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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 13, 2016 2:17 PM UTC  ANTWERPEN, BELGIUM - JUNE 12: Adele performs at SportPaleis (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) ANTWERPEN, BELGIUM - JUNE 12: Adele performs at SportPaleis (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) Sascha Steinbach—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 13, 2016 2:17 PM UTC [Adele](http://time.com/4155795/adele-time-cover-story-interview-motherhood-25/) made an emotional tribute to the victims of the [Orlando, Florida mass shooting](http://time.com/4365260/orlando-shooting-pulse-nightclub-what-know/) during her concert in Antwerp, Belgium on Sunday. The [10-time Grammy winner](http://time.com/4349052/adele-forget-lyrics/) started crying after dedicating the concert to the victims of the shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando — the [largest mass shooting in U.S. history](http://time.com/4365507/orlando-shooting-isis-claims-responsibility-terror/), which left 50 dead and 53 wounded. “I would like to start tonight by dedicating this entire show to everybody in Orlando at Pulse nightclub,” the singer said. “The LGBTQA community, they’re like my soulmates since I was really young, so I’m really moved by it,” she concluded before breaking into tears. She later cracked a bittersweet joke at her own songbook. “I don’t know why I’m crying already because most of tonight is pretty miserable because my songs are f—ing miserable.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4366136/adele-tribute-orlando-shooting-victims-belgium-concert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4366136/adele-tribute-orlando-shooting-victims-belgium-concert/"},"headline":"Watch Adele's Touching Tribute to the Orlando Shooting Victims","datePublished":"2016-06-13T14:17:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:17.207Z","description":"The singer sent a heartfelt message during a concert in Belgium","url":"https://time.com/4366136/adele-tribute-orlando-shooting-victims-belgium-concert/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","Adele","Orlando Shooting"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc7739ca41faf0b50/6988977e5f570f208bb214e7/adele-tribute-orlando-shooting-victims.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc7739ca41faf0b50/6988977e5f570f208bb214e7/adele-tribute-orlando-shooting-victims.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Adele Performs At The Sportpaleis, Antwerp","caption":"Adele Performs At The Sportpaleis, Antwerp","creditText":"Sascha Steinbach—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4366136/adele-tribute-orlando-shooting-victims-belgium-concert/","name":"Watch Adele's Touching Tribute to the Orlando Shooting Victims"}}]}] ```