Adele had to pause her first show in Munich to take off part of her dress after the arena was hit with heavy rain.
The British singer is performing a 10-date string of gigs in the German city this month in a bespoke arena with capacity for 80,000 people per night.
Videos, widely circulated online, show two women taking the train from Adele's dark blue floor-length dress while the Someone Like You singer addresses the crowd.
The singer says: "Sadly I have to take this gorgeous floor train off because it’s wet and heavy."
She adds: "At least it’s not thunder and lightning. I got a weather update so they said it wasn’t going to be raining top of the show, so I thought let me wear this dress with this enormous train on it like a right fanny."
The train was visibly dripping as Adele’s two helpers carried the material off stage.
It comes after the singer announced she will take a "big break" from music after her run of upcoming shows.
She told German broadcaster ZDF: "My tank is quite empty at the minute. I don’t have any plans for new music at all.
"I want a big break after all this and I think I want to do other creative things just for a little while."
Source: Press Association
