--- title: Adele Reportedly Sang at Friend Laura Dockrill's Wedding description: At Laura Dockrill's and Hugo White's wedding reception, Adele reportedly took the stage and treated the crowd to a rare performance. canonical: https://time.com/5785299/adele-wedding-singer-videos/ author: Madeleine Carlisle article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-02-17T17:55:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:18.232Z og:title: This Should Come as No Surprise, But It Turns Out Adele Is the Perfect Wedding Singer og:description: And she also gave quite the wedding gift: seemingly a confirmation of her fourth album's release date og:url: https://time.com/5785299/adele-wedding-singer-videos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Should Come as No Surprise, But It Turns Out Adele Is the Perfect Wedding Singer twitter:description: And she also gave quite the wedding gift: seemingly a confirmation of her fourth album's release date twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Should Come as No Surprise, But It Turns Out Adele Is the Perfect Wedding Singer > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Madeleine Carlisle](https://time.com/author/madeleine-carlisle/)  ## Madeleine Carlisle Feb 17, 2020 5:55 PM UTC  by [Madeleine Carlisle](https://time.com/author/madeleine-carlisle/)  ## Madeleine Carlisle Feb 17, 2020 5:55 PM UTC [Adele](https://time.com/4155795/adele-time-cover-story-interview-motherhood-25/) already has fifteen Grammys, an Oscar and a Golden Globe to her name, among many, many accolades. And it seems fair to say she could add a trophy — or at least a bouquet **—** anointing her as the best surprise wedding singer. On Saturday, the British singer attended the wedding of her good friend Laura Dockrill and Hugo White, a member of the British Indie band The Maccabees. And during the couple’s wedding reception at a South London pub, Adele took the stage and treated the crowd to a rousing public performance. In videos posted on social media that appear to have been taken at the reception party, [Adele](https://time.com/4155801/adele-story/) can be seen running through some of her greatest hits, including “Rolling in the Deep.” > [](https://twitter.com/adeledailynet/status/1228820948880646151) She also sang Candi Staton’s “Young Hearts Run Free,” and seemed understandably excited when Beyoncé’s “Crazy in Love” — a wedding reception classic, of course — began to play. > [](https://twitter.com/hypnoticpaulson/status/1228870450685497344) The singer may also have [dropped a hint](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/2020-album-preview-drake-bieber-springsteen-adele-931360/adele-19-933966/) about her long-awaited fourth album, which will be her first release since 2015’s _25_. In more audio leaked from the party, Adele can be heard telling her audience to, “expect my album in September.” > [](https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1229104775888867329) All in all, seems like a good party. 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