Stevie Wonder shut the multi-hour, all-star Clive Davis pre-Grammy gala with a stimulating harmonica efficiency, a solid singing shipment and words of positivity.
The symbol was signed up with by Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick, Andra Day, Keyshia Cole and Frederic Yonnet for efficiencies of “That’s What Friends Are For” and “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” removing the last tune to inform the target market– that included Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and Cher– that “music is love [and] let us use the gift of love that we’ve been given by the Almighty to make a difference in the world.”
“I’ve been blessed to be alive, but I’ve been blessed to see everyone — not seeing you physically — but seeing you spiritually,” Wonder claimed at the gala that finished very early Sunday early morning. “And what breaks my heart is to know that we’re still talking about the same thing that I heard you talking about when I was a little boy. What breaks my heart is that people talk about it … but are not about it,” Wonder claimed at the gala that finished very early Sunday early morning. “We cover it, we sing regarding it, the artists play regarding it, we hope regarding it, however what we require to do is do regarding it.
“So I beg of you, those of you who can see what we’re doing to this planet, those of you that can see the anger in people’s faces, those of you that can hear the anger and the confusion that is on social media, those of you that feel that you have to follow those broken hearts, we as artists have to mend those hearts with love,” he proceeded.“We can stop and put an end and ask for all of the 32 nations of the world to have a truce and stop the fighting and begin to love. It’s not impossible.”
While he talked, Knight sang gently and responded her head in arrangement. Warwick chipped in with shutting words: “What Stevie has just given to you, please take that to heart. Take it home and share it.”
Davis’ white-hot occasion at The Beverly Hilton, held a day prior to the Grammy Honors, started on Saturday evening with a shaking efficiency by Green Day, that are commemorating the 30th wedding anniversary of their development cd Dookie and the 20th wedding anniversary of the multi-hit event American Pinhead. Serena Williams presented the team, calling them “my favorite band of literally all time.”
“Don’t cheer, vote!,” Billie Joe Armstrong claimed after his efficiency.
Various other entertainers consisted of several acts chosen for ideal brand-new musician on Sunday. Victoria Monet danced with ability and accuracy; Ice Spice twerked and asked “where’s the baddies?”; Noah Kahan played his guitar and sang with toughness; and an ecstatic Jelly Roll swayed the target market, saying loudly:“I’m nominated for two [Grammys] and I’m loving every fucking part of it!”
Development nation vocalist Lainey Wilson signed up with Jelly Roll for their hit “Save Me” and likewise sang “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie– substituting Ryan Gosling– along with the tune’s authors Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt.
Josh Groban and Michael Trotter Jr. of the duo The Battle and Treaty, likewise chosen for ideal brand-new musician, signed up with pressures for a remarkable efficiency of “Bridge Over Troubled Water”; Colombian vocalist Maluma claimed he was pleased to stand for Latinos with his efficiency; while Villain and the Isley Brothers struck the phase in honor of Sony songs posting chairman and chief executive officer Jon Platt, that obtained the Recording Academy’s Grammy Salute to Market Icons honor.
The occasion was loaded with renowned faces– that Davis presented by checking out off their statistics and success– consisting of Adrien Brody, Smokey Robinson, Mariah Carey, Jon Bon Jovi, Martina Navratilova, Berry Gordy, Frankie Valli, Planet, Wind & & Fire, Julia Garner, Emilio and Gloria Estefan, Lenny Kravitz and Luke Combs.
Davis likewise took a minute to recognize returning visitor Nancy Pelosi. “Lately I’ve always introduced this person first, because she deserves it. This is the 24th consecutive year of her attendance, of her participating, of her being among you to celebrate music. She’s the United States’ 52nd speaker of the House of Representatives,” he claimed of Pelosi, that gained an applause and commonly obtains rock celebrity therapy from the target market at the gala. “She served the country in this position for eight years and supported millions of people with her life-saving values and principles. She’s a true hero.”
