{"id":974325,"date":"2020-01-09T06:09:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T13:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=934548"},"modified":"2020-01-09T06:09:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T13:09:38","slug":"prince-is-getting-an-all-star-grammy-tribute-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/prince-is-getting-an-all-star-grammy-tribute-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Is Getting an All-Star Grammy Tribute Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alicia Keys, John Legend and Usher will perform at a special Prince<\/a> tribute concert set to take place after the 2020 Grammy Awards and air on television later this year, Rolling Stone<\/i> has confirmed.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince<\/em> will be held January 28th \u2013 two days after the Grammys \u2013 at the Los Angeles Convention Center and will be broadcast in April. Past Prince percussionist Sheila E. will serve as the night\u2019s musical director alongside longtime Prince associates Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The lineup also includes Beck, Foo Fighters, H.E.R., Earth, Wind & Fire, St. Vincent, Mavis Staples, Chris Martin, Gary Clark, Jr. and Juanes.<\/p>\n

The show will also feature several Prince collaborators, including Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles (who sang the Prince-written hit \u201cManic Monday\u201d), and Morris Day and the Time. The musician\u2019s old band, the Revolution, have also signed on, with drummer Bobby Z. telling Rolling Stone<\/em> the group \u201care involved and looking forward to honoring Prince.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking with Rolling Stone<\/em>, Sheila E. says she and her band will be supporting most of the performers throughout the night while also getting her own set. The musician says they plan to perform the breakout, Prince-penned hit \u201cThe Glamorous Life\u201d \u2014 \u201cFor obvious reasons,\u201d she quips \u2014 and Prince\u2019s 1985 song, \u201cAmerica.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was very honored to be able to do this for so many reasons, but to be able to help celebrate the life of a dear friend and be a part of this and be musical director is awesome,\u201d Sheila E. says.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Recording Academy President\/CEO Deborah Dugan said, \u201cPrince. The Purple One. His Royal Badness \u2014 regardless of how you identify him, he is indisputably one of the greatest musical virtuosos of all time. With his subversive attitude and commanding nature, he straddled musical genres and created electrifying music that was bursting with character. He continues to serve as an inspirational icon for artists and fans worldwide, and we are so honored to pay tribute to his legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Prince tribute will follow past \u201cGrammy Salute\u201d concerts, which have honored the Beatles<\/a>, the Bee Gees<\/a>, Elton John<\/a>, Stevie Wonder<\/a>, Motown<\/a> and Aretha Franklin<\/a>. Longtime Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich says the idea for a Prince celebration had been kicking around for a while, particularly after the Time and Bruno Mars\u2019 widely celebrated tribute<\/a> at the 2017 Grammys. But Ehrlich acknowledged that there was some apprehension about doing a show for someone like Prince.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you worry about these things, because when an artist is so iconic, so individualistic and so unique, you get a little bit nervous about having people interpret their work,\u201d he says. \u201cBut I think, if anything, based on what we\u2019ve done with these past shows, either we\u2019ve gotten a little foolhardy to think that we could do Prince, or we\u2019ve gotten confident that there are artists out there who fit; who will be faithful to what he did and reverent enough not to fuck around with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ehrlich says the show will cover several different eras of Prince\u2019s musical career, with biographical segments interspersed between the musical performances. As for the setlist, there will be plenty of hits, but also a handful of deep cuts. \u201cThere are times when we will try and suggest to an artist that their choice might not be the best choice, but ultimately we will go with what their instincts are,\u201d Ehrlich says.<\/p>\n

Like past \u201cGrammy Salute\u201d concerts, the Prince show will offer fans the opportunity to not just enjoy Prince\u2019s music, but also hear familiar songs with fresh ears. Ehrlich says that, so far, he\u2019s heard a handful of scratch tracks from artists set to play the show, and says, \u201cI\u2019m really happy, because everyone I\u2019ve heard, there\u2019s a little bit of Prince \u2014 sometimes there\u2019s a lot more Prince there.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Sheila E., the show is a chance to celebrate an old friend and collaborator alongside the unifying power of his music. \u201cMusically, there\u2019s so much to choose from,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s almost unfair to do a two-hour tribute to him \u2014 we could do a full week. At the end of the day, it\u2019s him bringing people together and having a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alicia Keys, John Legend and Usher will perform at a special Prince tribute concert set to take place after the 2020 Grammy Awards and air on television later this year, Rolling Stone has confirmed. Let\u2019s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince will be held January 28th \u2013 two days after the Grammys \u2013 at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-974325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 14:32:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KFMU Solar Powered Radio","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}