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News Archive for Neil Diamond

EVENT REPORT 02.09.09 12:54 PM

Performance-Packed Grammy Awards Adapt to Last-Minute Shuffle

The Grammys' stage
Photo: John Shearer/WireImage

Minutes before the Grammy awards went on the air last night, an announcer told the assembled crowd at the Staples Center that this year's awards would feature more performances than ever before: two dozen. The production-heavy spectacle did indeed feature a packed slate of performers, but absent were two scheduled ones—Rihanna and Chris Brown—who had reportedly been involved in a domestic scuffle after leaving the Recording Academy's party with Clive Davis on Saturday night. Brown turned himself in to the Los Angeles Police Department on Sunday, making for uncommonly scandalous red-carpet fodder. Arrivals began at noon on Chick Hearn Court in front of Staples, by way of a massive tent housing a 420-foot-long carpet designed and produced by Bounce Event Marketing.

Although the Recording Academy only issued one-line statements indicating that neither performer would appear, Reuters reported (and the Recording Academy's pre-published program seems to corroborate) that it was the duet of "Let's Stay Together" sung by Justin Timberlake and Al Green (and featuring Keith Urban and Boyz II Men) that was the last-minute swap on the lineup—and one that caused significant backstage scrambling on the part of show producers. No mention of the change was made for the TV audience during the CBS broadcast, produced by John Cossette Productions, although CNN reported that the apparently pre-taped introduction to the show still listed Brown and Rihanna as performers. MORE >>

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EVENT REPORT 02.09.09 12:46 PM

Grammy Weekend Standouts Include a Big-Name Host, a Can't-Miss Charity Concert, and a Place to Actually Chill Out

Neil Diamond at MusiCares
Photo: Brian Baker

Grammy weekend: so many events, so many miles of gridlocked, rain-slicked freeways separating them. But some parties still had no problem drawing huge throngs of eager guests. The Recording Academy's pre-Grammy gala honoring Clive Davis, the MusiCares gala dinner honoring Neil Diamond, and the industry-favorite Friends and Family party offered some notably attractive lures—respectively, a big-name host, a benefit concert, and a bona fide environment in which to relax—that helped them stand out from the crowd. (Admittedly, it was an easier task in a year that record labels, already ailing, scaled back their individual party offerings in the tough economy.) MORE >>

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