After a long drive to ATL with some very loud friends of mine and about a dozen sing-a-longs to NSYNC, we made it to Little 5 Points where she was playing at Variety Playhouse. Her opening act, Kameron (something), was like a short version of a sexy Steve Urkle (Stefan, anyone?). He had an amazing falsetto, but like a friend said: "I like Brian McKnight better." Quick shout out to McKnight - where you been?
When Adele finally made it on stage, the energy was so great. Who said a concert without CGI and fire blowing out of people's asses couldn't be just as breathtaking? It was all about the voice. Adele seemed genuinely nervous about the sold out crowd. We were standing about one row back from being right up under her nose and I've never been that close to an artist before. I had a great view of her "Dragqueen fake lashes" which she purchased that very day in Little 5. She wore all black as usual, with a black wrappy shawl thing and cute black jumper dress. No shoes, just black tights.
She blew the lid off each beautiful track off 19 but also did some amazing covers of Etta James's "Fool that I am" and Sam Cooke's "Keep moving on." It was great to sing a long and I was surprised how many of her songs are good for dancing.
After the show my friends and I debated whether we should stalk her outside her tour bus. I definitely wanted to! I heard before she sometimes comes out to sign autographs for fans and such so I wanted to stick it out. We were not disappointed! After about 30 minutes, she finally emerged from the bus, cigarette dangling from the corner of her mouth and all awkward smiles.
She was so sweet. My friends and I were about 2nd in line to meet her and we all got photos with her. Pretty sure my friend got her T-shirt signed as well. I'm not really one for autographs (a piece of paper with someone's scribbled initials - why bother?) but Adele had a sharpie and was just standing there so I asked her to sign my ticket stub. Can't get over how nice and normal she was and that accent was perfectly adorable.All in all, what a great night! I was exhausted to drive alllll the way back to Athens and have to turn around and come back this morning for work at 8 a.m. If anything, the show made me all the more excited for Lady GaGa in April! It's sure to be a spectacle.
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