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Adele’s Sciatica Flare-Up Caused Her to Collapse Backstage

Author Laila Abuelhawa
Adele performs on stage as American Express present BST Hyde Park in Hyde Park on July 02, 2022 in London, England.

Adele’s latest sciatica flare-up ended up with the singer collapsing. The “Easy On Me” singer revealed that she collapsed backstage during her Las Vegas residency. Sciatic pain is an irritation of the sciatic nerve, the largest nerve in the human body, which runs from the lower back to the legs. Per the Mayo Clinic, Sciatica most often occurs when a herniated disk or an overgrowth of bone puts pressure on part of the nerve. This causes inflammation, pain, numbness, and even shooting or burning pain from the lower back down one leg.

Per The Sun, Adele, 35, told fans in the crowd that she fell and was unable to move because of a sciatica attack. “They picked my whole body up off the floor,” she explained to fans. “I am going to sit down and rest my sciatica.”

Rolling Deep In The Sciatic Pain

This isn’t the first time Adele has been dealing with sciatic pain. Back in January, Adele was waddling on stage. A month later, the singer told the audience during one of her Vegas shows that she is performing with a disintegrated disc in her spine. She said at the time, “I have got really bad sciatica in my left leg and my L5 disc is not f——— there anymore. It’s worn away.”

Adele’s back issues go back to her teenage years. In a 2021 interview, she told The Face she slipped her “first disc when I was 15 from sneezing.” Adele also told the publication that she had “been in pain” with her back for around half of her life. She notes that it would “flare up” when she was stressed or sitting with bad posture. But that changed when she started regularly working out.

The Weekends With Adele residency has just seen its 24th weekend. The award-winning singer extended her residency in Sin City with 34 more shows that run through November 4.

Adele's '30' Album: Ranking the Best Songs

Adele’s 30 released today and after six long years patiently waiting for new music, the 12-track album is available everywhere. As she previously said, the album is an open letter to her 9-year-old son about the divorce with his father, Simon Konecki.

“I just felt like I wanted to explain to him, through this record, when he’s in his twenties or thirties, who I am and why I voluntarily chose to dismantle his entire life in the pursuit of my own happiness,” Adele said. “It made him really unhappy sometimes. And that’s a real wound for me that I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to heal.”

The album shows us the freest Adele has ever been, who breaks down in tears on track 3, “My Little Love,” which also features voice notes of her son. 30 is a journey that Adele has so graciously allowed us to be a part of, and we will surely be playing the album heavily this winter.

See how we’ve ranked our favorites from 30 below.

  • Cry Your Heart Out - 6/10

    Following tear-jerker “My Little Love,” Adele went whimsical with Motown-style “Cry Your Heart Out,” a more uplifting song, that tells us to cry our hearts out and to go at our own pace when in doubt.

  • Strangers By Nature - 6/10

    The first song of the album, “Strangers By Nature” sets the tone for the album that all of us fans already knew to expect. Adele sings the song reminiscent of a Disney movie, which offers us a kind of safety.

    Notable lines: “I’ll be taking flowers to the cemetery of my heart.”

  • Hold On - 7/10

    The last few songs of the album, Adele slows things down, like with “Hold On,” the 10th track. Towards the
    end of the 6-minute-long song, you can hear an organ and a choir of Adele’s friends singing “Just hold on.”

  • Oh My God - 7/10

    Adele reclaims her life with “Oh My God,” saying she just wants to have fun and that she’s a grown woman that does what she wants to do.

  • I Drink Wine - 7/10

    Adele said Covid turned her into a seven-nights-a-week wine drinker — I mean, who hasn’t taken on a bad habit over the course of the pandemic? The song, as Adele has described, it about shedding one’s ego, with lines like: So I hope I learn to get over myself / Stop trying to be somebody else / So we can love each other for free

  • Can I Get It - 8/10

    Written about the casual dating scene in Los Angeles that she wants no part of, “Can I Get It” showcases Adele’s powerful voice accompanied by an acoustic guitar.

  • All Night Parking - 8/10

    The record effect throughout the song, adds to the sultriness of “All Night Parking,” a song fantasizing about someone (maybe Rich Paul?).

  • My Little Love - 8/10

    Adele incorporating voice recordings of baby Angelo is so precious, we could die. The song speaks directly to her son, acknowledging that he can tell when his mom is lying. Adele says that she’s been so far gone, that he is the only thing that could save her, and if that didn’t make you well up, then I’m afraid this album isn’t for you.

  • Easy On Me - 9/10

    The first song she released ahead of the album, the music video for “Easy On Me” captivated us, when Adele’s world changed from black-and-white to color. And who can deny how catch it is to sing along with: “Go eeeeeasy on me, baby?!”

  • Love Is A Game - 9/10

    The last track of 30, “Love Is A Game” is nearly 7 minutes long, and takes listeners for a journey. You can hear organs and string instruments, sounding like a soundtrack to a mid-century romance film.

  • Woman Like Me - 10/10

    This is what we’ve been WAITING FOR! This haunting, dark Adele in “Woman Like Me” is the perfect diss track to her ex, Simon Konecki. Adele delivers all her complaints in such a calm manner, it makes it all more powerful.

  • To Be Loved - 10/10

    Adele reflects back on her marriage and what she’s learned from it all. Such a powerful, emotional song that speaks for itself.

Laila Abuelhawa is the Top 40 and Hip-Hop pop culture writer for Beasley Media Group. Being with the company for over three years, Laila's fierce and fabulous red-carpet rankings have earned her a feature on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!' Her favorite stories are those surrounding the latest in celebrity fashion, television and film rankings, and how the world reacts to major celebrity news. With a background in journalism, Laila's stories ensure accuracy and offer background information on stars that you wouldn't have otherwise known. She prides herself in covering stories that inform the public about what is currently happening and what is to come in the ever-changing, ever-evolving media landscape.

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