The incredible story behind a perfectly timed Adele selfie at the Gabba

Date: March 5 2017

An incredibly lucky Adele fan was given free front-row tickets an hour before the start of the first live show at the Gabba on Saturday, allowing her to snap the perfect selfie.

26-year-old Cassie Tapsall got a call from a mutual friend about 6.30pm as she sat in the Pineapple Hotel at Kangaroo Point, saying there were four tickets on offer in the inner circle next to the stage.

Less than 90 minutes later, Ms Tapsall along with her husband Alex and two friends, got her first glimpse of Adele from just metres away.

"It was quite comfortable, we had plenty of room," she said.

"(The concert) was amazing, really incredible.

"I loved the idea of the circular stadium, it was really great for everyone to be involved.

"Her little chats in between were hilarious .... and the opening of Hello was really amazing, everyone was really excited and waiting for that moment."

Ms Tapsall said it was a case of "third time lucky" for the perfect selfie, with several dodgy attempts both before and after the final product.

"She walked by quite a few times, but we had to be conscious of security – it was tricky," she said.

"I didn't realise we had a good one until after the show."

​There were plenty of other surprises during Adele's premiere Gabba show, some pleasant and others not so.

Despite having 180 additional portable toilets brought in especially for the event, women were forced to use the male bathrooms in the stadium and even then there were substantial queues outside. 

Wrong toilet? Nope, female dunny shortage at the Gabba! The Men's had to do for a loo. #GABBA #adelebrisbane pic.twitter.com/kkrJMdkU8u

There were also personal messages from Adele herself shot into the crowd as confetti.

Messages from the heavens! #adele #adelebrisbane #adelelive2017 #brisbane #confetti #adeleconfetti #hello #thegabba (more pics to follow) pic.twitter.com/IlIYH6P36T

Confetti with handwritten messages from @Adele rained on the audience at the first #AdeleBrisbane concert. pic.twitter.com/oUbPjMZhHJ

While everyone in the Gabba enjoyed the concert itself, some peoples' experiences were soured by pieces of bad luck.

Worshipping #Adele with 59,999 of my closest mates! 🎇...only to be shat on by a bat whilst leaving - how very #Brisbane! #adelebrisbane pic.twitter.com/DfMLF7Ybsq

@Adele I was so excited to see you tonight that I dropped my phone on the field and smashed it to pieces! You were amazing ❤️ #adelebrisbane

But overall, there were plenty of beautiful moments.

So tonight I sang in @Adele's choir and kissed my wonderful partner on his last night in Brisbane before he goes away for 15 months #Adele pic.twitter.com/M2ot7CXQPZ

60,000 people. This was beautiful. #AdeleBrisbane pic.twitter.com/svPJCnTKR8

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