Adele makes an emotional tribute to those killed in Orlando

Adele paid tribute to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting in a moving speech made during a gig on Sunday night.

The superstar singer, who was performing in Belgium, received supportive claps and cheers from the audience as she spoke out about the tragedy, which took place only 24 hours earlier.

“I’d like to start tonight by dedicating this entire show to everybody in Orlando, and at Pulse nightclub last night,” she said.

“The LGBTQI [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning and Intersex] community  – they’re like my soulmates, since I was really young, so I’m really moved by it,” she added, before succumbing to tears on stage.

TV star James Corden also remembered the victims of the shooting on Sunday night, in his opening speech at the  2016 Tony Awards.

“All around the world people are trying to come to terms with the horrific events that took place in Orlando this morning," he said. "On behalf of the whole theater community and every person in this room, our hearts go out to all of those affected by this atrocity."

Adele hit the headlines last week after David Bowie's producer David Visconti made a series of disparaging remarks, suggesting that the singer might have had a little help with her famous vocals.

“You turn the radio on and it’s fluff, you are listening to 90% computerised voices,” he told The Daily Star. “We know Adele has a great voice but it’s even questionable if that is actually her voice or how much has been manipulated. We don’t know.”

Adele responded in characteristically forthright fashion,

“Some d---head tried to say that my voice was not me on record … Dude, suck my d---,” she was recorded saying during a recent performance in Paris.

Today, Visconti apologised – sort of –  for his comments.

 "I’m sorry that what I said in regards to what’s being played on radio was misconstrued yet I cannot apologize for something taken the wrong way. If Adele has taken my comments as offensive that was certainly not my intent," he said in a statement to Billboard. "Adele has a great voice and it brings pleasure to millions."

On her appearance:

"I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy."

On dieting:

"I don't want to eat a Caesar salad with no dressing; why would I do that? I ain't got time for this, just be happy and don't be stupid."

On friendships:

"I have insecurities of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me."

On self-respect:

"If a man whistles at you, don't respond. You are a lady, not a dog."

On high taxes:

"When I got my tax bill in from [the album] 19, I was ready to go and buy a gun and randomly open fire.”

On ex-boyfriends' identities:

"Who cares? Nobody famous, just old boyfriends. I don’t date celebrities. I ain’t f*****g Taylor Swift, d'youknowwhatimean?" 

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