--- title: Adele Officiated Her Best Friend's Wedding in Her Backyard description: Singer Adele officiated and planned the wedding of her best friend, Alan Carr, to his longtime partner Paul Drayton. canonical: https://time.com/5228008/adele-officiated-best-friends-wedding-in-her-backyard/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-04T19:36:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:52.531Z og:title: Adele Planned, Officiated and Sang at Her Best Friend's Wedding in Her Backyard og:description: Friendship goals og:url: https://time.com/5228008/adele-officiated-best-friends-wedding-in-her-backyard/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt019450acc07654d5/69892ccb97cdfffb2b6b4db1/adele-officiates-best-friends-wedding.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The 59th Annual Grammy Awards og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Adele Planned, Officiated and Sang at Her Best Friend's Wedding in Her Backyard twitter:description: Friendship goals twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt019450acc07654d5/69892ccb97cdfffb2b6b4db1/adele-officiates-best-friends-wedding.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Adele Planned, Officiated and Sang at Her Best Friend's Wedding in Her Backyard  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 4, 2018 7:36 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES - FEBRUARY 12: Adele on the Red Carpet at THE 59TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, broadcast live from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Sunday, Feb. 12 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/5:00-8:30 PM, live PT; 6:00-9:30 PM, live MT) on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Phil McCarten/CBS via Getty Images) LOS ANGELES - FEBRUARY 12: Adele on the Red Carpet at THE 59TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, broadcast live from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Sunday, Feb. 12 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/5:00-8:30 PM, live PT; 6:00-9:30 PM, live MT) on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Phil McCarten/CBS via Getty Images)CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 4, 2018 7:36 PM UTC If [Adele](http://time.com/4155795/adele-time-cover-story-interview-motherhood-25/) ever wanted to quit show biz, it sounds like the [15-time Grammy winner](http://time.com/4668811/grammys-2017-adele-beyonce-lemon-pin/) could have a successful second career as a wedding planner. In an interview with the [_BBC_‘s _The One Show_](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43632598) on Monday, Adele’s best friend, British comedian and television personality Alan Carr revealed that the powerhouse singer not only planned his wedding to longtime partner Paul Drayton, but that she also officiated the ceremony, which was hosted in her backyard – and even performed the song for the first dance. “We’ve known her for ages, and when we told her we were getting married, she said, ‘Can I please plan the whole day for you?’” Carr said. “She organized everything. She’s the most kindest, sweetest, most generous person ever.” Adele confirmed her wedding planning skills with a post on Instagram, nonchalantly referring to her role as “any excuse to dress up.” > [](https://twitter.com/thismorning/status/981118218638102528) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5228008/adele-officiated-best-friends-wedding-in-her-backyard/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5228008/adele-officiated-best-friends-wedding-in-her-backyard/"},"headline":"Adele Planned, Officiated and Sang at Her Best Friend's Wedding in Her Backyard","datePublished":"2018-04-04T19:36:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:52.531Z","description":"Friendship goals","url":"https://time.com/5228008/adele-officiated-best-friends-wedding-in-her-backyard/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt019450acc07654d5/69892ccb97cdfffb2b6b4db1/adele-officiates-best-friends-wedding.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/blt019450acc07654d5/69892ccb97cdfffb2b6b4db1/adele-officiates-best-friends-wedding.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 59th Annual Grammy Awards","caption":"The 59th Annual Grammy Awards","creditText":"CBS Photo Archive—CBS via 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/5228008/adele-officiated-best-friends-wedding-in-her-backyard/","name":"Adele Planned, Officiated and Sang at Her Best Friend's Wedding in Her Backyard"}}]}] ```