{"id":807867,"date":"2020-05-28T08:32:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T14:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=1006302"},"modified":"2020-05-28T08:32:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T14:32:39","slug":"oprah-john-fogerty-brad-pitt-tapped-for-grammys-tribute-to-essential-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/oprah-john-fogerty-brad-pitt-tapped-for-grammys-tribute-to-essential-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Oprah, John Fogerty, Brad Pitt Tapped for Grammys\u2019 Tribute to Essential Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fundraiser.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/oprah\/\" id=\"auto-tag_oprah\" data-tag=\"oprah\">Oprah<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/brad-pitt\/\" id=\"auto-tag_brad-pitt\" data-tag=\"brad-pitt\">Brad Pitt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/john-fogerty\/\" id=\"auto-tag_john-fogerty\" data-tag=\"john-fogerty\">John Fogerty<\/a>, Jamie Foxx, and Cyndi Lauper will appear on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/grammys\/\" id=\"auto-tag_grammys\" data-tag=\"grammys\">Grammys<\/a> tribute to essential workers, <em>United We Sing<\/em>. Harry Connick Jr. will host the show, which airs June 21st at 8 p.m. ET\/PT on CBS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Per a press release, the show will feature Connick and his filmmaker daughter, Georgia Connick, taking \u201ca road trip in an RV to thank and celebrate essential workers who risk their own lives on a daily basis to keep us safe.\u201d The trip will start in Connecticut and end in New Orleans, and at each stop along the way, the Connicks will listen \u201cto the stories of essential workers in health care, food preparation, sanitation, law enforcement, trucking, and more to honor their dedication and public service during this unique moment in history.\u201d (A note in the press release adds that<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><em>United We Sing<\/em> was \u201cfilmed with a minimal crew practicing social distancing and with extensive safety precautions in place.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">During the trip, celebrities like Oprah, Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Ren\u00e9e Zellweger, Queen Latifah, and Drew Brees will \u201cdeliver surprise messages to America\u2019s unsung heroes.\u201d There will also be plenty of musical performances: The lineup boasts Connick, Fogerty, Foxx, and Lauper, as well as Herbie Hancock, Little Big Town, Dave Matthews, Tim McGraw, Andra Day, Jon Batiste, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Rockin Dopsie, Irma Thomas, and Trombone Shorty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">During <em>United We Sing<\/em>, viewers will be encouraged to donate to charities that support underserved children, such as No Kid Hungry and the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music in New Orleans. The special will also raise money for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/pro\/news\/recording-academy-musicares-sets-up-covid-19-relief-fund-968651\/\">COVID-19 relief fund<\/a> set up by the Recording Academy\u2019s charitable wing, MusiCares, which is providing aid to people in the music industry who have been hit hardest by COVID-19.<\/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\/oprah-john-fogerty-brad-pitt-grammys-tribute-essential-workers-united-we-sing-1006302\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oprah, Brad Pitt, John Fogerty, Jamie Foxx, and Cyndi Lauper will appear on a Grammys tribute to essential workers, United We Sing. Harry Connick Jr. will host the show, which airs June 21st at 8 p.m. ET\/PT on CBS. Per a press release, the show will feature Connick and his filmmaker daughter, Georgia Connick, taking [&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-807867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-10 02:25:13","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\/807867","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=807867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}