Review: Adele

Singer wows Cardiff

24 Apr 2008 - You’d think, judging by the Marti Pellow and Journey South posters upon entering Cardiff’s St Davids Hall, that this is a venue for washed out bands.

However, this was the perfect place for Adele to kick off her sell out UK tour.

Her last appearance in the Welsh capital was pretty much her and a guitar performing to an intimate audience.

But less than a year later she’s performing with a full band including a string quartet, which made songs like Hometown Glory sound terrific.

"Absolutely wonderful" - Adele fan

The all-ages crowd seemed to enjoy every moment and were even forgiving when she forgot the words during her cover of The Coral’s Dreaming Of You.

Hey, these things happen and this was quickly forgotten as she rolled through the tracks interspersed with polite and humorous banter.

With an amazing performance of ‘Chasing Pavements’ closing the evening, the crowd filtered out more than happy and the word ‘lovely’ seemed to be mentioned a lot – which I guess does some up the evening pretty well.

A breathtaking start to a tour, from a star who few had heard of last year – and already she seems to have more hits than most of the competition. Awesome scenes !!

Adele's sold out tour continues tonight (Thursday 24) in Newcastle.


James Watts