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Aloe Blacc, Melissa Etheridge, Wille Nelson Rock GRAMMY Foundation Legacy Concert

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Crystal Larsen
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Feb 6, 2015 - 4:40 pm

GRAMMY winners Melissa Etheridge, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson were among the performers at Lean On Me: A Celebration Of Music And Philanthropy, the 17th Annual GRAMMY Foundation Legacy Concert. The sold-out event took place Feb. 5 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles and also featured performances by current GRAMMY nominee Aloe Blacc, singer/songwriter Rozzi Crane, violinist Lindsey Stirling, GRAMMY-nominated artist Robin Thicke, and indie pop/rock band Walk The Moon.

Below are highlights from the event shared via Twitter and Instagram, video recap, and a complete set list of songs performed.

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Just so wow! @aloeblacc @metheridge @thegrammys Foundation #LeanOnMe pic.twitter.com/IqAl5qqgIZ

— Tearose (@Tearose777) February 6, 2015

"And I can't wait to get on the road again" @willienelson pic.twitter.com/EvPwWjSaMA

— GRAMMY Foundation (@GRAMMYFdn) February 6, 2015

Red carpet vibes at the @GrammyFdn #LegacyConcert pic.twitter.com/IKHug7Rzzy

— WALK THE MOON (@WALKTHEMOONband) February 6, 2015

.@johnmellencamp's performing "Longest Days" #LegacyConcert pic.twitter.com/k0mBbkYecw

— GRAMMY Foundation (@GRAMMYFdn) February 6, 2015

.@plainwhitets do @cyndilauper proud on "True Colors" #LegacyConcert pic.twitter.com/3MKpGSQkdH

— GRAMMY Foundation (@GRAMMYFdn) February 6, 2015

.@robinthicke and @ImEricaCampbell have the crowd on their feet with"Higher Ground" pic.twitter.com/7zcEjHoimd

— GRAMMY Foundation (@GRAMMYFdn) February 6, 2015

Robin before the Legacy Concert tonight. #robinthicke #grammys #legacyconcert

A photo posted by Robin Thicke Fan (@gostupid4thicke) on Feb 5, 2015 at 8:33pm PST

Aloe Blacc and Melissa Etheridge duet on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" #LegacyConcert

A photo posted by GRAMMY Foundation (@grammyfdn) on Feb 5, 2015 at 8:49pm PST

Set List:

Rozzi Crane
"Get Together"
"Ooh Child"

Aloe Blacc
"We Shall Overcome" (Pete Seeger cover)
"Love Is The Answer"

John Mellencamp
"Longest Days"

Willie Nelson
"On The Road Again"
"We Don't Run"

Melissa Etheridge And Aloe Blacc
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Beatles cover)

Walk The Moon And Deborah Cox
"All These Things That I've Done"
"Heroes"
"Gimme Shelter" (Rolling Stones cover)

Lindsey Stirling
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" (Band Aid cover)
"We Are The World" (USA For Africa cover)

Plain White T's
"True Colors" (Cyndi Lauper cover)

Robin Thicke
"Fragile"
"Higher Ground" with Erica Campbell (Stevie Wonder cover)

Melissa Etheridge
"I Need To Wake Up"
"Lean On Me" (Bill Withers cover)

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GRAMMY Foundation Legacy Concert Adds Performers

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Rozzi Crane, John Mellencamp and Lindsey Stirling added to performance lineup; Olivia Harrison to deliver special remarks
Crystal Larsen
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Jan 9, 2015 - 6:00 am

Singer/songwriter Rozzi Crane, GRAMMY winner John Mellencamp and electronic violinist Lindsey Stirling are the latest performers added to Lean On Me: A Celebration Of Music And Philanthropy, the sold-out 17th Annual GRAMMY Foundation Legacy Concert taking place Feb. 5 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. Philanthropist and GRAMMY winner Olivia Harrison will deliver special remarks.

Previously announced performers are current GRAMMY nominee Aloe Blacc; GRAMMY winners Melissa Etheridge, Cyndi Lauper and Willie Nelson; and GRAMMY-nominated artist Robin Thicke. The evening's musical director will be Darrell Brown, songwriter/producer and GRAMMY Foundation Board member. Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy and GRAMMY Foundation, will be in attendance, along with other prominent music industry leaders and members of The Recording Academy.

