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Recording Academy News - February 2, 2004
More GRAMMY Performances Announced
Special segments will celebrate Warren Zevon, Beatles' "Ed Sullivan Show" appearance

The latest performances announced for the 46th Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast are Prince, the Black Eyed Peas with Justin Timberlake, and Beyoncé; a special segment celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' first U.S. appearance on the "Ed Sullivan Show" featuring Sting, Dave Matthews, Vince Gill and Pharrell Williams; and a tribute to the late singer/songwriter Warren Zevon featuring Jackson Browne, Emmylou Harris, Timothy B. Schmit, Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam and Jorge Calderón. In addition, Britney Spears, Keith Urban, Babyface and Joshua Bell have been named to present awards. The 46th GRAMMYs will take place on Feb. 8 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on CBS at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). The show will also be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide and covered online at GRAMMY.com.}}}

GRAMMY- and Oscar-winning recording artist Prince is currently nominated for Best Pop Instrumental Album (N.E.W.S.). The Black Eyed Peas will perform their GRAMMY-nominated recording "Where Is The Love" with Justin Timberlake, for which they are currently nominated for Record Of The Year and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. Timberlake holds five nominations: Album Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album (Justified); Best Pop Male Vocal Performance ("Cry Me A River"); and Record Of The Year and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration with the Black Eyed Peas ("Where Is The Love"). Beyoncé is nominated for six GRAMMYs, including Record Of The Year and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Crazy In Love" featuring Jay-Z); Best R&B Female Vocal Performance ("Dangerously In Love 2"); Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals ("The Closer I Get To You" with Luther Vandross); Best R&B Song ("Crazy In Love"); and Best Contemporary R&B Album (Dangerously In Love).

The special segment celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' first U.S. appearance on the "Ed Sullivan Show" will feature fifteen-time GRAMMY winners Sting and Vince Gill, GRAMMY winner Dave Matthews and current nominee Pharrell Williams. Sting is currently nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ("Send Your Love") and Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals ("Whenever I Say Your Name" with Mary J. Blige). Gill currently holds a nomination for Best Male Country Vocal Performance ("Next Big Thing"). Matthews is nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ("Gravedigger"). Williams currently holds six total nominations for the 46th Annual GRAMMY Awards, including two nominations in the Best Rap/Sung Collaboration category ("Beautiful" and "Frontin'"); two nominations in the Best Rap Song category ("Beautiful" and "Excuse Me Miss"); Album Of The Year (as producer of Justin Timberlake's Justified); and Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical, as part of the Neptunes.

The late singer/songwriter Warren Zevon will be honored in a segment that will feature Jackson Browne, eleven-time GRAMMY winner Emmylou Harris, the Eagles' Timothy B. Schmit, actor/recording artist Billy Bob Thornton, two-time GRAMMY winner Dwight Yoakam and Jorge Calderón. Zevon's grown children Arial and Jordan also will make appearances. Zevon passed away in Los Angeles last September. He is currently nominated for five GRAMMYs, including Song Of The Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ("Keep Me In Your Heart"); Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal ("Disorder In The House" performed by Zevon and Bruce Springsteen); and Best Contemporary Folk Album (The Wind).

These artists join previously announced performances by Christina Aguilera, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Chick Corea, Celine Dion, Earth, Wind & Fire, 50 Cent, the Foo Fighters, Alicia Keys, Richard Marx, Martina McBride, OutKast, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Sting, Sean Paul and the White Stripes.

Newly announced presenters include pop star Britney Spears, country artist Keith Urban, ten-time GRAMMY winner Babyface and GRAMMY winner Joshua Bell. They join previously announced presenters including Hilary Duff, Kurt Elling, Faith Hill, Norah Jones, B.B. King, John Mayer, Brian McKnight, Carlos Santana, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Pharrell Williams, Sean Astin and Amber Tamblyn.

[Something went nuts and I lost some news items--I know people sent this in already... I apologize you're not getting credit for it! -Ben]

All I can say is it's about time, I cant remember the last time I saw P on an awards show.

Wow, this will be the first time Ive watched the grannies in years! theres actually someone worth wathcing this hyear!

Looking forward 2 see the broadcast already...woohooo!!! I wonder if he's going 2 perform "Musicology"...if only he had that song out on cd. He would have had the perfect publicity 4 it...worldwide...all 4 free!! I should become his marketing manager, allthough it's not rocket science huh?

Making sense edit
[This message was edited Mon Feb 2 22:58:54 PST 2004 by serpan99]

this is awesome news! I am just so confused about WHAT he will be performing...

verrry interesting

When they ever gonna let the West Coast watch this live? 5pm on Sunday is a good time -- why they gotta make us wait?

