{"id":791585,"date":"2018-12-27T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T17:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=772899"},"modified":"2018-12-27T10:00:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T17:00:54","slug":"aretha-franklin-tribute-concert-lines-up-janelle-monae-alicia-keys-john-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/aretha-franklin-tribute-concert-lines-up-janelle-monae-alicia-keys-john-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Aretha Franklin Tribute Concert Lines Up Janelle Monae, Alicia Keys, John Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Aretha_tout12-27.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/janelle-monae\/\">Janelle Mon\u00e1e<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/alicia-keys\/\" id=\"auto-tag_alicia-keys\" data-tag=\"alicia-keys\">Alicia Keys<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/john-legend\/\" id=\"auto-tag_john-legend\" data-tag=\"john-legend\">John Legend<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/kelly-clarkson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kelly-clarkson\" data-tag=\"kelly-clarkson\">Kelly Clarkson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/celine-dion\/\" id=\"auto-tag_celine-dion\" data-tag=\"celine-dion\">Celine Dion<\/a>, Alessia Cara and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/patti-labelle\/\" id=\"auto-tag_patti-labelle\" data-tag=\"patti-labelle\">Patti LaBelle<\/a> will perform at an all-star tribute concert honoring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/aretha-franklin\/\" id=\"auto-tag_aretha-franklin\" data-tag=\"aretha-franklin\">Aretha Franklin<\/a>. <em>Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul<\/em> will be filmed January 13th at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and air as a TV special on CBS later in 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/music\/news\/aretha-franklin-tyler-perry-tribute-cbs-special-1203095831\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a> reports.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Hudson, Common, Brandi Carlile, H.E.R., SZA, Chloe X Halle, BeBe Winans, Yolanda Adams and Shirley Caesar will also perform at the event. Filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/tyler-perry\/\" id=\"auto-tag_tyler-perry\" data-tag=\"tyler-perry\">Tyler Perry<\/a> will host the tribute, a joint venture between CBS, the Recording Academy, AEG Ehrlich Ventures and record executive\/Franklin collaborator Clive Davis.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAretha was more than the Queen of Soul; she was a national treasure,\u201d Davis said in a statement. \u201cThis unique concert \u2013 featuring many of today\u2019s greatest artists \u2013 will celebrate Aretha in a spectacular manner befitting her once-in-a-lifetime talent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jack Sussman, CBS\u2019 Executive Vice President of Specials, Music and Live Events, said that <em>Aretha!<\/em> will celebrate the late singer\u2019s accomplishments as an \u201centertainment icon, singer, songwriter, pianist, actress and civil rights activist.\u201d He added, \u201cAretha had an incredible effect on humanity and music with her indomitable spirit and grace. We look forward to honoring this music legend with numerous performers who all admire and respect the Queen of Soul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Franklin, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/aretha-franklin-queen-of-soul-dead-at-76-119453\/\">died in August at age 76<\/a>, earned 18 Grammy wins and 44 nominations throughout her career. The concert honoring the soul icon follows Grammy tributes for the Beatles and Stevie Wonder. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/aretha-franklin-tribute-special-janelle-monae-alicia-keys-john-legend-772899\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Janelle Mon\u00e1e, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Kelly Clarkson, Celine Dion, Alessia Cara and Patti LaBelle will perform at an all-star tribute concert honoring Aretha Franklin. Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul will be filmed January 13th at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and air as a TV special on CBS [&hellip;]<\/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":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-791585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 21:36:43","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":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}