Usher and Slash are heading to the Super Bowl.
A person familiar with the plans for Sunday’s halftime show told The Associated Press that R&B star Usher and former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash are slated to make surprise appearances.
Usher and Slash are supposed to join the Black Eyed Peas, who are the main halftime act for Sunday’s NFL championship game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers at Cowboys Stadium.
Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am is featured on Usher’s hit single “O.M.G.” Slash has performed Guns N’ Roses song “Sweet Child o’ Mine” on tour with the Black Eyed Peas; he also collaborated with Black Eyed Peas member Fergie on the song “Beautiful Dangerous” last year.
Jagger at Grammys.
The Recording Academy is finally getting some satisfaction, with Mick Jagger’s first appearance on the Grammy stage.
The Rolling Stones frontman will perform at the Feb. 13 ceremony as part of a tribute to soul great Solomon Burke, who died last year. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer opened for the Rolling Stones several times during his career comeback late in life.
Jagger will perform with soul singer Raphael Saadiq during the 53rd annual Grammy Awards, which will air on CBS.
This won’t be Jagger’s first appearance on a Grammy telecast. In 1986, the Rolling Stones were given a lifetime achievement award by Eric Clapton, and they performed on the show by satellite.
“We did a remote from London, and it was at least 3 o’clock there,” said show producer Ken Ehrlich.
“I think they had been celebrating a little time before we went on camera,” he said. “It was quite a moment.” Ehrlich has produced the show for 31 years and has always wanted Jagger and the Stones to perform, but it didn’t work out until this year.
Ehrlich said it was Jagger’s admiration for Burke that brought him to the Grammy stage.
“He’s asked me not to go into detail about what he’s doing, but I think when you see the performance, it will make a lot of sense,” said Ehrlich.
