| Orchestra or Band | The Civil Wars [support]
Band:
Paul Dugdale -MD,
Ben Thomas,
Tim Van Der Kuil - guitars,
Miles Robertson - keyboards,
Sam Dixon - bass guitar,
Derrick Wright - drums,
Kelli-Leigh Henry-Davila,
Sharleen Linton - backing vocals,
Rosie Danvers,
Bryony James - cellos,
Becky Jones,
Sarah Chapman - violas,
Hayley Pomfrett,
Sally Jackson,
Kotono Sato,
Jo Allen,
Ellie Stamford,
Stephanie Cavey,
Jenny Sacha,
Ana Croad - violins |
| Set List | The Civil Wars
INTERVAL
Adele:
'Hometown Glory',
'I'll Be Waiting',
'Don't You Remember',
'Turning Tables',
'Set Fire to the Rain',
'If It Hadn't Been For Love', The Steel Drivers,
'My Same',
'Take It All',
'Rumour Has It',
'Right As Rain',
'One and Only',
'Love Song', The Cure,
'Chasing Pavements',
'I Can't Make You Love Me', M Reid,
'Make You Feel My Love', B Dylan
ENCORE
'Someone Like You',
'Rolling in the Deep' |
| Performance Notes | Following Adele's performance at the Brit Awards, this will be 23 year old Adele's first headline performance at the Royal Albert Hall. Following her sell out April tour Adele will be appearing as part of the iTunes Festival this summer as well as the RAH and Hammersmith Apollo in September.
She was the first recipient of the BRIT Awards Critics' Choice and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008. She is a multi-Grammy Awards nominee who has won two awards, Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 2009. She was also nominated in 2010.
Since her debut, 19, Adele has received much recognition both commercially and critically. The album debuted at number one, and has been certified 2x platinum in the UK. Her career in the US was boosted by a viewer record breaking Saturday Night Live episode in late 2008.
Adele released her second album 21 on 24 January 2011 in the UK. The album was a critical and commercial success with its sound described as having classic and contemporary roots and country music. The record has hit No. 1 in numerous countries sold 208,000 copies in the UK in its first week making it the biggestselling January release in five years.
The event was recorded by Done and Dusted and released on 28 November 2011 as a DVD, Blu-ray and CD - 'Adele - Live at the Royal Albert Hall'. In 2012 the release held the record for the most weeks spent at number one in the United States for a music DVD by a female artist. The live version of 'Set Fire to the Rain' taken from Live at the Royal Albert Hall won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 55th Grammy Awards.
The event made its televsion debut on SABC3 in South Africa on 31 December 2011. It then aired on BBC One on 1 January 2012 in an abbreviated version.
Guests in the audience included Jessie Ware (singer-songwriter). |
| Related Archival Material | DVD,
Setlist,
Digital Photographs,
Ticket (RAHE/8/5/2011/2) |