{"id":803742,"date":"2020-02-03T03:08:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T10:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=946776"},"modified":"2020-02-03T03:08:51","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T10:08:51","slug":"watch-maroon-5-pay-tribute-to-kobe-bryant-with-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/watch-maroon-5-pay-tribute-to-kobe-bryant-with-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Maroon 5 Pay Tribute to Kobe Bryant With \u2018Memories\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/shutterstock_editorial_10545999z.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/maroon-5\/\" id=\"auto-tag_maroon-5\" data-tag=\"maroon-5\">Maroon 5<\/a> performed at Miami\u2019s American Airlines Arena on Sunday night and took the opportunity to pay their respects to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/kobe-bryant\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kobe-bryant\" data-tag=\"kobe-bryant\">Kobe Bryant<\/a>, who died in a helicopter crash last month. The band, who played the show along Dan + Shay, took part in the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest, playing several hits before addressing Bryant\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n<p>During the show, singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/adam-levine\/\" id=\"auto-tag_adam-levine\" data-tag=\"adam-levine\">Adam Levine<\/a> held up a Los Angeles Lakers No. 24 \u201cBryant\u201d jersey to the crowd as the stage turned purple. \u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll make it through this one with my emotions intact,\u201d Levine told the crowd. \u201cIf you could sing it with us I think that would make a huge difference\u2026 Needless to say, I think we know who this song is dedicated to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bh-iMlBah3s?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Levine also mentioned his relief at not being part of the official Super Bowl halftime show this year. \u201cOne year ago I was getting ready to perform,\u201d he told the crowd, referencing Maroon 5\u2019s big game appearance with Big Boi and Travis Scott. \u201cI was stressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maroon 5 released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/maroon-5-single-memories-887550\/\">\u201cMemories\u201d<\/a> last fall as a tribute to those who have lost someone. \u201cThis song is for anyone who has ever experienced loss,\u201d Levine&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamlevine\/status\/1174930865752694784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">shared on Twitter along with the new song.<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cIn other words, this song is for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3> Popular on Rolling Stone <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/maroon-5-kobe-bryant-memories-946776\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maroon 5 performed at Miami\u2019s American Airlines Arena on Sunday night and took the opportunity to pay their respects to Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash last month. The band, who played the show along Dan + Shay, took part in the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest, playing several hits before addressing [&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-803742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-23 22:39:44","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\/803742","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=803742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}