Slash To Perform At Grammy Awards Show Tonight

[FunkyMonkey]

Jan 28 2010

Jamie Foxx, T-Pain, Slash, Doug E. Fresh Team Up For Grammys

Sunday's awards show will also feature collaboration by Drake, Eminem, Lil Wayne and Travis Barker.

As the countdown to Sunday night's 52nd annual Grammy Awards begins, the show just keeps getting bigger and bigger. On the heels of the Thursday morning's (January 28) announcement that Drake will be joined on the stage by Eminem, Lil Wayne and Travis Barker (but not Kanye West), likely for a performance of "Forever," comes news that Jamie Foxx will hook up with T-Pain, Slash and Doug E. Fresh for a special performance of an as-yet-unannounced song at the show.

Other new performers announced on Thursday include Elton John and the cast of the musical "American Idiot," who will perform with Green Day. There will also be a tribute to late guitar legend/inventor Les Paul, featuring Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Jeff Beck and Irish rockabilly singer Imelda May. Also signed up to perform on the show are R&B legend Roberta Flack, Sugarland member Jennifer Nettles and a number of new presenters, including Stephen Colbert, Alice Cooper, Sheryl Crow, Robert Downey Jr., Wyclef Jean, Miranda Lambert, John Legend, Jennifer Lopez, Katy Perry, Seal, Quentin Tarantino, Simon Baker, Kaley Cuoco, Placido Domingo, Juanes, "Glee" actress Lea Michele, Chris O'Donnell, Lionel Richie, Ryan Seacrest and Keith Urban.

Previously announced presenters include Kristen Bell, Justin Bieber, Jeff Bridges, Miley Cyrus, Josh Duhamel, the Jonas Brothers, Norah Jones, Ke$ha, LL Cool J, Ricky Martin, Carlos Santana and Ringo Starr.

Those stars join a list of previously announced performers: Beyonc?, the Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Green Day, Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band, Lady Antebellum, Maxwell, Pink, the Zac Brown Band and a special 3-D tribute to Michael Jackson featuring Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, Carrie Underwood, and Usher. Special 3-D glasses for the Jackson segment will be available at Target stores through Sunday. Mary J. Blige and Andrea Bocelli will sing Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" in a special fundraising segment for Haitian earthquake relief.

The official, circus-themed Grammy Celebration afterparty will feature performances from Ne-Yo, Sam and Dave member Sam Moore, and mixtape DJ Mick Boogie.

Stick with MTV News all week for our coverage of the 2010 Grammy Awards. We'll have reports on your favorite nominees, party photos, behind-the-scenes video and much more leading up to and during the big show Sunday at 8 p.m. ET.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1630669/20100128/foxx_jamie.jhtml

[FunkyMonkey]

Jamie Foxx, T-Pain and Doug E. Fresh...I didn't see this one coming. 

[LunsJail]

  I try not to criticize all of Slash's collaborations. I actually think Fergie can sing. But this I don't know about 

[kobys]

I think that this should be interesting and I personally cannot wait to see it!

[WTTJ_91]

I think it be cool to hear Slash on a Talkbox and T-Pain vocod'ed lol. It's good that Slash doesn't restrict himself to doing or playing certain things. By the way if you guys haven't heard/seen Travis Barker play "Forever" the song that he is most likely gonna do with Wayne and Drake I suggest you youtube it , good stuff!

[FunkyMonkey]

At clives pre gammy party with the black eyed peas! So fun!

Photo: http://tweetphoto.com/10054262

[FunkyMonkey]

Slash & Fergie performed "Sweet Child O' Mine" at the Pre-Grammy Gala:

US singer Fergie (left) and British-born former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash perform at the Pre-Grammy Gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The star-studded event was part of the 2010 Grammy Salute To Industry Icons honored Universal Music Group Worldwide Chairman Doug Morris. The Academy presented Morris with the President's Merit Award in recognition of his significant contributions to the music industry and the impact his efforts have had on music and the business of music. -- PHOTO: AFP

Some photos:

http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&assetType=image&p=slash%20fergie%20grammy

http://www.grammy.com/photos/pre-grammy-gala-slash-and-fergie?page=30

[FunkyMonkey]

It doesn't sound like it went over very well...

The Peas, who are up for six Grammys, performed their hit "Boom Boom Pow," then Fergie was joined by Slash as she performed the Guns N' Roses classic, "Sweet Child of Mine," which garnered applause ? but not enough for will.i.am's liking.

"Usually Fergie and Slash on stage would have brought down the house. This ain't no boogie (expletive)," he admonished the crowd. "Music industry, we can't be spoiled," he said.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9711595

[Smoking Guns]

Good awards show so far.  I am pumped to see the Slash performance, I hope it rocks, part of me wondering if its a micheal jackson tune..  Pink is so sexy.

[GypsySoul]

oy fuckin vey ... tell me he seriously did not just play NR 

[killingvector]

Oh christ, he butchered that solo.

I don't know what was worse, the presence of the NR outro in a Jamie Foxx rap song or Slash's completely incompetent performance.

Goddamnit Slash.

[Smoking Guns]

I don't get it!?!?!  Slash did rip though, but not sure the point of that performance..

[killingvector]

He did?

I think Ron Thal sounded better his first show with GnR.

That was a terrible performance.

[D]

that wasnt  NR outro.. kinda similar but I don't think it was.. guitar was kind of low so Im not 100 percent positive

[manu]

Just that... Slash played November Rain Outro in Grammy's Awards 2010... When I found the video on you Tube, I'll post it

[killingvector]

that wasnt  NR outro.. kinda similar but I don't think it was.. guitar was kind of low so Im not 100 percent positive

I dunno, man.

It really sounded like the NR outro, just played very poorly.

I hope Axl saw that.

[Smoking Guns]

That was his new sig les paul I think.I think he played well! 

[jazjme]

that was def a butchered , version of NR solo, sucked hard also!!!!

[killingvector]

That was his new sig les paul I think.I think he played well! 

Yikes. I respect your opinion, but, wow, that new Les Paul may have been out of tune.

[chineseblues]

that wasnt  NR outro.. kinda similar but I don't think it was.. guitar was kind of low so Im not 100 percent positive

Not sure what you were listening to, but i flicked the grammys on right as he was playing the "nr outro" and though i was hearing things. That was most certainly parts of the nr outro played horribly. Why does he continue to do this kind of stuff?