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For the second time this year, Adele has been forced to scratch tour dates due to issues involving her vocal chords. Her U.S. dates were scheduled to begin on Friday, October 7th in Atlantic City, New Jersey and continue through October 21st in Grand Prairie, Texas, but she has canceled her entire upcoming sold-out run, effective immediately. Coming off a successful U.K. tour, Adele's doctors diagnosed her with a vocal chord hemorrhage, as she experienced earlier this year, and they have advised her that she will need an extended period of rest in order to fully recuperate.

"Singing is literally my life. It's my hobby, my love, my freedom and now my job," said Adele in a statement released by her record label, Columbia. "I have absolutely no choice but to recuperate properly and fully or I risk damaging my voice forever." The 23 year-old British singer explains that she is "devastated" by having to cancel these tour dates and apologizes, sincerely, to fans, knowing how inconvenient and disappointing it must be for them to have to change their plans. Furthermore, she says she'll start vocal rehab as soon as she's given clearance and "I will be back and I'm gonna smash the ball out the park once I’m touring again."
Refunds will be issued at the point of purchase for the all ten dates of her canceled U.S. tour.

Adele's voice has given her the biggest success this year - and the most trouble. The singer will have throat surgery and has now canceled all tour dates and promotional appearances for the year.

Columbia Records announced Friday that the "Rolling in the Deep" singer will have surgery "to alleviate the current issues with her throat." A full recovery is expected.

Earlier this month, the 23-year-old canceled a U.S. concert run due to a hemorrhage in her vocal chord; she also canceled concerts in June due to laryngitis.

The statement said that doctors have ordered the Grammy winner to rest her voice and "completely recuperate before looking to schedule any work commitments."

Adele's 21 is the best-selling CD of the year in the United States; it's sold over 4 million units.