Adele Requires Donation To Charity For Free Tickets To Her Concert

In addition to filling up her dressing room with Marlboro Lights, European lager beer and sandwiches without tomatoes, Adele's tour rider insists that any fan who scores free tickets make a donation to charity.

According to the rider obtained by the Smoking Gun, the "Someone Like You" songstress requires that anyone who nabs a gratis concert ticket from her, concert promoters or venue staff contribute $20 to Sands. This UK-based charity supports anyone who loses a baby and promotes research to reduce the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths.

"There will be no exception to this rule," the rider notes.

Adele's insistence has proven fruitful. The 23-year-old star, recently nominated for six Grammy awards, raised $13,000 for Sands during the UK and European leg of her tour.

Though some of Adele's concert dates were nixed so she can recuperate from throat surgery, that isn't keeping the singer from pushing her fans to give money to worthy causes.

@OfficialAdele told her Twitter followers on Friday that she'll start dropping tweets on one philanthropic condition:

"Right! Its me! I will start tweeting if 10k of u start following @drop4drop & their trip to India this wk. Its a wonderful charity. Go! A xxx"

drop4drop works to help alleviate the global water crisis, a cause that Adele's fans were quick to follow after she sent out her message.

"F*ck me that was quick!," Adele tweeted Saturday. "Thank U! I'm in bed, watchin Gladiator, eatin an apple. Heres a pic of me & Queen B last wk in NYC! X."

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Comments

[Trevor10Brink]

12:11 PM on 03/30/2013

I totally get the "no tomatoes". Eck.

[dougdammit]

02:31 PM on 12/08/2011

Shallow minds say shallow things. Oh well. Wonderful idea Adele, it never hurts for folks to be reminded to think of others. Excellent way to do just that.

[sam i is]

01:49 PM on 12/08/2011

Can they call the tickets Free if they require you to spend $20 ??
And you also have a choice, don't go her concert if you don't like it.

[dws51564]

01:15 PM on 12/08/2011

20 bucks seems like a small sum considering the price of tickets now a days.

[Aliesha Morgan Howell]

01:13 PM on 12/08/2011

i LOVE her. the end.

[CharmingNaMusing]

01:02 PM on 12/08/2011

OH MY GAWD!!! I can't believe some of you haven't heard Adele's voice! Get with it already. She's just the best smoothest, bluesiest jazz-like English babe to sway our souls in a long while... Dial her up on youtube or any site. I love that she requires free ticket fans to make a donation. That's COOL! PAY IT FORWARD! Don't be so darn greedy. The tickets go for way more than that.

And get off her physical appearance, for crying out loud! Are you going to tell me Axl Rose is handsome or Brian Johnson (a hometown neighbor) is the best looking man to hit the stage? They both can rock you musically, but they aren't drop-dead gorgeous. Let Susan Boyle into your head once in a while too. It's good for your soul.

[BeatlesPrudence]

12:18 PM on 12/08/2011

Dummy has throat surgery, yet fills her dressing room with Marlboro Lights?! Bright

[Jenn Evans]

11:04 AM on 12/08/2011

I think it is really sad that a lot of the people commenting on this article are bagging on Adele for her weight. Who cares?! What's it to you if she's a big gal? It's not like she goes around flaunting her bigger size, with her giant boobs hanging out, or wearing midriff shirts. Good for Adele for being exactly who she wants to be and not conforming to what narrow-minded society thinks she should look like. She's a better role model for the younger ages now than say these skinny singers: Lindsey Lohan, Lily Allen, Britney Spears, etc. At least Adele conducts herself with decency in public. You never hear a bad thing about her. She's trying to get people to support charities...when is the last time you heard of any of the other girls mentioned begging their fans to donate to charity? You go Adele!

[Ed Baggett]

10:23 AM on 12/08/2011

She looks like a couch potato & an oink oink...

[alexanderten]

11:36 AM on 12/08/2011

Hey Ed are you serious? She is a beautiful, talented woman who is trying to help people in need and you are making a comment on her looks?! You have such a narrow mind! What if men were judged solely on penis size? How would you like that?! That is what women need to start doing.
By the way I am a professional model if you are wondering and I wouldn't want anything to do with you after hearing a comment like that. Ignorant!

[Ed Baggett]

12:13 PM on 12/08/2011

Never heard of this "broad, broad"....

[mjvoter]

12:20 PM on 12/08/2011

Poor you then. She's the greatest singer to come along in a long time. You should check her out before you judge.

[mebemommee06]

02:06 PM on 12/08/2011

how can you possibly judge someone you actually don't know.. boy are you and i d i o t...

[Fermented Grape]

09:42 AM on 12/08/2011

In other words there are really no free tickets. Certainly it sounds like a worthwhile cause, but why not just tell it like it is? Twenty dollar promotional tickets with the proceeds going to charity!

[JTJMOMEDTEK]

09:28 AM on 12/08/2011

Cigarettes, beer and no tomatoes? As a mom that makes me cringe.

[TiredNHonest]

11:20 AM on 12/08/2011

You're not her mom.

[JTJMOMEDTEK]

12:54 AM on 12/09/2011

really? No wonder she didn't come to Thanksgiving

[KadejaLatefah]

08:51 AM on 12/08/2011

Adele here's my requirement for you in order for me to buy a ticket: stop smoking so you don't lose your voice. it is already happening and you have canceled concerts. also you are hurting those around you. stop smoking

[TiredNHonest]

11:24 AM on 12/08/2011

You're not an authority. There's plenty more evidence to the contrary: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., The Beatles, Barbara Streisand, (just about all rockers past and present). Be a nanny to yourself.

[hman570]

08:38 AM on 12/08/2011

I guess I am giving my age away but never heard of her? Pretty thing but still never heard of her.

[KadejaLatefah]

08:52 AM on 12/08/2011

hellloooooooo google her

[JTJMOMEDTEK]

09:25 AM on 12/08/2011

Download "Rolling in the Deep" Pronto

[Neil Reilly]

07:58 AM on 12/08/2011

Please don't call them free tickets because they are not free. When you have too pay any amount too anything it is not free. Whoever you are, why not get donations to pay for a gym membership. Just saying.

[Wiserthanu]

09:13 AM on 12/08/2011

Poor guy you are so misable in life you have to pick on a woman for her weight. Hope you go bald and learn what it feels like to be judged on appearance only.

[Neil Reilly]

09:28 AM on 12/08/2011

Thank you for your kind comments. I Only speaking the truth. Sorry if you can't handle the truth. All you have to do is look at her.

[metalsmithgirl71]

09:36 AM on 12/08/2011

um.. it's true. it'snot free if you have to give money for them. and she should lose weight and stop smoking. it's not healthy.

[rockymtnleather]

12:35 PM on 12/08/2011

Well then don't take the tickets Neil. Let someone else have them who doesn't mind HELPING OTHER PEOPLE while being able to enjoy an Adelle concert.

Your GOP is showing.

[Neil Reilly]

01:17 PM on 12/08/2011

Why don't you read what I said before you comment. However thank you for your comment.

[niceguy71653]

07:15 AM on 12/08/2011

Nice touch. But who is Adele?

[mebemommee06]

02:12 PM on 12/08/2011

try googling, instead of asking others..

[niceguy71653]

02:27 PM on 12/08/2011

It was a rhetorical question.