Adele announces UK tour ahead of release of new album

Adele won a Grammy music award for best new artist in America last year

Adele has announced a UK tour starting in Leeds next April.

The Chasing Pavements singer will also play dates in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Southampton and London in support of second album, 21.

The follow-up to 19 is out on 24 January with first single Rolling In The Deep out the week before on Sunday 16 January.

Tickets go on sale on Friday 17 December with fans on her website able to buy them from today (15 December).

Most of Adele's second album was recorded in Malibu with the US producer Rick Rubin (Johnny Cash, Jay-Z, Red Hot Chili Peppers) and in London with Paul Epworth (Plan B, Bloc Party, Florence And The Machine).

She said it's taken a while to record.

"It knocked me for six when writing it," she said. "It's different from 19, it's about the same things but in a different light.

"I deal with things differently now. I'm more patient, more honest, more forgiving and more aware of my own flaws, habits and principles, something that comes with age I think.

"Fittingly this record is called 21.

"The whole reason I called my first album 19 was about cataloguing what happened to me then and who I was then, like a photo album you see the progression and changes in a person throughout the years."

Adele's UK tour dates:

O2 Academy, Leeds - 14 April

O2 ABC, Glasgow - 15

Ritz, Manchester - 17

HMV Institute, Birmingham - 18

Guildhall, Southampton - 20

O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London - 21