Adele — Royal Albert Hall, 2011

Live concert film of Adele at London’s Royal Albert Hall, in September 2011, at the peak of the worldwide success of her second album, 21. Released on CD/DVD, the capture follows the British singer alone onstage with her band inside the round Victorian hall, before a captivated audience. The set blends the hits of 21 (Rolling in the Deep, Someone Like You, Set Fire to the Rain, Rumour Has It) with those of her debut album 19 (Hometown Glory, Chasing Pavements), plus a few covers she was performing at the time, including I Can’t Make You Love Me. Moving between blue-eyed soul, pop and piano ballads, Adele’s powerful voice carries a deliberately understated show, with no theatrical gimmicks or choreography, betting everything on emotion and singing. This full concert remains one of the most widely watched live captures of the singer and a reference document on the 21 touring era, just before her definitive breakthrough. Keywords: Adele live, Royal Albert Hall, 2011 full concert, live performance, British pop soul, piano ballads.