Adele lined up for Brit Awards comeback

Adele looks set to make her UK live comeback at the Brit Awards, three months after surgery to cure a voice-threatening condition.

Adele looks set to make her UK live comeback at the Brit Awards, three months after surgery to cure a voice-threatening condition.

The star underwent an operation in the US in early November after being diagnosed with a vocal cord haemorrhage which could have wrecked her singing voice forever.

But she has now been lined up to perform at next month’s awards bash which takes place at London's O2 Arena.

It marks a return to the event which kick-started her career, following last year’s show-stopping performance of 'Someone Like You'.

Last month Adele told her fans she is “on the mend” following laser microsurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

The record-breaking star – who sold 3.7 million copies of her album 21 in 2011 - was forced to cancel a string of live shows due to her throat problems.

She had earlier complained of her voice just “switching off”, a problem which caused concern for many months.

It is not clear whether the Brits performance on February 21 will be her overall comeback.

She is among the nominees for the high-profile Grammy Awards a week earlier, in the running for six prizes, but has not been named in the first batch of performers at that bash.

List of Brit Award nominees:

:: British male solo artist:

Ed Sheeran

James Blake

James Morrison

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

Professor Green

:: British female solo artist:

Adele

Florence + The Machine

Jessie J

Kate Bush

Laura Marling

:: British breakthrough act:

Anna Calvi

Ed Sheeran

Emeli Sande

Jessie J

The Vaccines

:: British group:

Arctic Monkeys

Chase & Status

Coldplay

Elbow

Kasabian

:: British single:

Adele – 'Someone Like You'

Ed Sheeran – 'The A Team'

Example – 'Changed The Way You Kissed M'

Jessie J ft BOB – 'Price Tag'

JLS ft Dev – 'She Makes Me Wanna'

Military Wives/Gareth Malone – 'Wherever You Are'

Olly Murs ft Rizzle Kicks – 'Heart Skips A Beat'

One Direction – 'What Makes You Beautiful'

Pixie Lott – 'All About Tonight'

The Wanted – 'Glad You Came'

:: MasterCard British album of the year:

Adele – '21'

Coldplay – 'Mylo Xyloto'

Ed Sheeran – +

Florence + The Machine – 'Ceremonials'

PJ Harvey – 'Let England Shake'

:: International male solo artist:

Aloe Blacc

Bon Iver

Bruno Mars

David Guetta

Ryan Adams

:: International female solo artist:

Beyonce

Bjork

Feist

Lady Gaga

Rihanna

:: International group:

Fleet Foxes

Foo Fighters

Jay Z/Kanye West

Lady Antebellum

Maroon 5

:: International breakthrough act:

Aloe Blacc

Bon Iver

Foster The People

Lana Del Rey

Nicki Minaj

:: Outstanding contribution to music award:

Blur

:: Critics’ choice:

Emeli Sande

:: British producer:

Paul Epworth

Flood

Ethan Johns

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