BBC Music Awards 2016

If you’ve been watching the BBC Music Awards 2016 tonight on BBC1 tonight hopefully you had a great night, 1 and a half hours of musical bliss and live performances from several amazing artists. The winners of this years awards are

BBC Music British Artist of the Year: Coldplay

Radio 2’s Album of the Year: Adele, 25

BBC Music  Introducing Artist of the Year: Izzy Bizu

Radio 1 Live Lounge Performance of the year: The 1975 ( One Direction cover ‘What Makes You Beautiful)

BBC Song of the Year: Hello

Congratulations to all those who won. Other live performances during the night were Zara Larrson, Emile Sande, Izzy Bizu, Coldplay, Kaiser Chiefs, Lucas Graham and Craig David. The musical genius that is otherwise Robbie Williams stole the show with his amazing performance.

 

Adele in New York City

Am currently watching some of Adele’s performance at the Radio City  Music Hall in New York City, definitely good viewing, she’s performing several of her biggest hits including ‘Hometown Glory’, ‘When We Were Young’ and ‘Hello’ as well as her breath taking ‘Skyfall’. As always Adele wears her heart on her sleeve and interacts with her audience in a casual manner.

Adele finishes as she to start, one a high, with the ground breaking ‘Rolling in The Deep’.

Adele, you are amazing, we’ll always love you!!!!!!

 

T in The Park 2016: Calvin Harris

Just finished watching world renowned DJ/Producer Calvin Harris headline at T in The Park tonight on BBC4, as presented by Edith Bowman. And it’ll be the second time he’s performed there since 2014. Over two hours of sheer musical bliss and stage effects this was one headline you’ll be glad if you caught it. I know I am. The set tonight included remixes and collaborations from Rhiannon (Found Love), Ellie Goulding ( I Need Your Love), Ne-Yo (Let’s Go), Ayah Mara (Thinking About You). Further tracks included samples by Adele (Hello) and Daft Punk (One More Time). Definitely worth staying up for.

Further coverage included performances by Bastille, Travis, Kaiser Chiefs, Jack Garratt, Tom Odell, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Last Shadow Puppets. Overall it’s been a great night so far.

 

Adele @Glastonbury 2016

Just watching Adele finish doing her closing song ‘Someone Like You’, having opened it with ‘Hello’ and for the past hour and a half inbetween all I can say is that she is just amazing. Adele pretty much did much of the songs that you’d have wanted her to sing including ‘Rumour Has It’, ‘Set Fire to The Rain’ and . There a couple of incidents when she suffered a mishap and when the performance had to be stopped because someone in the crowd fell ill. For me the icing on the cake was when she performed ‘Skyfall’. All I can say is that, like many, I watched something truly magically. The other pinnacle was when she went on to the smaller stage and sang ‘Make You Feel My Love’ which she dedicated to her late granddad. Adele has set the trend on how to end live shows; normally rock bands finish with firework/pyrotechnics, Adele did by leaving the stage and letting the crowd finish singing the last song whilst the piano played.