GRAMMYS TO STAGE 3-D TRIBUTE TO JACKSON
THE KING OF POP MICHAEL JACKSON is set for another posthumous honour - Gr= ammy producers have lined-up a star-studded 3-D tribute to the legend at = this month’s (Jan10) awards ceremony.
The Grammys will broadcast a 3-D clip the singer made for his hit Earth= Song, a call to action about the destruction of nature and animals by ma= n.
The video was to be integral to Jackson’s comeback concerts in London i= n July 2009 before his untimely death on 25 June (09), and was featured p= artially in the late star’s recent movie documentary This Is It.
According to Grammy co-executive producer Ken Ehrlich, Usher, Celine Di= on, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Smokey Robinson will perform al= ongside the clip - marking the first time an awards show will feature 3-D= ..
Ehrlich says, "Whenever we would do a show with (Jackson), the first th= ing he would say to me was, ‘How can we do something that we (have) never= done before?’ And now we’re doing something that hasn’t been done before= ..
"There are these incredible images of the beauties of nature, and then = they are seen through the eyes of a little girl, and that girl falls asle= ep and when she wakes up, she is witness to the destruction of nature. It= ’s all about questioning what our values are.
"It was pretty emotional for him. Afterward he said to me that that son= g and that piece and that portion of the concert was as important to him = than anything else in the show. The promise is this is going to be pretty= spectacular." The 52nd annual Grammy Awards will air live from the Staples Center in = Los Angeles on 31 January (10).
Jackson will also be honoured with a lifetime achievement award from th= e Recording Academy during the show.
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