Cancellation took First Avenue staffers

"I'm so depressed," said Goodspeed, an Adele look-alike who got lost in downtown trying to find Minnesota's world-famous nightclub and her hotel. "I've never seen her before. I've never been to First Avenue before."

The cancellation took First Avenue staffers and even Adele by surprise at her late afternoon sound check.

"She sang two notes and she knew," said First Avenue stage manager Conrad Sverkerson. "Her voice was gone. It was sincere. We sent her right to the doctor."Adele, 23, who has the No. 1 album and single in the United States this week, postponed only her Minneapolis concert. She plans to resume her small-venue U.S. tour Saturday in Denver.

Since she is popular enough to fill arenas, Adele's $27.50 tickets to First Avenue became hot commodities selling for more than $450 on StubHub and Craigslist. At showtime, ticket touts roamed outside the nightclub, hoping to see if any disconsolate fans wanted to unload tickets.

A First Avenue door man periodically asked if anybody had any questions.