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Adele reveals she HIDES in a small box and spends her gigs ‘drenched in sweat’ as she has to be ‘wheeled to the stage’ undetected by her wild fans

Grammy award winner, 28, has no underground tunnel to get to her performances, so has to use mysterious transport method

SUPERSTAR Adele spends several minutes every night “drenched in sweat” being wheeled around in a small box.

The Grammy award winner, 28, uses the unusual mode of transportation on tour to make her way through the crowds of fans undetected to get to her starting position every night under the stage.

 Someone like you . . . Adele admits she is 'drenched in sweat' while performing on her world tour
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Someone like you . . . Adele admits she is 'drenched in sweat' while performing on her world tourCredit: Getty Images
 Hello from the other side . . . Adele reveals she has to sneak on stage in a box
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Hello from the other side . . . Adele reveals she has to sneak on stage in a boxCredit: Getty Images

Her 2017 performances are staged in the round meaning there is no underground tunnel allowing her to travel in private to the stage.

Instead she is flanked by her security team as she is rolled past the unsuspecting audience while sitting in a black box on wheels “with an iPad” to keep her entertained.

She has hinted at the unglamorous mode of transportation to fans, laughing as she quipped: “How I get from to this stage makes me so sweaty, I’m drenched.

 Just in case . . . superstar Adele gets in a small box on tour
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Just in case . . . superstar Adele gets in a small box on tour
 Box clever . . . Adele is wheeled through unsuspecting fans on her way to the stage
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Box clever . . . Adele is wheeled through unsuspecting fans on her way to the stage
 Chasing pavements . . . tour chiefs help superstar to the stage in quirky fashion
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Chasing pavements . . . tour chiefs help superstar to the stage in quirky fashion

"I can’t tell you til the end - you’ll laugh when you find out.”

A source explained: “Adele sits in the box for several minutes as she is taken from her dressing room right to the centre of the crowd.

“Most of her fans are already seated and just presume it’s a piece of kit they are moving but some have been told by staff at venues that actually it’s their idol and a woman worth £85million sitting in a pretty small box a few feet from them.

 Award-winning star . . . Adele wows fans in picture from the Brit Awards
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Award-winning star . . . Adele wows fans in picture from the Brit AwardsCredit: PA:Press Association

“A few have worked it out as her personal security Peter Van Der Deer - who is never away from her side - accompanies the box during its journey.

"Then her team flank it as it reaches the stage and shield her from view as she climbs out and goes to wait underneath the stage for the start.

“Fans have been told she has an iPad in there to keep her entertained but it is a very sweaty and unglamorous part of the show for Adele to get through but she’s down to earth and jokes about it.”

The newly married mum-of-one is currently on tour in Australia and will finish off her gruelling two year tour with four dates at Wembley Stadium in June and July.

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Adele has opened up about missing husband Simon and son Angelo while on tour in AustraliaCredit: Splash News
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Adele confirmed her marriage during the showCredit: Getty Images

On Friday the singer was left in tears after she stopped the show momentarily as a fan suffered a heart attack mid performance.

She dedicated her performance of Take It All to the female fan, who is reported to be in hospital, during gig in Sydney.

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