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Lea Michele is remembering Cory Monteith as she embarks on her tour.
The singer began her series of concerts titled “An Evening With Lea Michele: Life In Music” for the summer, with a show in Washington on Wednesday.
Before she launched into her cover of Bob Dylan’s “Make You Feel My Love”, she shared her personal connection with the song, which was featured on the memorial episode for Cory Monteith on “Glee”.
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Monteith, who starred in the series as Finn Hudson, died in 2014 of a drug overdose.
The season 5 episode dedicated to his memory, titled “The Quarterback”, featured the cast members mourning his loss and singing songs in his honour.
Michele, who was dating the 31-year-old at the time, revealed series creator Ryan Murphy allowed her to choose which song she would sing.
“How can I pick a song that says everything, you know? And so I just was like, ‘What can it be?’ I don’t even remember what I was listening to at the time. Like, nothing. I was just in such a hole,” she recalled during the concert, reports JustJared. “And I’m grateful that he asked me. I really, really am. Because it needed to be something that felt real for me, but it was also so hard to just think of what song it could be.”
The inspiration came when she recalled listening to the song with Monteith.
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“And then I just immediately was like, ‘Oh, that’s it.’ I think we maybe listened to the song one time, because I know when Rachel says in the show that we would listen to it and that’s real,” she continued. “Because a lot of what I say in that episode, a
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Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder joined The Strokes on stage in Seattle this week.The band were opening for Red Hot Chili Peppers when Vedder joined them for a rendition of ‘Juicebox’.Vedder has long been a fan of the song, which appeared on The Strokes’ 2005 album, ‘First Impressions Of Earth’. The grunge frontman previously joined the New York band on stage back in 2019, when they performed ‘Juicebox’ and Pearl Jam’s ‘Hard To Imagine’.He’d called it one of his “favourite” songs and has previously recalled telling The Strokes’ frontman Julian Casablancas how much he liked the song.Casablancas admitted later that it was inspired by Pearl Jam’s ‘Not for You.’“I would have had no idea, I still don’t really hear it… I think it’s totally original,” Vedder said.
Lea Michele has canceled the remaining dates on her Life in Music tour due to a conflict with her rehearsals for Funny Girl.
her tap dancing rehearsals to her Instagram Story alongside the show’s choreographers, Ayodele Casel and Dre Torres. In the clip, the “Glee” alum — donning a black sports bra, leggings and tap shoes — spins her way into a military salute milliseconds ahead of Casel and Torres. Overjoyed that she stuck the ending pose, all three ladies clap as Michele high-fives Casel.“The great honor of having these two geniuses teach me how to tap for @funnygirl has been so unbelievably incredible and inspiring,” she wrote on a photo with the professionals.
Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino has sung the National Anthem at an LA Dodgers home game – you can see the moment below.The band tweeted about the moment, pointing out that Cosentino had been a life-long fan of both baseball and the team.“Who wants to tell her?” they captioned a photo, which saw a young Cosentino playing baseball.You can check out the moment Cosentino sung the US National Anthem here:who’s gonna tell her?????
shot back that Michele had been an on-set bully. Ware wrote on Twitter in all caps, “I believe you told everyone that if you had the opportunity you would ‘s – – t in my wig!’ ”Other “Glee” actors piled on accusations of cruelty, which led Michele to apologize on Instagram for her mean girl behavior. But the damage was done.
"Glee" star Lea Michele is opening up about why she hasn’t seen the show’s tribute episode to late boyfriend and co-star Cory Monteith. The Canadian actor kicked off her "An Evening with Lea Michele: Life in Music," tour in Washington, D.C., last week with an emotional performance of Bob Dylan’s "Make You Feel My Love," the same song she performed during the tribute episode to Monteith’s character, Finn Hudson. The "Glee" star honored late boyfriend Cory Monteith’s passing on her Instagram story on the ninth anniversary of his death. (Getty Images) During her first performance on tour, Michele explained to the crowd why she’s never watched the FOX series’ 2013 episode titled "The Quarterback." "I think if I don't watch it, it just kind of feels like Finn is still there," Michele explained to the audience. "So this [song, 'Make You Feel My Love'] is really special." Lea Michele attends the 75th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall June 12, 2022, in New York City. (Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic) In 2013, Monteith was found dead in a hotel room in Vancouver.
Lea Michele shared about how she dealt with her former co-star and boyfriend Cory Monteith’s passing while performing the first show on her tour in Washington, DC, on July 20.
Lea Michele paid tribute to Cory Monteith while kicking off her new tour.The alum honored the memory of her former co-star and boyfriend — who died July 13, 2013 — while performing the first show on her An Evening With Lea Michele: Life in Music tour in Washington, DC, on July 20.Michele, 35, delivered a performance of Bob Dylan's «Make You Feel My Love,» which her character on, Rachel Berry, sang during the show's special tribute episode to Monteith and his character, Finn Hudson.Before singing the meaningful tune, she opened up about its significance and revealed that creator Ryan Murphy had asked her to decide which song Rachel would sing in Finn's honor — so she chose one that she and Monteith had actually listened to together while dating.«I don't even remember what I was listening to at the time. Like, nothing.
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