By Michael Roddy LONDON (Reuters) - Adele, whose latest album "25" has smashed sales records in its first week of release, announced on Thursday she would begin a 15-week concert tour of Britain, Ireland and continental Europe in February. Fans applauded the tour, Adele's first in four years, on Twitter while media sites noted that the 27-year-old singer appeared to have overcome her self-professed fear of performing before large crowds. Adele, announcing the tour in a brief video on her website, said the reports of her fear of performing had been exaggerated.
