Adele has suffered a health scare amid her Las Vegas residency and has been forced to take some time off due to a chest issue.
In her final show before resting, the singer admitted she had been “stressed” and compared her vocal cords to Ursula from The Little Mermaid.
Adele apologised to the audience at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace and said she had concerns about her ability to hit high notes in her songs, Daily Mail reported.
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“In the middle of last night — I’m sure you can hear it in my talking voice and my singing voice a little bit. Your girl was tired. I didn’t sleep very well …” she told the crowd.
“And Ursula from the ocean has come from my chest tonight. I can’t hit my headnotes properly.
“I didn’t sleep very well and my chest is on fire … I can tell I’m going to have a coffee in like 10 days, but I’m still here.”
She then declared that she was going on vocal rest following the show to help with the recovery.
“Straight after this show, I am going on voice rest. Can you imagine how hard now me not talking for three days is?” she went on.
“So I’m going to be in bed coughing my guts up on complete voice rest …”
She went on to say that both her partner Rich Paul and her son Angelo are major talkers, making it extra challenging.
“And not only is my partner an absolute chatterbox, so is my son. So I am going to have to lock myself in a cupboard or something like that,” she teased.
The singer ended her show by thanking the crowd for their support.
“You’ve been amazing. The show. Thank you, thank love, magical, magical, all putting it together from the moment out. I’m so glad you had a good time. I look crazy, I feel crazy … I’m going to go on voice rest,” the singer said.
Adele has 20 shows remaining in Las Vegas until June 2024.
She will then head to Munich to perform shows in August 2024.
Adele underwent surgery on her vocal cords in October 2011 to alleviate recurrent haemorrhaging caused by a benign polyp.
In 2012 she opened up about this surgery, admitting to CBS it was “really hard” not speaking.
“I also had an application on my phone that you type the words into it and then it speaks it,” she explained at the time.
“But the great thing is I love to swear. Most of (the apps) you can’t swear on, but I found this one app where you can swear, so I’m still really getting my point across.”
“I had laser surgery. (Doctors) put lasers down your throat, cut off the polyp, and kind of laser your haemorrhage back together and fix it,” she said.
Adele recalled performing on a French radio when her voice just “went”.
“Like someone put a curtain over my throat … and I could feel it. It felt like something popped in my throat,” she said, explaining the feeling.
Her next shows are scheduled for March 1 and 2.
