Adele caps Aus tour with record weekend
Venue records tumbled, lovers united and a bouncer got a blast as Adele's first tour of Australia wrapped Sunday in Melbourne. The final destination on her five-city, eight-show trek gave Adele the perfect send-off as she completed a record-busting weekend. The singer set a new benchmark for Melbourne's Etihad Stadium when 77,300 fans came through the gate Sunday night, besting the record she set the previous night by roughly 2,000.
Those record crowds took home some golden memories which, thanks to the wonders of technology, were captured and shared on social media for the rest of the world to gawp at.
In one special moment on Sunday, Adele played matchmaker for a marriage proposal between a couple, Chris and Wade.
And in another highlight, Adele gave a tongue lashing to a security guard who was behaving like a killjoy. “Excuse me sir, I know you work here but could you stop telling people to sit down? This is a music show,” Adele explained. “If I see one more person get told to sit down, I swear to God…”
Source: Billboard
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