Your Grammy Highlights: Jennifer Hudson Returns, Coldplay Soar
Photo: Beck/AFP/Getty Amid fizzling sales and dwindling business, the music industry responded with a Grammy show thick on collaborations, stirring performances and once in a lifetime moments. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss e-plant-krauss-win-big-at-2009-grammy-awards/" target="blank">took home the most hardware, but the night’s performances provided the bulk of this morning’s Grammy water cooler conversation. If you need a refresher, you can find images from these unforgettable moments in our coldplay" target="blank">Grammy gallery or skim through some of our favorite moments: • U2 show off their new “Boots” — The band jumpstarted the Grammy telecast with the first single from No Line on the Horizon. • Jennifer Hudson’s triumphant return — After a year of unimaginable personal tragedy, Hudson returned to the Grammy stage for a breathtaking performance of “You Pulled Me Through.” It’s hard to imagine there was a dry eye in the house (or among the millions of viewers at home). • McCartney and Grohl revisit the Beatles — The night before the 45th anniversary of the Beatles debut on the Ed Sullivan Show, McCartney and Grohl showed that “I Saw Her Standing There” can still electrify a room. • Coldplay and Jay-Z — An intimate performance of “Lost” took on a new urgency when Jay hit the stage. • Radiohead & the USC marching band — On a night full of remarkable guest spots, Radiohead went above and beyond recruiting the USC Trojan Marching Band for a rousing performance of “15 Step.” • J.T. & the Reverend — A last minute add to the Grammy lineup, this rousing rendition of “Let’s Stay Together” — which also packed in Boyz II Men and Keith Urban — simply soared. • Taylor Swift & Miley Cyrus — A stool, a guitar and a little help from a friend was all Swift needed to turned the Staples Center into a cozy little coffee bar with her deeply personal performance. • Neil Diamond gets “Sweet” — Hail the man who can get an arena full of industry cynics to chat “bah bah bah” during
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Published: 2009-02-09
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Grammy Awards
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