ADELE SAYS AUF WIEDERSEHEN TO MUNICH

Adele wrapped her 10-show residency last night (8/31) at Munich's Sonderfreifläche Messe after shifting more than 730k tickets—a record for any such engagement outside of Las Vegas, per promoter Live Nation.

The largest temporary live-music structure ever built, the bespoke venue also boasted a record-breaking, Stufish-designed 220-by-30-meter LED video screen. More than 500k fans visited the 75k-square-meter Adele World, which housed a pop-up pub in the style of classic English watering holes, a cover-band stage and vendors hawking specialty cocktails.

According to Munich economic official Clemens Baumgärtner, the run generated more than €540m for the local economy.

Adele's 20-song nightly set was loaded with hits like "Hello," "Rumour Has It," "Skyfall," "Someone Like You," "Rolling in the Deep" and her 2008 breakthrough, "Chasing Pavements"—which she hadn't performed since 2017—as well as a cover of Bob Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love."

“The flair of the unique Adele performances combined perfectly with the special atmosphere of this city," said Live Nation GSA MD Marek Lieberberg, who brought the residency to life with Jonathan Dickins of September Management and WME partner/global head of Contemporary Music and Touring Lucy Dickins. "Her music, the fans and Munich came together in a way that is rarely experienced. I believe that something historic has been created here in our fast-moving age that will have a big impact for a long time to come."

With Munich now complete, the 16-time Grammy winner and career-long Columbia artist will conclude her Weekends With Adele residency at Caesars Palace with 10 shows in October and November. Then, she plans to take "a big break," per an interview with German broadcaster ZDF.

"Munich, thanks so much for welcoming me to your beautiful city so warmly," Adele said. "To the many people who helped organize these events and let me put on the most spectacular show, thank you for taking the chance on me and letting me go out with a bang. I’m so grateful. Last but not least—to every single person who has made the enormous effort to come to these shows, it truly means the world to me. Thank you from the very very bottom of my heart. I’ll never forget it."