Joni Mitchell is hitting the Grammys stage for the first time to perform.
16.01.2024 - 00:39 / variety.com
Thania Garcia The first round of performers for the 66th annual Grammy Awards has been revealed: Hitting the Crypto.com Arena stage on Feb. 4 will be current nominees — and previous best new artist winners — Olivia Rodrigo, Dua Lipa and Billie Eilish, with additional acts to be announced.
Eilish, who won best original song at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards for “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie,” is up for a total of six Grammy Awards this year. Five of those awards are for “What Was I Made For?” including record of the year, song of the year, best pop solo performance, best song written for visual media and best music video.
She is also up for best pop duo/group performance for her and Labrinth’s “Never Felt So Alone,” which appeared on HBO’s teen drama series, “Euphoria.” Dua Lipa is also being recognized for her “Barbie” soundtrack single, “Dance The Night,” which was nominated for song of the year and best song written for visual media. Meanwhile, Rodrigo is up for six Grammy Awards this year including album of the year (for her sophomore effort “Guts”), record of the year (“Vampire”), song of the year (“Vampire”), best pop vocal album (“Guts”), best pop solo performance (“Vampire”) and best rock song (“Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl”).
Both Eilish and Rodrigo are among the most-nominated artists on the bill (and, at 22 and 20 respectively, among the youngest) with six nods each while R&B star SZA leads the list with a total of nine nominations. Following SZA, tied with seven nominations apiece, are Victoria Monét, Phoebe Bridgers (six of those for her work with Boygenius, one for a collaboration with SZA) and mixing engineer Serban Ghenea.
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.Joni Mitchell is hitting the Grammys stage for the first time to perform.
U2 will give a special performance and present an award at next week’s Grammys, live from the Sphere in Las Vegas.It will be the first ever official broadcast from the state-of-the-art venue, which has been hosting the ‘U2:UV Achtung Baby’ show since the end of September, and is due to wrap on March 2.The Grammys are taking place on February 4 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, and will be hosted by Trevor Noah. The nominees were announced in November, with SZA picking up the most nominations with nine.
2nd UPDATE: Twenty-two-time Grammy winnersU2 are set for a special performance and awards presentation at the 66th Grammy Awards from Sphere in Las Vegas. It will be the first-ever broadcast performance from the new venue, where the band’s months-long residency, U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere, will conclude on March 2.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic U2 has been added to the Grammys‘ Feb. 4 telecast, and the band won’t have to be leaving Las Vegas to do it. U2’s socials and the Recording Academy joined Friday afternoon in announcing that the group will perform from the spectacular Sphere venue in Sin City, where the band’s months-long residency, “U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere,” is set to wrap up March 2.
Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter Variety will host its first-ever Grammy cover party, presented by TikTok, on Thursday, Feb. 1, in Los Angeles.
Thania Garcia Billy Joel has been added to the lineup of performers for the 66th annual Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy announced on Wednesday. Joel, who made his Grammy stage debut in 1988 when he sang “New York State Of Mind,” will return as a performer for the ceremony on Feb. 4, joining a lineup that includes Burna Boy, Luke Combs, Travis Scott, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa and Olivia Rodrigo.
Diego Ramos Bechara editor Hi, Barbie! Great news: Greta Gerwig‘s film based on the iconic Mattel doll leads the 14th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards nominations with three nods – including best song for both Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” and Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken.” “Barbie’s” third nomination was in best music supervision for a film budgeted over $25 million. The category recognized the work of music supervisor George Drakoulias, songwriters Eilish and Finneas and Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt who penned “I’m Just Ken.” Other film contenders are the music supervisors from “Maestro,” “Saltburn,” “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” “Past Lives,” “Wonka,” “Air” among others.
Travis Scott, Burna Boy and Luke Combs have been added to the list of performers at the 2024 Grammy Awards.This year’s ceremony is due to take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, February 4.Recently, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Dua Lipa were all announced as performers for next month’s ceremony, and another trio have now been added.Burna Boy is nominated for four awards at the 2024 Grammys, including Best Global Music Album (‘I Told Them…’), Best African Music Performance (‘City Boys’), Best Global Music Performance (‘Alone’) and Best Melodic Rap Performance (‘Sittin’ On Top Of The World’).Combs and Scott are up for one award each, Best Country Solo Performance (‘Fast Car’) and Best Rap Album (‘Utopia’) respectively.
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Burna Boy, Luke Combs and Travis Scott have been added to the lineup of performers for the 66th annual Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy announced on Sunday, joining previously announced artists Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa and Olivia Rodrigo. Additional acts, presenters and more will be announced in the coming weeks. The Grammy Awards will return to Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, Feb.
UPDATE: The Grammys have announced new artists set to hit the stage at the Crypto.com Arena. During the NFL game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills, it was confirmed Burna Boy, Luke Combs, and Travis Scott would join the list of performers that include Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and Olivia Rodrigo.
Dua Lipa has said that some bands from the Britpop era, including Blur and Oasis, past behaviour was “obnoxious”.Lipa sat down with Rolling Stone to discuss her forthcoming album. In the profile, journalist Brittany Spanos wrote how some of the ‘Levitating’ singer’s inspirations for the album include Britpop legends like Oasis and Blur, as well as ’90s rock and electronic acts like Moby and Gorillaz.Spanos went on to mention that some of those Brit-pop acts, including Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn in particular, haven’t been the nicest to female pop acts.
Olivia Rodrigo and her BFF Tate McRae are stepping out to enjoy some basketball together!
Jewel and Melissa Etheridge are teaming up to bring their hits to amphitheaters, resorts and arts centers all over North America together.At all shows, Jewel — who’s currently dating “Yellowstone” actor Kevin Costner — will perform tracks from her 2022 album ‘Freewheelin’ Woman’ as well classics from yesteryear.As for Etheridge, expect to hear songs you know and love like “Come To My Window,” “I’m The Only One” and more from her storied catalog.And if you want to see the folksy pair live, you can grab tickets to the show of your choosing as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Jan. 19, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can purchase on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete calendar including all Jewel and Melissa Etheridge co-headlining tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.The summer tour isn’t “the only one” on Etheridge’s 2024 calendar.This spring, she’ll tour all over the U.S.
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Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Taylor Swift, SZA and Olivia Rodrigo are among the artists with the most nominations for the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards, airing live on Fox at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theater on April 1.
The first performers for the 2024 Grammys have been revealed!
Dua Lipa attempts to sit down at the Golden Globes in her black skintight Schiaparelli gownooh my outfit so tightDrew Barrymore starts crying while watching The Wedding Singer and tells Adam Sandler she loves him. I love you so much Adam Sandler.
and Fantastic Beasts actor Callum Turner sparked relationship rumors just one month after the 28-year-old pop star reportedly split from filmmaker Romain Gavras—a relationship that in May 2023. “Dua and Romain have gone their separate ways after a summer of love," a source told in early December before heavily implying that Lipa was too focussed on her music career for their relationship to work.Well, it looks like she found time in her schedule for a new 'ship.
Olivia Rodrigo and best friend Conan Gray wrapped their arms around each other while out for dinner on Wednesday night (January 10) in Los Angeles.
Dua Lipa and Seth Meyers got matching tattoos during a hilarious segment. The two celebrities began taking shots from a “Barbie Dreamhouse shot luge” to honor Lipa’s song in the “Barbie” movie.