Come Sunday night, the Grammy Awards would garner big ratings from the Staples Center stage. But days ahead of the ceremony—not to mention late into the night afterward—a slate of performance-packed, celebrity-heavy related events, both official and unofficial, took over town. Here's a look inside six of them.
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Photo: Aaron Gauschi
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Photo: Brian Baker Photography
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Photo: Dale Wilcox
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