The GRAMMY Foundation Legacy Concert is part of the GRAMMY Week series of events, culminating with Music's Biggest Night, the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards, which will take place on Sunday, Feb. 8 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).

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Aloe Blacc, Robin Thicke, More To Perform At GRAMMY Foundation Legacy Concert

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Dec 2, 2014 - 4:06 pm

The GRAMMY Foundation will host Lean On Me: A Celebration Of Music And Philanthropy, the 17th Annual GRAMMY Foundation Legacy Concert, during GRAMMY Week on Feb. 5, 2015, at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. Performers include GRAMMY winners Melissa Etheridge, Cyndi Lauper and Willie Nelson; GRAMMY-nominated artist Robin Thicke; and singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc, with more artists to be announced shortly.

Lean On Me will bring together an extraordinary range of artists for a triumphant and unique evening featuring live musical performances and archival footage from the GRAMMY Foundation's preservation grant archives. The event explores the evolution of music's role in advancing philanthropic causes and celebrates the visionaries behind the creation of those iconic songs and concerts.

"The GRAMMY Foundation Legacy Concert honors significant influences in music history and highlights our year-round activities in support of our mission to protect our cultural legacy," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation. "This event was created to underscore the value of preserving our rich musical heritage so that future generations can continue to benefit from a deep appreciation of this history."

The evening's musical director will be Darrell Brown, songwriter/producer and GRAMMY Foundation Board member. Portnow will be in attendance, along with other prominent music industry leaders and members of The Recording Academy.

Tickets are $45 per person and admission includes a post-concert reception. Tickets may be purchased online or by calling 323.908.0607.

The GRAMMY Foundation Legacy Concert is part of the GRAMMY Week series of events, culminating with Music's Biggest Night, the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards, which will take place on Sunday, Feb. 8 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).

For updates and breaking news, visit The Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter and Facebook.

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A handy guide to every performance scheduled for the 56th GRAMMY Awards
Tim McPhate
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Dec 2, 2014 - 4:06 pm

The GRAMMY Awards telecast stands as the richest collection of musical talent on any one show, three-and-a-half hours of nearly nonstop music from today's hottest performers as well as surprise GRAMMY Moments that create indelible memories for fans.

Is there a downside to such a giant, wide-ranging night of music? Well, sometimes it can be difficult to keep track of the sprawling list of performers.

The star-studded performance lineup for the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards has a bit of everything — a number of first-time GRAMMY performances; a not-to-be-missed metal/classical mashup; the Daftest band in music; performances from half of arguably the greatest band ever; and of course the best in country, rock, pop, and hip-hop. And don't forget the coolest host around: LL Cool J.

It's a lot to keep track of, so we've compiled a handy alphabetical guide to artists who will be taking the GRAMMY stage. Of course, be sure to stay logged on to GRAMMY.com and follow our live-blog to complement your GRAMMY experience.

 And the performers for the 56th GRAMMY Awards are: 

  • Billie Joe Armstrong and Miranda Lambert in tribute to Phil Everly
  • Sara Bareilles with 2014 MusiCares Person of the Year Carole King
  • Gary Clark Jr.
  • Daft Punk with Nile Rodgers (of Chic), Pharrell Williams, Stevie Wonder and the RAM (Random Access Memories) session players: Chris Caswell, Nathan East, Omar Hakim, and Paul Jackson Jr.
  • Merle Haggard, 2014 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, and Blake Shelton
  • Hunter Hayes
  • Kendrick Lamar and Imagine Dragons
  • John Legend
  • Lorde
  • Madonna with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Mary Lambert
  • Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, who as members of the Beatles will receive the 2014 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Metallica and GRAMMY Cultural Ambassador to China Lang Lang
  • Kacey Musgraves
  • Nine Inch Nails, Queens Of The Stone Age, Dave Grohl, and Lindsey Buckingham in a rousing finale
  • Katy Perry
  • Pink and Nate Ruess (of Fun.)
  • Taylor Swift
  • Robin Thicke and GRAMMY-winning group Chicago
  • Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
  • Keith Urban

The 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place live on Sunday, Jan. 26 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). For GRAMMY coverage, updates and breaking news, visit The Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter and Facebook.

