Adele suffered a technical glitch during her concert at the Oval in Adelaide on Monday night, after a power cut left her instruments without any sound for five minutes.

But ever the pro, Adele made sure her audience was kept entertained, by treating them to a dirty joke while the problem was being fixed.

AdeleAdele entertained her fans with a dirty joke during her show on Monday night

“So we’re having a technical difficulty,” Adele told the crowd. “I’m not quite sure what it is. Shall I try and tell some jokes? Our power has gone out under the stage, so who knows how long we’re going to be doing this for.

“Shall I tell you my filthy joke despite all the children here? I need more applause than that because I might offend someone.

”What do you call a blonde standing on her head? A brunette with bad breath.”

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Later in the night Adele revealed the technical problem had happened after her revolving stage pulled a vital plug out. ”I’m sorry about the power cut tonight,” she told the audience.

“You’ll never guess what it was? So you know the band’s stage starts revolving after a little while, well as the stage revolved it pulled the power plug out so all the instruments went off. I won’t be revolving that stage again will I?

“I’ve had an amazing time,” she finished. “Thank you for your patience with my absolutely useless banter and thank you for putting up with some terrible jokes.” Adele plays her next show on March 18 in Melbourne, before moving on to Auckland, New Zealand on the 25th.