Adele has announced plans to take a "big break" from music.
The singer told German broadcaster ZDF, "My tank is quite empty from being on stage every weekend in Las Vegas. I don't have any plans for new music, at all. I want a big break after this and I think I want to do other creative things just for a little while."
UPDATE (3/9, 9:21 a.m. ET): During her final show in Munich on Saturday (August 31), Adele reiterated plans to take an "incredibly long" break from music after the final shows of her Las Vegas residency. "I have 10 shows left after this, back in my residency," she told the audience. "But after that, I will not see you for an incredibly long time. And I will hold you dear in my heart for that whole length of my break."
"I just need a rest," the artist explained. "I have spent the last seven years building a new life for myself, and I want to live it now. I want to live my new life that I've been building. I will miss you terribly… I'm sure some of you will end up being in fucking Vegas. I wouldn't put it past you."
Her latest album, 30, came out in 2021. She's been doing a Las Vegas residency at Caesars Palace since 2022. She'll do a residency in Munich in August, and she'll return to Vegas in October and November to wrap up the run. After that, she'll take her hiatus. She previously said she wants to get an English lit degree after her Vegas run is over.
She said of the Vegas run, "Even though it's a very manageable size of crowd, it's really been an emotional exchange."