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10 Reasons To Watch The GRAMMYs Sunday Night

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Dec 2, 2014 - 3:22 pm

David Wild has written for the GRAMMY Awards since 2001. He is a contributing editor to Rolling Stone, a blogger for Huffington Post and an Emmy-nominated TV writer. Wild's books include He Is…I Say: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Neil Diamond and Diary Of A Player, with Brad Paisley. Follow him on Twitter @wildaboutmusic.

I've been working on the GRAMMY Awards — Music's Biggest Night — for more than a decade, and yet for me, and for many millions of viewers all around the world, the GRAMMYs never grow old. Indeed, there are times when the show recalls a paraphrase of those lines by Bob Dylan in "My Back Pages" — "the GRAMMYs were so much older then, they're younger than that now." In truth, working with our longstanding — and only occasionally sitting — Executive Producer Ken Ehrlich and our production team along with Recording Academy President/CEO Neil Portnow and his whole winning team as well as our heroic yet still bada** host LL Cool J, I've enjoyed an all-access pass to a new golden era when the GRAMMY Awards has gotten better and better at celebrating our present, honoring our past, and building toward the future.  

That may help explain why on Sunday night a groundbreaking group like Daft Punk will on Sunday night make their second TV appearance ever on the same show that they made their first — the GRAMMY Awards. This year, for instance, I am tremendously excited to see everyone from a 17-year-old from New Zealand named Lorde to two guys from Liverpool named Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr who helped redefine the very concept of a teenager way back in the '60s.

With all the changes and challenges in the music business today, I remain thoroughly convinced that our passion for music and our need for the inspiration, the solace and the pure creative joy it provides are stronger than ever.

This year has been especially thrilling — and unusually exhausting — since for the first time we’re shooting a second GRAMMY TV event this coming Monday — "The Night That Changed America: A GRAMMY Salute To The Beatles." This celebration of all that the Beatles mean to us yesterday and today airs Feb. 9 — 50 years to the day and hour of the Fab Four's historic first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," and on the same network — CBS.

I sincerely hope you will all watch and love both shows just as much as we love working on them. All kidding aside, it is a true honor to work on shows that honor great music and the men and women who make it.  All that said, here are 10 reasons to watch the GRAMMY Awards Sunday night. As always, please add your reasons or favorite past GRAMMY Moments below.

1) We have two — count 'em two — Beatles performing on the GRAMMY stage. We hope this fabulously thrilling turn of events will make viewers forgive the fact that we don't have Freddie & The Dreamers or any of Herman's Hermits.

2) It's technically possible that a really cool and wildly talented superstar power couple could surprise us and join the GRAMMY festivities — and that neither one of them will be a Kardashian.

3) In terms of other world leaders, we're keeping things classy: President Vladimir Putin likely won't be there, but her majesty Queen Latifah probably will.

4) As far as the world's great spiritual leaders, Lorde herself will walk with us on Sunday. Lorde has a really cool voice — and from what I hear, she moves in mysterious ways.

5) As far as we know, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie would never threaten to close down any of the roads to Staples Center.

6) We have some very bright musicians performing on the bill this year. For example, Taylor is Swift. Robin is not at all Thicke. And Keith is actually rather Urbane.

7) Recent research proves televisions give off a considerable amount of heat, and for many of you on the East Coast, that will be a good thing because, to quote a great song, "Baby, It's Cold Outside."

8) How about Carole King with Sara Bareilles? Metallica with classical piano great Lang Lang? Highwaymen Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson with Merle Haggard and Blake Shelton? Robin Thicke with Chicago? Kendrick Lamar with Imagine Dragons? Also Queens Of The Stone Age rocking the GRAMMYs with Nine Inch Nails, Lindsey Buckingham and Dave Grohl?

9) You want more? Okay, how about Katy Perry singing a smash at the top of the charts? Hunter Hayes with a great new song you have to hear, and the amazing Pink creating another great GRAMMY Moment for the ages. Also, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and some amazing guests will come together for a performance that I guarantee you everyone will be talking about on Monday morning.

10) Because despite somehow getting to No. 10 on this list, when it comes to the GRAMMY Awards, you really have to see it all, hear it all and tweet it all for yourself.

See you Sunday night.

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