'We got mobbed at the end of the gig!' Father of autistic girl who Adele invited on stage to sing Someone Like You after she spotted the 12-year-old's sign says star made her dream come true 

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The father of a 12-year-old autistic girl invited on stage by Adele to sing with her revealed last night how he is ‘massively proud’ of his daughter who was later 'mobbed' by fellow fans.

The Grammy award-winning artist asked Emily Tammam to come on stage at the Manchester Arena gig on Tuesday after spotting her banner saying: ‘It's my dream to sing with Adele’.

And a video captured by a member of the audience showed the youngster belting out an impressive rendition of Someone Like You to the delight of more than 20,000 of the 27-year-old singer’s fans.

Delighted: Emily Tammam, 21, was asked by the world-famous singer to come on stage at the Manchester Arena gig on Tuesday after spotting her banner saying: ‘It's my dream to sing with Adele’

Proud: Emily's father Ray Tammam (pictured together), from Manchester, had bought two £95 tickets to attend the show with his daughter, who he said was one round away from the TV stage of Britain’s Got Talent in 2014

Her father Ray Tammam, 45, from Manchester, had bought two £95 tickets to attend the show with his daughter, whom he said was one round away from the TV stage of Britain’s Got Talent in 2014.

And the financial adviser told MailOnline: ‘Her favourite singer is Adele and she just made a homemade sign which said “It's my dream to sing with Adele”. I said, “Yeah, bring it with you”.

‘Just before the end Adele turned and looked and read it out - and she said, “Okay, just come on stage then”. This was rather a large shock as you can imagine.

‘She then said we're going to sing Someone Like You, which is by coincide Emily's favourite song. She said she could sing the first verse. Emily sang and got a very good response from the audience.

‘She let her carry on and do effectively the whole song on her own in front of 25,000 people and the response was incredible from the audience. Emily was very cool in the circumstances.’

Mr Tammam added that Emily was ‘mobbed by a lot of people at the end of the concert’ and that he was ‘massively proud’ of his daughter, who was ‘happy and shocked’ at what happened.

Chance of a lifetime: Adele gladly stepped out of the limelight at her own gig in Manchester on Tuesday night, when she invited young fan Emily up on stage to belt out one of her own songs

Thrust into the limelight: Caught on camera by another fan in the audience, the video shows the 27-year-old singer encouraging Emily while she belts out an impressive rendition of Someone Like You

He explained that Emily is autistic and was also diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which has led to her struggling in some social situations in the past.

She also suffers from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a rare condition which affects her joints and saw her temporarily lose the use of her legs two years ago.

Emily recovered following six months in hospital and can walk again now, but is unable to ‘go long distances or do anything particularly physical’, Mr Tammam said.

Mr Tammam attended the gig without his make-up presenter wife Vicky, 37, who was working, while his nine-year-old son Jack was looked after by his grandmother at the time.

The video filmed by another audience member shows Emily stepping up onto the intimate stage in and nervously looking at the singer as the first chords of Adele's chart-topping hit.

But following a reassuring hand on the shoulder, and a whisper in her ear, the girl holds the microphone up and starts an almost pitch-perfect run-through of the hit.

Time to shine: Stepping up onto the intimate stage in the Manchester Arena, Emily can be seen nervously looking at the singer as the first chords of Adele's chart-topping hit

What a voice! But following a reassuring hand on the shoulder, and a whisper in her ear, Emily holds the microphone up and starts an almost pitch-perfect run-through of the hit

On back-up vocals... Adele:Stumbling at times with the tempo of the song, Emily is lent some help from the person who helped to pen the hit - Adele herself

Stumbling at times with the tempo of the song she is lent some help from Adele, who then played back-up singer as the song got underway.

And following the first few verses and he anthemic chorus of the song the house lights flashed up, as the appreciative audience gave Emily a round of thunderous applause - cheered on by Adele herself.

But the surprise support act wasn't the only memorable moment of the evening on Tuesday, as superfan Kerry Scott was treated to the ultimate photographic memory.

Perched on the front row at the gig she tried to get a picture with the musician, though little did she know that Adele had held up her sell-out concert to pose for it.

The cheeky Skyfall singer ducked down with a cheesy grin to be caught in the frame and make the fan's night with the perfect reminder of 2016's When We Were Young tour.

Sing along with me: Joining in to make the youngster's stadium debut even more special, the Hello hitmaker played back-up singer as the song got underway

A thunderous applause: Following the first few verses and the chorus the house lights flashed up, as the appreciative audience gave Emily a round of thunderous applause - cheered on by Adele herself

Mother and daughter: Mr Tammam attended the gig without his wife Vicky, 37, who is pictured with Emily

Adele kicked off her Manchester gigs on Tuesday night to the delight of her swarms of adoring fans from across the country.

One in particular was Ms Scott, who had traveled all the way from Old Swan in Liverpool to be in attendance at one of the sell-out concerts.

Her excitement urged her to buy front row seats with husband Jordan and was quite clear later when she chucked a thumbs up in front of the internationally acclaimed singer, whose 2008 hit Chasing Pavements originally secured Ms Scott’s superfan status.

Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, Ms Scott said: 'I just couldn’t believe it. She was going around the edge of the stage saying hello to people and interacting with the crowd and I just shouted to her if she could get a selfie.

'The whole night was amazing. We’re both huge fans of Adele, even my kids Kyle and Ella absolutely love her - they sing along to Hello.' 

See Adele updates as she holds up her sell-out crowd to photobomb a superfan's picture

She's behind you! Adele ducked down to pose for superfan Kerry Scott on Tuesday, inside Manchester Arena

She's posing: Adele gave a cheesey grin as the fan tried to snap herself in front of the musician on stage

Ms Scott added: 'She couldn’t come down off the stage but she posed for the picture and she said that my hair looked great. I just couldn’t believe it.'

Even when the concert hall was still filling out, Ms Scott took up her seat early and turned the lens on herself, keen to document the night with selfies.

She was still snapping away when it looked like Adele had been coming off the stage, and opportunist Ms Scott managed to capture the ultimate visual snapshot of the night.

Holding up her elegant Burberry gown, Adele paused at the top of the steps and even uttered a priceless 'Hello' as she made her descent.

Adele kicked off her stage performances in Belfast last week, quickly moving on to Dublin and most recently to Manchester. 

Face-to-face: It looked as if the musician was coming off stage when she paused at the top of the stairs for the photo

Front row: Even before concert began, Kerry and her husband Jordan had been keen to document the night with selfies

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