In 2006 Adele was the beginning act for Jack Penate. By the finish of 2007 she toured as the headlining act. Following that tour she came on Later with Jools Holland alongwith Paul McCartney and Bjork.
2008
In March Adele shined on a short North American tour. The following month she performed the Coachella Festival
On 16 June, Adele played an good set for Billboard Magazine. The set can be seen here.
Adele played a Christmas show at The Roundhouse in London. She began with Hometown Glory and then sang Cold Shoulder. She coped with acoustic versions of Daydreamer and Best for Last then proceeded with Etta James’sFool That I Am before closing with Chasing Pavements. She performed for the 2009 edition of Jools Holland's New Year's Eve Show.
Late in the year, Adele came with what according to her website was a 11 city United States tour. As of 17 December four of the shows had sold out. She got "gushing adulation" in Boston.
2009
Adele announced a 15-city North American tour that started 9 March.
On 10 June, Adele re-announced the MTV Unplugged series with a six song acoustic set.
On 28 June, Adele came as a hot three-act bill at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California, where in addition to her current songbook, Adele tried out a new song from her forthcoming sophomore recording. Several times during her performance she flubbed her lyrics then chastised herself for doing so. Etta James, originally slated to play but suddenly taken ill, was replaced by Chaka Kahn.
On 12 July, Adele played at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam. She said that it was her last show from her "19" tour.
Adele played on Dancing With the Stars, The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brian. and made a return show on the Late Show with David Letterman.
On 17 September, Adele showed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, for the VH1 "Divas" event, a concert to raise money for the Save The Music Foundation charity.
Adele has revealed how work on her second album is going, explaining that she has written five tracks for the follow up to 2008's '19'.
