Adele will make her first public performance at The BRIT Awards this evening, after cancelling her Las Vegas residency last month.
The Easy On Me singer, 33, confirmed her upcoming cameo at The O2 arena via Twitter update to her fans last week, following the backlash for cancelling her now-axed residency at the very last-minute.
Adele's highly anticipated comeback stage appearance taking place at The BRIT Awards will be symbolic for the star, who has a long-standing relationship with the musical institution.
The mum-of-one - who is up for four awards at this year's event - has not only filled her trophy cabinet with plenty BRIT statues, the singer also honed her craft at The BRIT School before finding global fame.
Mix in some controversial moments at the awards over the years, and some historic wins, and Adele has quite the relationship Britain's leading music awards show.
Adele's life at The BRIT School
Adele first attended Chestnut Grove school in Balham, London, before following in the footsteps of Amy Winehouse, Tom Holland and Leona Lewis and becoming part of The BRIT School alumni.
The Chasing Pavement singer's talent was spotted an early age and it is reported she first fell in love with the voices of Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald after buying their records as a teenager.
Doting mum Penny went along to support Adele at her audition, where the future star sang Free, a Stevie Wonder ballad, and played 'Tumbledown Blues' on the clarinet.
The deputy head of music, Liz Penney, was impressed, recalling in 2016: "I thought “that’s a larger voice than you would expect in a thirteen-year-old. She’s in."
According to celebrity author Sean Smith, the star didn't have time for romance during her time at leading Performing and Creative Arts school in the UK.
"Adele didn't have a boyfriend at school. In fact, classmates at the renowned BRIT School in Croydon can’t remember her even kissing a boy," Sean claims after chatting to those close to her in 2016.
"She was far too busy for any of those fun and games."
While studying at The BRIT School, Adele was in the company of some fellow future British stars.
Foundations singer Kate Nash was in the year above her, and became a good friend, while Jessie J was in the same year but studied Musical Theatre.
Adele's Rising Star Award
Just two years after graduating from The BRIT School, Adele became the first ever artist to be honoured with the BRIT Award for Rising Star, known previously as the Critics' Choice Award.
Adele beat Duffy and Foals to collect the debut award on stage from Will Young back in February 2008.
"Hiya," the London native quipped as she accepted the honour that is given to artists select critics believe will break-through in the next year.
"It’s so nice to be here. This has been going on for like, three months."
The humble star went on to thank her friends and family and the critics who voted for her, as well as musician pals Jamie T and Jack Penate.
Speaking ahead of collecting her first ever BRIT, Adele admitted collecting a trophy from the British intuition had been a goal of hers and she was "made up to be getting one so early on!"
Adele silences the audience with iconic BRITS performance
Just as year after her performance at The BRIT Awards in 2011, Adele's sophomore album 21 became the fourth best selling album of all time.
The singer's incredible success to her follow up album all began thanks to her flawless rendition of what would become one of her most iconic hits at The BRIT Awards.
With just a lone grand piano, and the lights dimmed, Adele silence the rowdy crowd with her jaw-dropping performance of Someone Like You.
Following the emotional performance, host James Cordon captured the national reaction, gushing: "You can have all the dances, pyrotechnics and laser shows you want, but if you have a voice like that, all you need is a piano".
Adele swears on stage at The BRIT Awards
James Cordon may have been in awe of Adele's performance in 2011, but the following year, the Gavin & Stacey was involved in one of the singer's bleaker BRIT memories.
After a metaphoric rise to global fame, Adele had returned to the UK and collected two awards at the 2012 BRIT Awards.
But as the pride of British music collected her final award of the evening, Mastercard British Album of the Year, an apologetic James cut the singer short so Blur's live performance could fit into the TV broadcast.
A furious Adele flipped the middle finger to the crowed, a gesture she stresses was meant for "the suits, not the fans".
She added: "I'm sorry if I offended anyone but the suits offended me."
Clearly embarrassed about the incident, host James went on to say: "I just feel bad about having to cut Adele off. I really don't understand quite why I was made to, but it's not a very nice way to end …
"She's the biggest star in the world. I don't understand what happened but I'm upset about it. Blur played for 11 minutes and she didn't get a chance to say thank you once."
Adele clearly held no hard feelings towards the star, going on to appear on the star's American chat show and take part in Carpool Karaoke in 2016.
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