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Adele set to perform 'Skyfall' at Oscar ceremony

Adele will perform her Oscar-nominated theme song from "Skyfall" at the 85th Academy Awards ceremony, the show's producers said Wednesday.They said that the performance will be the first time she will have performed "Skyfall" anywhere live and her first U.S. TV performance since the Grammys last year.After a break from the spotlight due to her pregnancy, Adele recently appeared at the Golden Globe
Adele at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.
Adele at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files / Today

Adele will perform her Oscar-nominated theme song from "Skyfall" at the 85th Academy Awards ceremony, the show's producers said Wednesday.

They said that the performance will be the first time she will have performed "Skyfall" anywhere live and her first U.S. TV performance since the Grammys last year.

After a break from the spotlight due to her pregnancy, Adele recently appeared at the Golden Globes and accepted an award for the song there.

The song, "Skyfall," from the James Bond film, is nominated in the best original song category at the Oscars. Written by Adele and Paul Epworth, it is the first Bond theme ever to debut in Billboard's top 10 chart and the first to be nominated for an Oscar since "For Your Eyes Only" in 1981.

"It's an honor to be nominated and terrifyingly wonderful to be singing in front of people who have captured my imagination over and over again,” said Adele. “It's something I've never experienced and probably only ever will once!"

"We have enormous respect for Adele's unique artistry as a songwriter and a singer," said Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the producers of this year's Oscar show.  "She is currently one of the most successful recording artists in the world, and we believe that her performance of "Skyfall" will be an exciting Oscar moment for audiences watching at the Dolby Theatre and on television screens around the world."

The Oscars will be handed out on Feb. 24, at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center. Seth MacFarlane will host the awards show on ABC.

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