Adele dresses up as George Michael for birthday

Reclusive British singer Adele transformed into George Michael to celebrate her 27th birthday on Tuesday (05May15).

The Rolling in the Deep hitmaker has maintained a low profile since giving birth to her son Angelo in 2012 and rarely uses her social media accounts, so she surprised fans on Wednesday (06May15) by tweeting a picture of herself dressed as British singer Michael during her birthday celebrations.

In the snap, Adele appears unrecognisable in a wig, sunglasses, leather jacket and fake facial hair as she recreates Michael's look from his 1987 Faith video in a photo booth.

She adds in a caption, "Thank you for the birthday wishes I had a wonderful time! I was my hero x #gottahavefaith."

Adele's long-awaited follow-up to her 2011 album 21 has been reportedly postponed a number of times, and is now said to be scheduled for release in September (15).