Anyway, I'm sure Prince has something up his sleeve, as usual. Should be fun.

too cool, i can't wait! last time prince did an awards show was 1999 mtv video music awards announcing tlc .. right?
[This message was edited Mon Feb 2 13:38:56 PST 2004 by manonearth]

By the way, on the CBS commercial for the Grammys, it shows Prince, in what appears to be a new video. He's sporting his new mini-fro, and there seems to be a group of women dancing around him. Could that be a video for Musicology?

!!YEAH!!
kick some ass Prince!!

... no balads ok?

that's cool: out of all the performing artists they show Prince on the Grammy-homepage

probably 'cause the news of him performing is so fresh. But I hope that pic will stay there!

Those of you who are not old enough to have seen Prince and the Relovaution RULE the Grammies and AMA shows during the Purple Rain era should go get the tape. Prince KILLS everyone when he does an award show and I expect the same on this year. It proves the undeminished relevance of Prince to the naysayers who were trying to write him off through through the 90s into this decade. Prince is up fpr a Grammy and doing the award show some 20 years after Purple Rain.

Respect is due.

These artists join previously announced performances by Christina Aguilera, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Chick Corea, Celine Dion, Earth, Wind & Fire, 50 Cent, the Foo Fighters, Alicia Keys, Richard Marx, Martina McBride, OutKast, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Sting, Sean Paul and the White Stripes.


so prince has played with george clinton and sting, and the foo fighters have darling nikki on the charts now. i would not be surprised if he joins one of these bands and does not do a song all by himself. should be interesting.
[This message was edited Mon Feb 2 15:18:13 PST 2004 by comeon]

does anyone have a pic that they can post of this "mini-fro"? the recent pics i have seen of him, he has straight hair (like the golden globe afterparty).

acole said:

There is a magazine out where George Clinton interviews Andre 3000. And Andre tells George he never met Sly or Prince. And George says he will hook it up for him.

undulatingacrobat said:

Respect is overdue... My friends bust my chops all the time... deep down they ALL know he is the man, it's just always followed up with "He's so weird though..."

Hey, I prefer going to shows with just the Hardcore... I remember the Parade Tour in NYC at the Garden... this little girl in front of me complaining about the show because he didn't do "Mountians"... Please... He just kick ass and your gonna compain he didn't do a song you hear on the radio every half hour?

Prince is gonna BURY 'EM ALIVE !!!

ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET... DIVA COMIN THRU...

What song will he perform tho??

this is so awesome and what's even more awesome is that my 16 year old cousin is excited about this! maybe she's becoming a fan?

Kick some ass, Prince, you rock!

My guess is that Outkast has requested P come out and jam, maybe Clinton/Parliament too.

All i want 2 say is u go BOY!

I love U PRINCE and your my hero. Now about 10 million people will get 2 c Y u R so fucking great!!!

I agree with whoever said that it was the first time watching the Grannies (nice, I like that!) in a looong time. First awards show in ages. But yeah, a CONFIRMED performance (well, has it actually SAID "performance" yet?) by Prince? Uh, yeah...I'll be glued to the tube. Plus Outkast and The White Stripes and GC are funk/rawk daddies.

I wouldn't set myself up for dissapointment if I were you guys. ...

Oh yay, now we get to hear the muzak live too

He must be up to something. He wouldn't agree to show up just to play a song and then disappear from the mainstream scene again.

Do you really think he'll perform Musicology?

As long as it isn't some boring performance off NEWS.

I wanna hear the man sing!

he needs to do something that will blow people away - something from NEWS is not going to cut it IMO. i pray he does something rock-oriented, something like 'da bang' or 'bambi' or a HARD funk jam that will knock the audience out lol. it cant be any flaccid funk jam. at least i really really hope it wont. this is a great chance for him to show the general public why he was so great - he better not fuck it up!

if he does perform with someone it should be like when the RHCP did give it away with the pfunk all stars, or at least on that level.
[This message was edited Mon Feb 2 16:07:01 PST 2004 by funkbabyandthebabysitters]

i wonder if he actually comes through on this...as a special guest or part of the funk montage, its not gonna be all about him...i just wonder if he is gonna follow through..i really hope he does..the lil sh*t...

I think the best choice would be "Sign o the Times" with a few new, relevant lyrics mixed in. What I don't want to see is some sort of medley. Just do one song, bring it then leave the stage without saying shit.

Well...it says "special appearance" - are we SURE he's gonna perform?

theblueangel said:

people already got him taking up 15 minutes of airtime...