Adele Warns Fans They Won't See Her For "an Incredibly Long Time" Once Her Las Vegas Residency Ends

"I will hold you dear in my heart."

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Singer Adele is giving fans fair warning that they won't be seeing much of her in the near future.

On Saturday, Aug. 31, a video posted on TikTok showed Adele telling attendees at a concert in Munich that they won't be seeing her for "an incredibly long time" after her Las Vegas residency ends.

"I have 10 shows to do but after that I will not see you for an incredibly long time," the singer told an audibly upset crowd of fans. "And I will hold you dear in my heart."

Additional footage posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, showed Adele's comments at greater length, as well as her tearful, emotional reason why she does not plan to be in front of fans for a significant amount of time.

"I'm not the most comfortable performer, I know that, but I am really f****** at it and I have really enjoyed performing for nearly three years now, which is the longest I've ever done and probably the longest I will ever do," she said.

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"For that whole lengths of my break I will fantasize about these shows and any shows that I have done over the last three years," she continued. "And I really, really hold them in the bottom of my heart forever.

"It's been amazing," she added, "I just need a rest. I have spent the last seven years building a new life for myself and I want to live it. I want to live the new life that I have been building, and I will miss you dearly."

Saturday’s concert in Munich marked the end of Adele's 10-show residency in the city. Next, Adele will begin performing her remaining shows in Las Vegas in October, ending with her final show on November 23.

Fans responding on both X and TikTok shared both their sadness and their understanding regarding the singer's need for a break.

"This is what Adele does," one fan wrote. "Disappears, then comes out with a banger."

"Take all the time you need, live the life you’ve always been dreaming of. We’ll be here when you’re ready," another posted.

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"Why am I so emotional watching this," one fan wrote.

In a previous interview with a German outlet, Adele issued a similar warning to her fans, telling the publication that she does not have any plans to create or release any new music.

"I don’t have any plans for new music, at all," she said at the time. "I want a big break after this and I think I want to do other creative things, just for a little while."

Danielle Campoamor
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Danielle Campoamor is Marie Claire's weekend editor covering all things news, celebrity, politics, culture, live events, and more. In addition, she is an award-winning freelance writer and former NBC journalist with over a decade of digital media experience covering mental health, reproductive justice, abortion access, maternal mortality, gun violence, climate change, politics, celebrity news, culture, online trends, wellness, gender-based violence and other feminist issues. You can find her work in The New York Times, Washington Post, TIME, New York Magazine, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, TODAY, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, InStyle, Playboy, Teen Vogue, Glamour, The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, Prism, Newsweek, Slate, HuffPost and more. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and their two feral sons. When she is not writing, editing or doom scrolling she enjoys reading, cooking, debating current events and politics, traveling to Seattle to see her dear friends and losing Pokémon battles against her ruthless offspring. You can find her on X, Instagram, Threads, Facebook and all the places.