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Adele Streams Olympics On 2nd Night Of Munich Residency
Adele‘s Munich residency in Germany kicked off Friday, Aug. 2, showing off her incredible vocal skills, long list of hit songs, as well as a never-before seen venue and stage setup, custom-designed for this 10-night concert extravaganza.
The venue, built on the Neue Messe München trade fair grounds, holds some 80,000 spectators – a pop-up stadium in terms of capacity. The most striking design piece is the 220 long and 30 meter high LED screen, which ensures everyone’s getting a good view of Adele at all times.
The screen is also used to display all sorts of different show design elements, of course. The temporary venue was built by some 700 workers in 30 days, and cost $130 million, according to Fast Company.
Adele’s second night, Aug. 3, coincided with some major Olympic competitions, and the singer decided to stream the women’s 100-meter semi finals ahead of taking the stage, and also interrupted her set to stream the finals.
Adele was rooting for U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, who came in second behind Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred, who earner her country its first Olympic gold ever.
For an in-depth review of the Adele In Munich concert experience head back to pollstar.com next week.
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The Munich residency follows Adele’s internationally acclaimed Las Vegas residency, “Weekends with Adele”: 50 weekends, and 100 shows at The Colosseum At Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, NV, coming to a close in June.
The Munich shows are Adele’s first concerts in Germany, and, indeed, Europe, since 2016, when Adele toured in support of her Grammy-winning album 25.
Highlights reported to the Pollstar Boxoffice for that tour include two sold-out nights at Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain, May 24-35, selling 31,075, and grossing $2,858,760; two sold-out Meo Arenas in Lisbon, Portugal, May 21-22 (36,081 tickets, $2,692,989 gross); and two sold-out nights at Hallenstadion Zurich in Switzerland, May 17-18 (26,480, $2,776,115).
The German dates included two nights each at Lanxess Arena Cologne, Barclaycard Arena Hamburg, and Mercedes-Benz Arena Berlin, all sold out. The completely sold-out UK leg of that tour was also incredibly successful, with a Glastonbury headlining performance, and eight dates at London’s O2 that sold 126,043 tickets and brought in a staggering $14.3 million. Adele ranked No. 5 on Pollstar’s Year End Worldwide Tours chart that year, 2016, with a $167.7 million gross.
Adele is represented by Jonathan Dickins’ September Management, and Lucy Dickins, partner, and global head of contemporary music and touring, WME.