Adele tickets sell out in just three minutes

If Adele needs some painful, heartbreaking inspiration for her next album, she should try buying a ticket online for one of her gigs.

25, the third studio album from the Oscar-winning singer, sold a further 439,000 copies this week, outselling the rest of the Top 10 combined, according to the Official Charts Company.

Pre-sale tickets for the new dates will be available at 12pm on Sunday, December 6 while the general sale begins on Monday, December 7 at 9am.

Tickets to see Adele in Belfast have sold out in just 20 minutes – leaving both those in virtual and physical queues in turmoil.

The singer will also perform at the 3Arena in Dublin on 4 and 5 March.

If you weren’t one of the lucky ones who got tickets early, we’ve got a few handy tips to help you track down a golden ticket in the general sale today.

There is not yet an Adele tour scheduled for the USA, but the States will get her soon – for one night only.

Next year’s shows will mark Adele’s first tour in four years.

There is a limit of four tickets person and cost between £35 and £95, plus booking fees.

Sign up to Adele.com for access to advance tickets. The promoter has also requested that customers purchasing tickets show photo ID on the night, meaning unless you’ve bought them from the primary agent, you’ll be refused entry to the venue.

Thought to have followed in the footsteps of Taylor Swift, Adele refused to put her new album on streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.