Adele has hit at back at David Bowie's producer after he suggesting her voice was distorted on record.

Tony Visconti - who worked with the late Starman rocker on some of his greatest albums - targeted the Hello singer in a rant aimed at the state of contemporary music.

In a clip uploaded onto Twitter by a fan at a recent concert, the singer can be heard ranting as she says: "Some d***head tried to say that my voice was not me on record... suck my d***."

The producer had blasted the state of mainstream music and claimed the majority of the songs on the radio are "computerised voices".

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Speaking to The Sun, he said: "You turn the radio on and it's fluff, you are listening to 90% computerised voices. We know Adele has a great voice but it's even questionable if that is actually her voice or how much has been manipulated.

"We don't know. There's a sound to pop now that is so perfect it's boring, because everything is fixed."

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Visconti described the current era as "the worst time era in the music industry", and explained his decision to join new Sky Arts talent hunt Guitar Star.

He added: "I'm looking for virtuosos like [Jimi] Hendrix, [Kurt] Cobain and Bowie. There's no flurry back story, there's no: 'I lost my pet dog in '97 and that made me want to play' nonsense."

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Adele has recently proven her honesty in the live arena, when she was left having to style it out like a pro after she forgot the words to her own song.

The global superstar was performing her track Million Years Ago during a concert in Lisbon, Portugal when she accidentally started singing the chorus lyrics instead of the first verse .

Not one to hide from her mistakes, the songstress quickly stopped the band, laughing as she said: "S***, wrong words. S***, s***, s***. I started singing the verse instead of the chorus! Sorry!"

We have contacted Adele's reps for comment.