(01-24-2006) Grammy Performers, Including U2, Confirmed! - Grammy.com*

[HelloAngel]

U2 ROCKS WITH MARY J. BLIGE; FAITH HILL AND KEITH URBAN TO PERFORM; CHRISTINA AGUILERA JOINS HERBIE HANCOCK; JAMIE FOXX AND KANYE WEST UNITE, AS ALL JOIN LINEUP FOR THE 48TH ANNUAL GRAMMY® AWARDS

Big & Rich, Tom Hanks and Terrence Howard are First Announced Presenters for Music's Biggest Night™ on CBS Wednesday, Feb. 8

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Jan. 24, 2006) —The Recording Academy® announced today a record number of unique GRAMMY® pairings, as well as first presenters for Music's Biggest Night™ , the 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards®. Keeping with the tradition of exciting GRAMMY moments, multi-GRAMMY winner and R&B diva Mary J. Blige will join multi-GRAMMY nominee U2 on the same GRAMMY stage for the first time; GRAMMY nominees and country superstars Keith Urban and Faith Hill are set to appear; current GRAMMY nominee and Oscar® winner Jamie Foxx unites with Kanye West, who has eight GRAMMY nominations this year; and GRAMMY nominees Christina Aguilera and Herbie Hancock hit the stage for an intimate performance. Additionally, superstar country duo Big & Rich, two-time Oscar® winner Tom Hanks, and critically acclaimed actor Terrence Howard will appear as presenters. More GRAMMY Moments, superstar performances and presenters will be announced shortly.

These outstanding artists join previously announced performers Mariah Carey, John Legend, and Kanye West — who all have eight nominations this year.

The 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).The show also will be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide, and covered online at www.grammy.yahoo.com.

U2 Rocks Out with Mary J. Blige
R&B diva and three-time GRAMMY winner Mary J. Blige will join rockers U2 for a special performance. Fifteen-time GRAMMY winner U2 currently has five nods: Album Of The Year and Best Rock Album (How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb); Song Of The Year and Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals ("Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own"); and Best Rock Song ("City Of Blinding Lights").

The entire release in Word document format, is here.

 

[Aardvark747]

Sometimes deserves any award it may get, but COBL.....

 

[one4u2]

COBL

 

[BonosBaby12]

I COBL

 

[Canadiens1131]

COBL is the best uptempo chimey song musically since Streets.

 

[STING2]

U2 has won 17 Grammy awards, not just 15.

 

[Nube Gris]

yes 17 for fuc...sake!

 

[babyman]

they will win all the 3 grammies.............................although I wouldn't care the less if they wouldn't win................

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

they're actually nominated for 5, not three... and i highly doubt they win album of the year. that's going to kanye... or mariah

 

[Benh5555]

U2 has won 17 Grammy awards, not just 15.

STING2 you are the man.

Your information and statistics are always accurate and very welcome.

 

[gareth brown]

yeah, i say we HANG whoever wrote that inaccurate piece of shit.......................!

i look forward to seeing the performance but honestly don't feel U2's recent output is worthy of any awards...

 

[Judah]

U2 performing with Mary J.? Snore...

 

[babyman]

they're actually nominated for 5, not three... and i highly doubt they win album of the year. that's going to kanye... or mariah

not 3? is it 5? Oh............................., that shows how much I love such competitions...........................

 

[Justin24]

The Duet with MJB and U2 was Fantastic, how can that be a bore to anyone??

 

[whitehead]

I hope they perform more than just "One". MJB almost makes this song her own but for U2 it is getting kinda old.

I really hope they also open the awards with COBL!
(Oh, you look so beautiful tonight!) I want to see them rock out!

 

[pepokiss]

U2 + MJB = Sometimes you Cant Make It On Your Own

 

[mikal]

this sucks. you know they're going to perform "One". i was hoping for "OOTS" instead. no need to watch now, i'll just look online to see if they won anything.

 

[DaveC]

yes 17 for fuc...sake!

Why is it that every single post you make is angry and cursing at someone or something? Is that really necessary?

 

[Zooropa man]

It would be awesome if they were to start the Grammy show with COBL, just like the Vertigo tour. What do you guys think?

 

[cypress]

It would be awesome if they were to start the Grammy show with COBL, just like the Vertigo tour. What do you guys think?

Yeah that's been talked about here in several other threads. I think it would be absolutely awesome if U2 kicked off the Grammy's with COBL. Anything can happen but it's highly unlikely.

And U2 will win at least one award since they are going to perform. That's why there are so many redundant awards at the Grammy's and also why winning a Grammy doesn't mean a whole lot. The Grammy's are pretty much just a big ratings bonanza.. more show and less go.

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

I really hope they also perform COBL. It would be awesome if they could open the show with it! Actually it would be perfect!

 

[BEVERLY56]

I haven't heard the Mary J Blige version of One but look forward to it...and its the whole band, not just Bono! Will definitely have my DVR going that night!

 

[thankyou]

i think they should just open up the show with singing COBL and then just take over the Grammy's from there, ( and preferably throw in a lot of music from AB, Zooropa and Pop!!) like it's one of their concerts. Let's face it, most people would welcome the "take-over" versus having to listen to people say ......... "wanna thank so and so....and so and so...." for 3hrs.

it would be the most memorable show ever. hehehe, and we'd get another concert out of it

Oh, well, we're allowed to dream, right? I'm just glad they will be performing and we'll get to see them again, now that the 2nd leg of the american tour is over. I'll take anything at this point.

 

[U2girl91289]

What day are the Grammies and at what time?

 

[julianamendoza]

What day are the Grammies and at what time?

The 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).The show also will be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide, and covered online at www.grammy.yahoo.com.

 

[thankyou]

I was just thinking that even though people are saying that they will probably sing One, because they did it before, the grammy's honor the current albums, so they would have to sing something from HTDAAB. right?

So at least there is the possibility they will sing something different together.

 

[AtomicBono]

ugghhh

I'm sorry but I really did not dig the MJB version of One. I'd rather not hear her ruin another U2 song.

...but I'll watch it anyway, I can't NOT watch it if U2's there

 

[isabelle_guns]

That will be interesting to see

 

[sue4u2]

I was just thinking that even though people are saying that they will probably sing One, because they did it before, the grammy's honor the current albums, so they would have to sing something from HTDAAB. right?

I actually think they will do the collaboration with Mary J and a perfomance from HTDABB. They really do have that much clout, even if they don't win in all the catagories they are nominated in.
This is U2 after all.
(Then again it's the grammys too )

 

[U2FanPeter]

Is it too much to hope for a OOTS duet?