Grammys 2024: U2 To Perform From The Las Vegas Sphere – Update

Oppenheimer‘s Ludwig Göransson won the marquee film prize at the Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards, which were handed out Tuesday night in Los Angeles. The Black Panther Academy Award winner took Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film and also is nominated for the Original Score Oscar next month.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The 96th annual Oscar nominees luncheon gathered a vibrant crowd of celebrities, filmmakers and cinephiles at the iconic Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. DeVon Franklin, a Board of Governors member, kicked off the event by announcing the roll call of attendees, starting with the esteemed composer Laura Karpman of “American Fiction” and concluding with the talented Robert Downey Jr., nominated for his supporting role in “Oppenheimer.” Here are some of the key takeaways from the event.

Jordan Moreau Beyoncé. Prince. Rihanna.

Super Bowl were wise to pay tribute to the man who arguably played the biggest role (besides Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel) in making the Sin City what it is today: Frank Sinatra, whose Rat Pack-era residencies defined Vegas in the 1950s, along with his best-known song, “My Way.” The song — which is now among the most-covered songs of all time — already had traveled a long way before it reached Ol’ Blue Eyes in 1968. Since then, it has been performed countless thousands of times, by everyone from Elvis Presley and Nina Simone to Sid Vicious and Miley Cyrus.

The annual Grammy Awards took place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, 4 February, which meant the biggest in the business assembled to celebrate a year's worth of music. From Billie Eilish winning Record of the Year for her Barbie track, What Was I Made For, to Taylor Swift scooping Album of the Year for Midnights, the ceremony was also filled with plenty of shocks, snubs and surprises. Let's find out...

This Sunday Usher will be the headline performer at the Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show in Vegas. To take advantage of his moment in the spotlight the R&B superstar has released his latest albu, Coming Home. Coming Home is Usher's ninth studio album and his first since 2016's Hard II Love.

Taylor Swift, strutted right past him at the Grammys.TMZ reports multiple fire engines responded to a call around 8:25 p.m. from a person complaining about the smell of smoke inside the three-story house. The Los Angeles Fire Department allegedly sent about 10 different fire units and at least 20 responders to the scene where an eyewitness claimed smoke was visible coming off of the roof.

chanteuses of the music world as they flocked en masse to the . Miley Cyrus wowed the crowds in custom Margiela, Dua Lipa opted for mermaid elegance in a and Tiffany & Co diamonds (in the form of a dazzling kissing koi carp choker, no less) and Olivia Rodrigo redefined retro glamour in a stunning archive Versace piece bedecked in crystals from the spring/summer ‘95 collection.But the awe-inspired gasps from the crowds—and those style-sleuthing netizens religiously tuned into the red carpet reports—were reserved for Taylor Swift.

and were the of the 2024 Grammys for best pop duo/group performance for “Ghost in the Machine.” They weren't on hand to accept their award, only because most of the Grammys given out on are actually part of the non-televised ceremony, which begins nearly five hours prior to the CBS/Paramount+ telecast. And so, by the time most of arrive on the red carpet, many are already winners.

, Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl. Honestly you guys, . And yes, Sunday's Grammys would be more fun to root on his girlfriend, but by all accounts, it's going to be one hell of a show that we're going to be talking about all day on Monday.Our girl Tay is up , as well as Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo.

Joni Mitchell is hitting the Grammys stage for the first time to perform.

U2 have shared a video of them performing ‘Even Better Than the Real Thing’ live from the Las Vegas Sphere – watch the footage below. The band are in the midst of their ‘U2:UV Achtung Baby’ residency at the state-of-the-art venue, which kicked off back at the end of September, and is set to run until March 2. The Sphere, a $2 billion venue located in the city’s Venetian resort, is an 18,000 seated structure, with 160,000 speakers and a dome-shaped wraparound LED screen.

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.

Billy Joel will co-headline with Rod Stewart at Cleveland, OH’s Cleveland Browns Stadium.This one-off show will be the first time the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers have performed in concert together.And while fans can likely expect to hear the legends’ hits, the duo may also sneak a few new tracks in.Joel, 74, is dropping her first new song “Turn The Lights Back On” in 17 years on Feb. 1.As for Stewart, 79, he’s releasing “Swing Fever” with piano player Jools Holland and his band on Feb.

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.

U2 at Las Vegas’ Sphere on Jan. 26-27 started at $737 before fees on Vivid Seats.Now, just six days later, our team found seats going for as low as $420 before fees.While still rather expensive, that’s a whopping $317 (!) in savings just for practicing patience.Given the show’s impressive bona fides; that’s a steal.“The term immersive doesn’t give this production its due justice,” the New York Post wrote in a glowing review of the show.

EXCLUSIVE: Pinar Toprak, the Emmy-nominated composer, conductor and performer who has lent her talents to everything from the Brie Larson-led Captain Marvel to Epic Games’ hit video game Fortnite, has joined Artist International Group for representation in conjunction with her long-time agents, Kraft-Engel Management.

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.

We have an update to the performers list for the 2024 Super Bowl!

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.