2022 Kennedy Center Honors

[MrsSpringsteen]

Eddie was great. Could have done without the whole Borat thing, that was awkward.

 

[Irvine511]

Walk On was nice, but Pride would have been better and kept it political and Ukraine-y, which is why they went with that.

No complaints about the Elevation performance, Eddie killed it. But Vertigo is better known?

In a show like that the audience at home gets their emotional cues from in-person reaction shots, and with this crowd, you need the hits.

Lots of hits.

Watching this was a tradition in my household growing up and even now, so I’ve been planning the U2 show for the past 25 years.

 

[DeVaul]

Adam grooving to Eddie was the goddamn best. There, I said it.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

We need a Pearl Jam / U2 double bill again so I can make up for not being able to afford going to Hawaii during the Vertigo tour

 

[Hewson]

Or Italy during ZooTV

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Or Italy during ZooTV

Well I was 12 so

 

[Hewson]

Well I was 12 so

Should have busted open the piggy bank.

 

[cobl04]

Can someone post a setlist/rundown of this event? I don't really understand what it is, and I've seen a few different clips./

 

[Irvine511]

Can someone post a setlist/rundown of this event? I don't really understand what it is, and I've seen a few different clips./

Elevation - Eddie Vedder
One - Eddie again because Mary J was sick
Borat sang a snippet of WOWY
Walk On - Hozier and Brandi Carlisle and Jamala

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors

It’s a big deal, as these things go.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Can someone post a setlist/rundown of this event? I don't really understand what it is, and I've seen a few different clips./

The*Kennedy Center Honors*are annual honors given to those in the*performing arts*for their lifetime of contributions to*American culture. They have been presented annually since 1978, culminating each December in a gala celebrating five honorees in the*Kennedy Center*Opera House*in*Washington, D.C.*While the awards are primarily given to individuals, they have occasionally been given to couples or musical groups, as well as to one*Broadway*musical*and one*television show.

The Chairman's Luncheon is held on Saturday at the Kennedy Center. Surrounded by the Honorees, the chairman of the board of trustees launches the event with a welcoming speech. At that evening's reception and dinner at the State Department, presided over by the Secretary of State, the Honorees are introduced and the Honors medallions are presented by the chairman of the board. The wide rainbow-colored ribbon then hung around the necks of the recipients and prominently noticeable when the events are televised, symbolizes "a spectrum of many skills within the performing arts" according to creator Ivan Chermayeff.

On Sunday, there is an early-evening White House reception, traditionally hosted by the President of the United States and the First Lady, followed by the Honors gala performance at the Kennedy Center and supper.

U2 were honored by Sean Penn and Sacha Baron Cohen (in character as Borat).

Eddie Vedder sung Elevation.

Mary J Blige was supposed to sing One but was sick, so Vedder filled in for her.

Brandy Carlisle, Hozier and a singer from Ukraine covered Walk On (but with Bono's revised lyrics about Zelensky)

Bono destroyed the supper.

 

[DeVaul]

Bono destroyed the supper.

And the porcelain

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

There was no evidence that Larry ever smiled throughout the event, he looked very uncomfortable.

Julia Roberts wore a dress with pictures of George Clooney all over it

Big Bird was there

 

[Hewson]

Big Bird was there

Bono was seen asking the White House Chef if BB could be plucked, fried and served with a 5 gallon tub of mashed potatoes and gravy.

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

Bono was seen asking the White House Chef if BB could be plucked, fried and served with a 5 gallon tub of mashed potatoes and gravy.

That's not nice

We never saw Bono standing next to Big Bird, because well height difference

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

I love this picture

 

[Hewson]

Is that almost a Larry smile?

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

"George - two questions. 1) do you know how to drum?, 2) Any chance you'll be filming Oceans 14 next fall?"

 

[Hewson]

"George - two questions. 1) do you know how to drum?, 2) Any chance you'll be filming Oceans 14 next fall?"

Beats when Bono asked him "Do you live here or is this a vacation"?

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

https://youtu.be/ZnlzfY4IB8I

U2 on receiving the Kennedy Center honor. Maybe the Dubliners got it lol