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An Evening with Adele Etta James was supposed to appear at the performance but cancelled at the last-minute due to illness and was replaced by Chaka Khan. The last performance of the tour was at the North Sea Jazz Festival. An official tour book containing exclusive pictures and behind-the-scene information of the tour is available for purchase on Adele's official site. Source: The concert at The Roundhouse (a part of the iTunes Festival) was recorded and released as "iTunes Live from SoHo". An Evening with Adele An Evening with Adele was the debut concert tour by British singer Adele, in support of her debut