NEW YORK — The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, an evening highlighting tune and popular culture, kicked off with heartfelt phrases in reminiscence of Chadwick Boseman. “We dedicate tonight’s show to a man whose spirit touched so many. He’s a true hero, not just on-screen,” host KeKe Palmer stated of the “Black Panther” actor. “His impact lives forever.” At simply 43 years previous, Boseman died Friday after privately combating colon most cancers for 4 years. Moments after, the Weeknd introduced his “Blinding Lights” tune video — the place he's bruised and blooded in a crimson swimsuit — to lifestyles. He carried out the upbeat No. 1 hit at the aspect of a New York high-rise construction. DaBaby, sponsored through the
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Keedron Bryant, 12-year-old singer of Black anthem music,
NEW YORK — Keedron Bryant, the 12-year-old who became heads on social media along with his passionate efficiency about being a tender Black guy in nowadays’s global, has signed a take care of Warner Records and his poignant music will formally be launched Friday. Keedron Bryant’s robust video, posted on May 26, options the lyrics “I’m a young Black man doing all that I can” from the music “I Just Wanna Live,” written through his mom. Friday’s unlock of the observe coincides with Juneteenth, the vacation to commemorate the emancipation of slaves within the U.S. “It’s very exciting because this is what God’s called me to do,” Keedron Bryant stated in an interview with The Associated Press this week,
Tribute live performance of Avicii’s music to learn suicide
A live performance that includes the music of the late star Avicii will likely be held Dec. 5 in Stockholm, Sweden, with proceeds to go towards suicide prevention. The profit will assist the work of the brand new Tim Bergling Foundation — that was the actual title of the Swedish musician who killed himself in April 2018. His songs “Wake Me Up!,” ″Addicted to You” and the posthumous “SOS” topped dance music charts. The live performance will characteristic most of the singers — together with Adam Lambert and Rita Ora — who had been on Avicii’s recordings. It would be the first time most of the songs have been carried out dwell. David Guetta and
2019 Equity Jeff Award nominations: Porchlight Music Theatre
Nearly 200 nominations in 34 award classes had been introduced Tuesday for the 2019 Equity Jeff Awards. Celebrating excellence in Chicago theater productions, the nominations embody 11 world premiere performs and musicals. Leading the pack this yr is Porchlight Music Theatre, which obtained 17 nominations, adopted by Paramount Theatre in Aurora with 16, and Court Theatre in Hyde Park with 15. The most-nominated exhibits are Paramount’s manufacturing of “The Producers,” which garnered 9 nominations general, adopted by its manufacturing of “The Wizard of Oz,” which obtained seven. The winners of the 51st annual Equity Jeff Awards can be introduced at a gala ceremony Oct. 21 on the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace.
Thriving in classical music, McGill brothers reunite to play
Anthony and Demarre McGill are classical music’s Chicago guys. The two brothers grew up within the metropolis’s Chatham neighborhood. Both pursued music and have gone on to main solo and orchestral careers, and now they're coming again to their hometown for his or her first appearances on the Grant Park Music Festival. “Growing up on the South Side of Chicago,” mentioned Anthony, 40, who's ending his fifth season as principal clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic, “I could never have imagined that I’d be flying in from New York to perform in Grant Park. It’s kind of crazy when you think about it.” Crazy or not, Anthony and Demarre, 43, principal flutist of the Seattle
Warriors’ Draymond Green Blasts Knicks For MSG’s Music-Free First Half
Share this: The New York Knicks elected to play the first half of Sunday’s game against the Golden State Warriors without music playing in Madison Square Garden, and one Warrior wasn’t pleased about the change to the in-game atmosphere. Forward Draymond Green felt that the decision was “pathetic,” according to ESPN’s Chris Haynes. “That was pathetic. It was ridiculous,” Green said, per Haynes. “It changed the flow of the game. It changed everything. You get used to playing a certain way. It completely changed it.” The Warriors’ star forward blamed the quiet atmosphere for the sloppy first half between the two clubs. “Did you see that first half?,” Green asked. “It was just bad, sloppy, all over the place. There was no rhythm to the game.
Leonard Cohen, Whose ‘Hallelujah’ Lifted Vancouver Olympics, Dies At 82
Share this: The music world lost a legend Thursday, and his unique influence was felt even in the sports world. Iconic singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen has died at the age of 82, his official Facebook page confirmed Thursday night. The Canada native came onto the music scene in the 1960s, laying the foundation for a five-decade-long career as one of the most influential people in the industry. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. Cohen wrote and performed many songs over his career, but perhaps none are more famous than “Hallelujah,” his 1984 song that since has been covered by countless artists. One of the best renditions of “Hallelujah” came at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, when Canadian singer K.D.