After Phil Collins branded Adele a "slippery little fish" over their failed collaboration prior to the release of her new album, 25, Adele has said, "I just chickened out of everything." The follow-up to 21 came out last month, and was accompanied by news of a massive UK and European tour.
Speaking to Q last year, Collins explained, "She got hold of me and asked if I would write with her. She gave me a piece of music to finish and at first I didn’t know if I'd failed the audition as I didn’t hear back from her.
"She said, 'No, no, I'm moving house and the baby's taking up a lot of my time, I’m not actually doing anything at the moment.' And now I’ve heard there’s a [new album] coming out. I’m not on it, I know that." He concluded, "She’s a slippery little fish is Adele."
Now, speaking to Rolling Stone, Adele has responded. "I met up with him and he was so nice. He's such a genius. But I met up with him in London super-early, like well before I was starting the record.
"And I had this song in mind and I can't remember if I gave him a copy of the song or if I gave him a chorus or something, and then I just chickened out of everything. I went, 'Oh, I'm not ready.' And he called me a slippery fish!
"I think he interpreted it that I decided I didn't want to work with him, but actually I decided I didn't want to write a record, period, at that point. But yeah, there's no bad blood there, or certainly not on my half."
See Adele's full tour dates below. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 4 December. Buy tickets and get more information here.
FEBRUARY
Monday 29th Feb Belfast SSE Arena
MARCH
Tuesday 1st March Belfast SSE Arena
Friday 4th March Dublin 3Arena
Saturday 5th March Dublin 3Arena
Monday 7th March Manchester Manchester Arena
Tuesday 8th March Manchester Manchester Arena
Tuesday 15th March London The O2 Arena
Wednesday 16th March London The O2 Arena
Friday 18th March London The O2 Arena
Saturday 19th March London The O2 Arena
Friday 25th March Glasgow SSE Hydro Arena
Saturday 26th March Glasgow SSE Hydro Arena
Tuesday 29th March Birmingham Genting Arena
Wednesday 30th March Birmingham Genting Arena
APRIL
Friday 29th April Stockholm Tele2Arena
MAY
Sunday 1st May Oslo Telenor
Tuesday 3rd May Copenhagen Forum
Wednesday 4th May Herning Jyske Bank Boxen
Saturday 7th May Berlin Mercedes Benz Arena
Sunday 8th May Berlin Mercedes Benz Arena
Tuesday 10th May Hamburg Barclaycard Arena
Wednesday 11th May Hamburg Barclaycard Arena
Saturday 14th May Cologne Lanxess Arena
Sunday 15th May Cologne Lanxess Arena
Tuesday 17th May Zurich Hallenstadion
Saturday 21st May Lisbon Meo Arena
Sunday 22nd May Lisbon Meo Arena
Tuesday 24th May Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi
Saturday 28th May Verona Anfiteatro Arena di Verona
Sunday 29th May Verona Anfiteatro Arena di Verona
JUNE
Wednesday 1st June Amsterdam Ziggo Dome
Friday 3rd June Amsterdam Ziggo Dome
Thursday 9th June Paris Accor Hotels Arena
Friday 10th June Paris Accor Hotels Arena
Sunday 12th June Antwerp Sportpaleis
Monday 13th June Antwerp Sportpaleis
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