Saw Sade at the O2 Arena, May 2011 and have to say I was blown away.
She had some chaps called the Jolly boys from Jamaica as the first act, they were entertaining but nothing special.
The arena was sold out, the background graphics were spectacular
Sade has not lost any of the bands charisma, energy, voice or style. Sade's voice was glorious, it was as if she reached into your heart and mind and dragged out what you wanted to listen to, she was in perfect sync with her crowd.
She played some songs that even I as an avid Sade fan handnt heard before but even by the second verse you were hooked into them.
She played 35% from her new album Soldier of Love and the rest were from all her others. Sade Adu didnt shine alone, the sax and guitar guys were fantastic. She started at 9:30 and finished at 11:10 (no interlude) I walked away with not a single criticism of the show, for the first time in my adult concert going life.
One thing though, dont buy the program, all it has is a few pictures and a biography but nothing more, not worth £15 unless you want it as a keepsake.