It’s not every day that a network like NBC gives a coveted primetime spot to a musician. The list of who might even be considered for such a gig is pretty small, albeit fairly predictable: Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, maybe U2. Adele is a no-brainer, though, so we have to think giving her an hour on a Monday night in December, allowing everyone to either take a night off from Christmas movies, ignore Monday Night Football or watch the finale of Fargo later, was a pretty easy decision when NBC decided to air Adele: Live in New York City.
The concert was filmed in November at New York’s Radio City Music Hall and, as of Tuesday morning, is now available to stream.
From the moment that Jimmy Fallon introduces her, you know you are in for something special. Opening with a humanizing montage of Adele goofing around, rehearsing and providing concrete evidence that, yes, she does in fact still use a flip phone, the hour-long special kicks off with “Hello.” It then zig zags throughout her discography, from “Skyfall” to “Rolling in the Deep.”
Here’s the set list for the special:
“Hello”
“Set Fire to the Rain”
“All I Ask”
“Skyfall”
“Someone Like You”
“Million Years Ago”
“When We Were Young”
“Rolling in the Deep”
You’d be hard-pressed to find something else to watch on the ol’ Internet on Tuesday while you’re pretending to work, just playing out the string until you get a few days off for the holidays.
(Via NBC)
