially with their groundbreaking Sphere shows in Las Vegas.
But the Irish band tops a new chart showing that British rockers over 60 are the most popular with audiences when it comes to opening their wallets – compared to younger chart stars.
Dublin stars U2 had audiences spending an average of a whopping £305.14 per set in the £3 billion tech-focused, screen and stage experience on the Sin City strip.
Their biggest British rival this year in terms of price per ticket was former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, whose limited stadium appearances saw fans part with £128.81 per chance.
Sir Elton’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road concert series became the highest-grossing tour of all time over the summer.
Adele, 35, has faced backlash over her ‘excessively’ priced tickets to her Munich concert in the summer (pictured in 2023)
During the three-hour extravaganza, people spent an average of £124.80.
Fellow 70s debut rockers Queen, featuring founding members Roger Taylor and Brian May, remain one of the hottest tickets in the world at £119.80 per seat, with US star Adam Lambert on lead vocals.
Former Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel’s performances are loved by fans who have paid £100.27 for a seat in arenas and stadiums.
Crooner Sir Rod Stewart continues to wow audiences with an average of £92.70, while synth-pop pioneers Depeche Mode continue to splash $118.78 per head.
Chris Martin – a sprightly 46 – and his Coldplay bandmates cost the audience £88.93 per shot.
Meanwhile, Birmingham boys Duran Duran, led by 65-year-old Simon Le Bon, will set back a crowd £84.23
They are around the same price range as 29-year-old Harry Styles £86.08 and Ed Sheeran £82.07 – the youngest British entertainers to earn the most per seat during their performances.
Styles achieved sales of £228 million from his last 59 Harry’s House shows. Sheeran earned £210 million from 54 stadium nights.
Ex-Pink Floyd star Roger Waters, 80, ranks at number 12 in the top 100 biggest tours of 2023, with a seat average of £80.74 ($103.45).
After 260,000 fans queued for hours last week for the cheapest and best seats, they have now reflected on the ‘vile’ cost of the tickets (pictured last month)
