Loading ...Those of us tuning into Sunday night’s Grammy telecast–which I will be liveblogging once again! coverage starts at 7:30 p.m. ET!–are not only going to be subjected to a Sgt. Pepper tribute, they’re going to have to sit through Yet Another Kid Rock Performance At A Major Awards Show, Because The Four Other Ones That We’ve Sat Through In Recent Years Just Weren’t Enough. And the music business wonders why it’s in trouble! Also on the docket: The long-rumored Tina Turner/Beyonce showdown, a Cher sighting, Prince not performing but presenting (wha?), and an appearance by Jason Bateman, who I am hoping uses his time at the pulpit to confirm those Arrested Development movie rumors that have been floating around. Sure, Bateman’s appearance isn’t as exciting as the Rihanna/Time collaboration, but it’s definitely in my top five things I’m looking forward to on Sunday night. Yay, music business! Full release after the jump.
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Sunday night’s Grammy Awards will feature “great moments recognizing the historical significance of the album [Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band],” because lord knows the world hasn’t had enough reminders that Pepper is An Important Album over the past 41 years. More »
Michael Jackson To Stand On Stage For A To-Be-Determined Length Of Time This Sunday
With the Grammys only five days away–can you taste the excitement?–more news of who’s going to appear on the Sunday night telecast has crossed the transom: • Michael Jackson will appear onstage at Sunday night’s ceremony, but he has apparently “won a stare-down” against the producers, who… More »
The Grammys: The User-Generated Excitement Sort Of Continues
The Grammys have picked the people who are going to perform on stage with the Foo Fighters–in a John Paul Jones-conducted orchestra–during next week’s telecast, and judging by the 15 people picked the orchestra is going to be heavy on the strings and trumpets, and light on pretty much everything else. Three of the finalists will then compete for a “featured” slot, and judging by the view counts on the videos–none of which have broken the magic 100,000 viewed mark–said slot will likely go to a violin player. Above, the audition of one of the chosen, 18-year-old Chicago resident Andrew Pearson. It’s pretty straightforward, thus further cementing the fact that we won’t be witnessing any Robyn Troup-being-ogled moments during this year’s ceremony–which is probably why the committee rejected a flutist named Charmian, whose performance of “The Pretender” made me think that she was going to bust into “Hips Don’t Lie” at any moment:
Feist, Alicia Keys, and Brad Paisley have all signed on to perform at the Grammys, although the prospect of the three artists performing together is probably pretty slim. (Too bad–I would have loved to see the inevitably awkward attempt to meld “Online” and Feist’s iPod Nano ads.) More »
The Writers’ Guild Of America announced yesterday that it has reached an interim agreement with the Grammy Awards, meaning that Guild members will be able to write soggy jokes about BitTerrorists and sappy stories about the unfettered genius of Clive Davis without fear of retaliation from their… More »
Despite the fact that his four-disc set These Days is up for multiple awards–including Album of the Year–Vince Gill probably won’t be performing at the Grammys on Feb. 10, thanks to his being “offered several performance scenarios, none of which were worthy of his stature or nominations.” More »
Michael Jackson May Return To Grammy Stage, May Not Open His Mouth While Appearing
Is Michael Jackson going to show up at the Grammys? Perhaps! Reporter Diane Dimond, who released a book on Jacko’s molestation case last year, is still hearing Jacko-related news, and she says that according to some memo traffic leaked her way, Sony-BMG is “pulling out all the stops to help its one time mega-star re-enter the pop music scene.” And since the 25th-anniversary version of Thriller comes out on Feb. 12–two days after NARAS’ big 50th-anniversary show–what better way to celebrate than with the onetime King Of Pop showing up in some capacity?
The Bestest Possible Grammy News Ever (That Has Nothing To Do With The Damn Strike)
For the longest time we thought it was just a rumor floating around the Internet thanks to rabid Morris Day fans, but the only reason not to spend Feb. 10 at the bar (or at least the only reason to remember to set the DVR before leaving for the bar) is finally, officially confirmed: And in a… More »
Finally, The Music Industry Has A Reason To Smile: Writer’s Guild Will Not Picket Grammys
In an e-mail sent to members of the Writer’s Guild of America yesterday, union presidents Patric Verrone and Michael Winship said that the plans to picket the Grammys on Feb. 10 were off the table, thanks to members of the American Federation of Musicians being in solidarity with the guild over issues of “compensation in new media.” Now Beyonce can feel less bad about her dad opening his mouth and yapping about her being proud to possibly cross a Screen Actor’s Guild picket line! (By the way, did anyone see the ads for the Grammys during Sunday’s football game that featured Carrie Underwood?) Full memo after the jump.
