Review: Emeli Sande at Birmingham Symphony Hall
Scottish singer Emeli Sande put on a flawless performance for her fans at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham.
The talented singer/songwriter opened the show with a rip roaring version of her hit Daddy and had everyone under her spell from the word go.
She came onto the stage wearing a patterned, loose fitting grey dress, black heeled boots and sported her trademark bleached blonde quiff.
Performances of Suitcase, Read All About It and My Kind of Love were pitch-perfect. And she gave her fans a taste of what is to come with performances of a number of new songs, including Pluto, which she told the crowd she had written while she was in New York.
The 25-year-old took time out to thank her fans for making it an incredible year. She only released her debut album Our Version of Events in February. It became the bestselling album of 2012 in September. And she performed at both the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies.
She finished with Heaven, her first ever single, and then came back out onto the stage for one last time to sing Next To Me to the packed audience who were up on their feet singing and dancing.
A standing ovation followed when she left the stage.
By Laura Blyth
