Hey ‘19’: Adele’s music takes off with an assist from Sarah Palin

Boston Herald ^ | January 13, 2009 | Jed Gottlieb

[curth]

Last September, Adele was the odd woman out of the British female neo-soul singer phenomenon. Duffy, Leona Lewis and Estelle had all scored big U.S. summer hits.

What’d Adele have? A brilliant but largely unheard album in “19” and a September gig at the Somerville Theatre that she ended up canceling due to a family emergency.

Since then, the 20-year-old Londoner has burst out from the back of the pack. Wednesday’s Somerville Theatre show, which kicks off Adele’s 2009 U.S. Tour, is sold out, with tickets being resold for $150 and up on Craigslist.

What a difference a few months make. Adele got a big bump in December when she scored four Grammy nominations including Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist. But it was an Oct. 18 appearance on “Saturday Night Live” that suddenly raised her profile in America. Adele (full name: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins) lucked out when she found herself on the same show as vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, which was watched by more than 17 million people, making it the highest-rated “SNL” in 15 years.

[Travis T. OJustice]

[pattty]

I tuned in that night to watch Governor Palin, and saw Adele sing "Chasing Pavements." After I saw her perform it, I immediately went to YouTube and did a search for it. I think it's an awesome song. Here's a link to it below.

Chasing Pavements