'Adele At The BBC': Record-Breaking Star To Perform Classic Tracks And Chat With Graham Norton In One-Off Special

Adele Is Coming To The BBC, With Tickets For The Lucky Few!

Adele will be performing classic tracks as well as material from her brand new album '25' during an hour-long special 'Adele at the BBC', which will also see her sit down to chat with Graham Norton.

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The record-breaking singer will be singing live with her own band, during the one-off show, to be broadcast on BBC One in November.

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Adele is coming back to the BBC

It will be Adele’s first television performance since she performed ‘Skyfall’ at the 85th Academy Awards in February 2013, where she won Best Original Song for the theme tune to the 23rd James Bond film.

She says: "I can't wait for the show. The BBC has been wonderful to me over the years and Graham and I get on great so it's going to be a laugh."

The BBC can boast that they have supported Britain's biggest musical export since the very beginning of her career. Her first ever play was ‘Daydreamer’ on Reggie Yates' BBC Radio 1 show. ‘Hometown Glory’ was first played on the radio by Zane Lowe on Radio 1 in 2007, and she made her debut television performance on Later With Jools Holland on BBC Two in the same year, performing ‘Daydreamer’.

Graham Norton says: “This is the music event of the year and I'm thrilled to be part of bringing it to BBC One. This opportunity to spend an hour with Adele, her music and her stories is a truly rare treat. If I wasn't hosting this special I'd be sat at home watching it!”

Adele goes from strength to strength as she prepares to reveal her eagerly-awaited new album. The first single from '25' was released last Friday and has already seen her overtake Taylor Swift with Vimeo's most popular ever video.

Tickets for the BBC event will be available via an audience ballot. Registration to apply is open from now until midnight on Wednesday 28 October – please visit bbc.co.uk/music for further details.

Adele's new album '25': What we know so far
What is the new album called?(01 of04)
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In the least surprising music news of the year, the singer confirmed her third album will be called ‘25’, which follows the tradition of her first two albums being named after the age Adele was when she wrote and recorded them. (credit:XL Recordings)
When is it released?(02 of04)
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Adele’s third album has a release date set for 20 November 2015. Just in time for Christmas. (credit:i-D)
What can we expect?(03 of04)
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If ‘19’ and ‘21’ were break-up records, this is (in her words) Adele’s ‘make-up’ album. She’s in a very different place since she released the 30 million-selling ‘21’ in 2011. Four years on and she’s given birth to her son Angelo and hibernated to spend plenty of QT with him and her partner (and Angelo’s dad), Simon Konecki. So there’s been no heartbreak (as far as we know) but plenty of growing up, as Adele so beautifully put in her open letter to fans, which she shared on social media on 21 October...
Has anyone heard the entire album yet?(04 of04)
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Well Adele most certainly has. And a select few senior record company peeps, but that’s pretty much it. No one wants to risk what is going to be the biggest album of the next few years leaking, so security around this release is tighter than Amanda Holden’s forehead. Even Adele’s famous mates haven’t heard it, although Ed Sheeran recently claimed he knew friends who had and they were ‘really complimentary’. The same can’t be said for Damon Albarn. The Blur frontman worked on five tracks for the album at Adele’s request, none of which have reportedly made the final cut. He later described what he had heard as ‘very middle of the road’. Sour grape anyone? (credit:Drew Gurian/Invision/AP)