10 things you should know about Adele

As Adele plays two gigs in Dublin, Ed Power picks out some interesting facts about a singer he first met when she was just 19

FRESH from a clean sweep of awards at the Brits, Adele is counting down to her debut arena tour, beginning with sold-out dates in Belfast and Dublin. It has been a stellar rise for the Londoner, who signed her first music deal within days of leaving school and has been smashing records ever since.

When this writer met her in 2008, she was about to release her debut album. The LP was called 19 , Adele’s age when she recorded it. We convened in a hotel suite in central Dublin, where the teenager revealed herself to be by turns gobby, hilarious, and self-deprecating.