Adele admits she’s been ‘playing through pain’ to entertain fans during her Las Vegas residency after a disc in her back ‘wears out’
Adele has been playing through the pain during her Las Vegas residency after a disc in her back “worn out.”
The 34-year-old singer told a Sin City crowd how her L5 vertebra, the final section of her lumbar spine, the injury to which can cause numbness and weakness in her legs, has disintegrated and she has “really bad sciatica” in her left side. leg.
Speaking at her Weekends With Adele residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, she asked her audience: “Is anyone else my age starting to have bad knees?
“I have really bad sciatica in my left leg and my L5 disc isn’t there anymore. It’s worn.
Adele broke down in tears last month after seeing a man with a photo of his late wife on his phone in the crowd at one of her concerts.
Difficulty: Adele has been playing through pain during her Las Vegas residency after a disc in her back “worn out”
Popular: The singer has wowed fans with her current Weekends With Adele residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
The Easy On Me hitmaker grew more emotional as she walked through the audience at her Las Vegas residency show on Jan. 27.
And after seeing the image up close, Adele tried to continue her rendition of ‘Someone Like You,’ before fighting back tears as she dedicated the ballad to the man.
She said, ‘When I walk through the crowd, I wish you could see what I can see.’ Because I know I talk to a few people every night, but then I just see little stories of people happening.
‘There was a man, he’s just there, holding his phone. I think he’s his wife on the phone, and I don’t think he’s here, and he really touched me.
‘I’m so sorry for your loss, and I didn’t realize what you were showing me until I got here.
“I see these little pockets of people’s lives as I walk and it’s so beautiful.”
Painful: The 34-year-old singer told a Sin City crowd how her L5 vertebra disintegrated and she has “really bad sciatica” in her left leg
In December, Adele told the crowd that she had therapy “five times a day” when she split from her husband.
The Hello hitmaker, whose marriage to Simon Konecki ended in 2019, told fans she was seeing counseling again because she stopped “holding [herself] responsible” and wanted to be in top shape for his residency.
She said: ‘I started therapy again because I went a few years without it. I needed to start. Before, obviously, when I was going through my divorce, I basically had five therapy sessions a day.
‘But I stopped taking responsibility for my own behavior and the things I said. But now I do it because I just want to make sure I recharge every week to make sure I can give you my all.
Emotional: In December, Adele told the crowd she had therapy “five times a day” when she split from her husband