Let the Grammy mania begin! (Hey, stop yawning!)
“Music’s Biggest Night” – a title that may have to be retooled if the Country Music Awards continue to tie or beat the Grammy ceremonies in the ratings – is starting to shape up a bit, with Amy Winehouse confirmed to perform, fresh from leaving rehab today. The rumored Kanye West performance, a tribute to his late mother, is apparently a reality. The rumored Michael Jackson performance is apparently not.
After that, though, the slide on the interesting scale gets kinda steep. Sure, Beyonce and Tina Turner should be cool, but does anyone really want to see Fergie and John Legend together? How about Josh Groban and Andre Bocelli? Rihanna and the reunited The Time? (Wouldn’t they have to sing “Jungle Love” since no one would probably recognize another song from The Time?)
And for those looking to plan their bathroom breaks, there are also planned performances by Eldar and the odd combos of Herbie Hancock and Lang Lang and the casts of Cirque du Soleil’s Beatle musical “Love” and the Beatle movie “Across the Universe.” Interested? Yeah, that’s what I thought.
No matter how the show turns out, the awards are still important – something producers might want to remember before they start turning down album of the year nominee Vince Gill, while letting Kid Rock play – and there will be plenty of real-life drama thanks to Winehouse and West.
We’ve got plenty of pre-Grammy stuff to chew on: Grammys at 50 starting show their age / Not every Grammy decision was a winner / Ledisi is the 'definition' of new artist / Our picks / More
And, of course, we'll be back here Sunday night.
PHOTO: Winehouse by Newsday's Bruce Gilbert.