After a six year-absence, Adele is coming back to her fans not only with an album that she refers to as a “friend during the most turbulent period” of her life, but also with a two-hour special featuring a private concert performance and a heart-to-heart interview with Oprah Winfrey
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – November 7, 2021 – Anghami Inc. (“Anghami” or the “Company”), the Middle East and North Africa’s (MENA) largest music platform, today announced that Adele’s fans in MENA will be able to watch her private concert and her emotional interview with Oprah, exclusively on Anghami on November 19, 2021.
In a collaboration with Sony Music and Sony Pictures, Adele’s special was filmed in Los Angeles’ Griffith Observatory where celebrities like Drake, Kris Jenner, Ellen DeGeneres, Lizzo, James Corden and many more were able to watch Adele perform live her chart-topping hits and several never-before-heard songs from her upcoming album “30”.
As for the interview with Oprah Winfrey, it tackles the emotional and personal angles of the album, a side that Adele has never talked about before in this much detail. The heart-to-heart chat covers Adele’s new album, the stories behind the songs, life after divorce, weight loss and raising her son.
Anghami has secured the exclusive Middle Eastern premiere and according to its CEO, Eddy Maroun, “The same way we aim to amplify local voices and to grow them globally, our objective as well is to connect global voices with their fans in the Middle East. We’re proud to be the official broadcasters of Adele’s special in the Middle East and North Africa and we have more global projects coming in the next few quarters.”
ADELE ONE NIGHT ONLY is produced by Fulwell 73 Productions and Onward Productions in association with Harpo Productions. Executive Producers are Ben Winston, Adele, Jonathan Dickins and Raj Kapoor.
On October 14, 2021, Vistas Media Acquisition Company Inc. (NASDAQ:VMAC) and Anghami announced the submission of a Registration Statement on Form F-4 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to their proposed business combination. The business combination is subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of VMAC’s stockholders, and is expected to be consummated in the fourth quarter of 2021. Upon the closing of the business combination, the Company will operate under the Anghami name and is expected to be listed on NASDAQ trading under the new symbol “ANGH”. For more information about the transaction, please visit https://vmac.media/.
