(Abdul was on hand to introduce Carey.)īringing no noise whatsoever was Sam Smith, a somewhat mysterious no-show, particularly as he’d participated in rehearsal earlier in the day. Seriously bringing the noise, meanwhile, was Jack White, whose set was turned up to such ear-splitting volumes that Paula Abdul was nearly drowned out in the press room as she tried to speak with a handful of reporters. Just to watch his process is beyond amazing.”
“Donald Glover’s a genius,” said actor Ken Jeong, backstage, before going on to introduce Glover/Gambino, “and he’s effortless in his genius too. Childish Gambino performed hyperactively, shirtlessly and all too briefly, confident enough in his set list to not even save “This is America” for the climax. The typically pop-heavy bill had some rock and hip-hop cred going for it this first night, too. I want to hear those whistle tones.” He then proceeded to break into a pretty good approximation of those “Emotions” high notes that pierced the hallways.
When we posed that question to Panic! At the Disco frontman Brendan Urie, he was instantaneous with his answer: “Dude, Mariah! I want to kiss her feet and the ground she walks on. With its classic late-'70s lineup back in place, Fleetwood Mac has been touring again in recent years.There was less emotion through the rest of the four-hour-plus evening - although there was “Emotions,” an early peak in the climactic set by Mariah Carey, who was on familiar ground here, having recently wrapped up yet another Vegas residency.įamiliarity does not breed any kind of indifference, at least among fellow celebrities, as virtually every performer or presenter Varietysurveyed backstage named Carey as the artist they were most excited about seeing on the evening’s bill. "Seeing contemporary artists, and in truth, a really vibrant assembly of young talent coming out and really being unbelievably enthusiastic about performing some of our songs.is again reason to be grateful." "The whole story is beyond belief, really," Mick Fleetwood told Q104.3 New York's "Out of the Box" with Jonathan Clarke of the honor. In January, Fleetwood Mac was given the honor of being the first musical collective to be named MusiCares Person of the Year. One Direction's Harry Styles won a 2018 iHeartRadio Music Award for his faithful cover of "The Chain". The band's song "The Chain," also from Rumours, saw a bump in sales after it was included on the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Billboard says that so many Twitter users shared the meme (including other Tweets that mentioned the song) that "Dreams" surged in popularity, increasing downloads by 36 percent from the week before and nearly 2 million streams for a gain of 24 percent.įleetwood Mac is no stranger to benefitting from events in popular culture.