Newly Signed to Columbia Records, 19 Year-Old UK Soul Sensation Adele Coming to America...

Newly Signed to Columbia Records, 19 Year-Old UK Soul Sensation Adele Coming
to America in Support of Stateside Release of #1 UK Chart-Topping Debut Album,
'19'
Ticket Pre-Sales Begin 10am (Local Time, Each Market) Tuesday, April 15 At
myspace.com/adelelondon

NEW YORK, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The critically acclaimed UK soul singer
Adele will return to this side of the Atlantic for a series of North American
concerts in May-June in support of the stateside release of 19, her #1 UK
chart-topping debut album. One of the year's most eagerly-anticipated album
releases, 19 will be available in digital and traditional CD formats on
Tuesday, June 10.
Adele's upcoming concert itinerary marks the artist's most extensive North
American tour to-date, constituting her first round of stateside performances
since a highly-successful sold-out five show/four city (New York, Los Angles,
Montreal, Toronto) run in March. Her historic North American tour will
include a performance at the Highline Ballroom in Manhattan on June 10 and a
set during the 2008 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee on
June 13. Currently on an SRO tour of Europe, Adele will follow her North
American concert dates with another run of European shows including a
performance at the fabled Montreux Jazz Festival. (Please see Adele's concert
itinerary following).
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Pre-sale ticket links for Adele's North American shows will go active on
Tuesday, April 15 beginning at 10 am, local time, in each market. To link to
ticket pre-sales, please visit: myspace.com/adelelondon

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While in the states, Adele will appear on NBC's "Today Show" on Tuesday,
June 10, the day her album drops in stores. The artist is also slated to
appear on CBS' "The Saturday Early Show" on June 14 and the "Late Show with
David Letterman" on Monday, June 16.
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Born in London on May 5, 1988, Adele (nee Adele Adkins) has been the toast
of the UK music press and record buying public since the October 2007 release
of her first single, "Hometown Glory," an autobiographic heart-rendering ode
to London.
In December 2007, Adele became the first recipient of the Brit Awards'
newly inaugurated Critics Choice prize, presented to the year's most
significant artist who, at that time, had yet to release an album. She was
also honored as the winner of BBC Music's Sound of 2008 poll - a consortium of
UK music critics, editors and broadcasters - as the most promising new musical
artist likely to emerge in the upcoming year.
XL Recordings (the influential independent label whose UK roster includes
The White Stripes, M.I.A., Radiohead, Vampire Weekend, Devendra Banhart and
more) released the UK edition of her debut album, 19, on January 28, 2008, the
week following the introduction of the album's lead-in single, "Chasing
Pavements" (which became the UK's #1 Airplay Single). 19 entered the UK Album
Chart at #1 while "Chasing Pavements" held onto its #2 spot on the UK singles
chart and "Hometown Glory" entered the UK singles chart at #32, meaning that
new artist Adele had the UK's #1 album and two Top 40 singles all in the same
week.
19 has been certified Platinum in the UK and has charted Top 10 or better
on the Irish Album Chart (#3), the Dutch Album Chart (#4), Billboard's
European Top Albums Chart (#6) and the United World Chart (#8).
Praise of Adele and her music has been reverberating throughout the UK
mainstream and underground music press:
The Observer's Music Monthly (October 2007) noted that "... her sultry
soul voice and songs capture the essence of teenage love...." while the
paper's "New Faces 2008" (December 30, 2007) correctly predicted that Adele
"... will begin 2008 as one of the year's most hotly tipped singers." In
January 2008, The Observer Music Monthly section gave 19 a five star review
simply stating that "Of all 2008's female vocalists, none is as great as this
one..."
Q called her a "Teenage Londoner with the voice of a Motown diva ..."
while The Sun pointed out that "It's clear to see and hear why Adele Adkins is
going to be 2008's breakthrough star ... .She is the owner of a remarkably
bluesy, soulful voice..."
The London Evening Standard summed it up saying: "... Adele's the real
thing..."
Elle UK proclaimed Adele as "a face to watch" in their December 2007
Hotlist.
Since launching her MySpace page (myspace.com/adelelondon) on New Year's
Eve, 2004, Adele has received more than 2.7 million profile views and 2.7
million plays of her songs.
Adele signed in the states with Columbia Records in a joint venture with
XL Recordings, her worldwide label.
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May 21 2008 The Roxy Theatre G.A
May 22 2008 Bimbo's 365 Club San Francisco
May 25 2008 Red Room Vancouver
May 27 2008 Triple Door Seattle
May 29 2008 Mission Theater Portland, Oregon
May 31 2008 Martyr's Chicago
Jun 2 2008 Theatre De La Jeune Lune Minneapolis
Jun 6 2008 Queen Elizabeth Theatre Toronto
Jun 7 2008 Outremont Theatre Montreal
Jun 10 2008 Highline Ballroom New York
Jun 13 2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival Manchester, Tennessee
Jun 15 2008 World Cafe Live (WXPN Studios) Philadelphia
Jun 17 2008 Sixth & I Historic Synagogue Washington
Jun 21 2008 Fox Theatre Boulder, Colorado

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SOURCE Columbia Records

Benny Tarantini, Media, New York, +1-212-833-5858,
Benny.Tarantini@sonybmg.com, or Yvette Noel-Schure, Media, New York,
+1-212-833-4483, Yvette.Noel-Schure@sonybmg.com, both of Columbia Records