Adele salutes record label boss at New York gala
Adele stepped back into the spotlight on Friday (21Jun13) to salute her record label boss at a New York City gala.
The British singer has made only a handful of public appearances since giving birth to her son Angelo James last year (Oct12), but she made an exception to fete Columbia Records chairman Rob Stringer.
Adele appeared at the star-studded UJA-Federation of New York event
at The Pierre hotel in Manhattan to hand Stringer the Music
Visionary Award.
Accepting his prize, Stringer recalled meeting the Rolling in the
Deep hitmaker in 2007 before she found fame: "Your career is
defined by the people you work with. Six years ago, that young lady
walked into our office with her manager and said, 'Yeah, this'll
do,' with a cigarette in her mouth. It's fantastic to have her
here... She doesn't get out much."
Neil Diamond, Jay-Z and John Legend were among those in the
audience, while Haim and John Mayer performed songs to honour their
label boss.
Celine Dion, Daft Punk, Patti Smith, Simon Cowell, Pharrell
Williams, One Direction, Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand and Steven
Tyler also appeared in a video compilation thanking and
congratulating Stringer.