
Fergie has been added to the list of artists performing at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. The “Big Girls Don’t Cry” singer will do a duet with John Legend during Sunday night’s ceremony live from Hollywood’s Kodak Theater.

It’s been a quarter century since Michael Jackson released the Top-Selling LP in History, Thriller and Grammy producers are quickly scrambling to prepare a tribute during the 50th Annual Grammy Awards (February 10th) to mark the event. The plan is for will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas to orchestrate the production, with Kanye West, Wyclef Jean and Akon, all featured on the February 12th anniversary re-release of Thriller, joining in.
“The thinking is all those performers were already coming to the Grammys anyway,” an insider says.

Three time Grammy Award winner Carrie Underwood will join Beyonce and the Foo Fighters as a performer at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards Ceremony on February 10th. The 2008 Grammy Awards is airing live from Staples Center on Sunday, Feb. 10th at 8 p.m. on CBS.

The New York Daily News and People Magazine are reporting that Beyonce and Tina Turner will perform a duet together during the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, airing live on CBS on February 10th.

Janet Jackson will perform her new single, Feedback, at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards on February 10th, backup danceer Blake McGrath confirmed in a recent interview with MTV Canada’s e2.

Britney Spears has reportedly been banned from the 50th Anniversary of the Grammy Awards. Recent sightings of the troubled star at Hollywood’s Millennium Dance Studio, where she is said to be rehearsing for her new music video, had sparked speculation that the fallen pop star may have been a performance for the February 10th ceremony. No dice says, the New York Daily News. “Britney is banned from the building,” an NYDN spywitness reports.

Six time 2008 Grammy Award nominee Amy Winehouse has been barred from boozing at the ceremony next month. Bosses fear that she will wreck music’s biggest night if she gets drunk.
“Amy’s been told she must stay booze-free if she’s going to perform at the Grammys. While organizers are desperate for her to perform live, they equally don’t want to see the whole thing ruined if she’s absolutely hammered.”
Although, following Monday’s Crack Smoking Video Scandal, the odds of Amy showing up at the Grammys at all are iffy. Read the rest of this entry »

Beyonce will perform at the 2008 Grammy Awards on February 10th, it was announced on Thursday. Regardless of a possible picket line due to the writers strike, the singer/actress has pledged to attend the event and perform on stage.

Amy Winehouse, who joins Kanye West as the nomination frontrunner at the 2008 Grammy Awards, will reportedly miss next month’s ceremony and rumored performance over failure to secure a U.S Visa. Read the rest of this entry »