BAM's Blog » Awards shows http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:42:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell BAM's Blog no Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell BAM's Blog » Awards shows http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/category/awards-shows/ Glen Campbell bringing farewell tour to Tulsa http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/02/14/glen-campbell-bringing-farewell-tour-to-tulsa/ http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/02/14/glen-campbell-bringing-farewell-tour-to-tulsa/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:50:32 +0000 brandy http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/?p=42897

Glen Campbell performs during the 54th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday in Los Angeles. (AP)

Country Music Hall of Famer, who received a tunefully respectful tribute during Sunday night’s Grammy Awards, will bring his farewell tour to Tulsa’s Osage Casino next month.

He will play at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 27 at the casino’s event center. Tickets are on sale now. All tickets are general admission and priced at $35.

Campbell, who will turn 76 in April, revealed last year that he has Alzheimer’s disease. …

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From left, Lady Gaga, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton sit together Sunday night at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

Several Oklahoma stars performed, presented or were nominated for awards during Sunday night’s 54th Annual Grammy Awards.

One of the most interesting offstage moments of the award show was the seating of country music power couple and Tishomingo residents next to pop star Lady Gaga, who was dressed in one of her usual outlandish outfits.

A caption contest featuring the photo posted above on Blake Shelton’s Facebook drew …

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Ryan Tedder (AP file)

UPDATED 10:48 p.m. Monday: Here are a couple more Grammy accomplishments by Oklahoma music stars, courtesy Oklahoma Rock Newsblog. 

British singer-songwriter Adele won six awards – sweeping the record, album and song of the year categories – while rockers the Foo Fighters earned five prizes when the Grammy Awards were handed out tonight in Los Angeles. To read my live blog, click here.

Best known as the frontman for pop band OneRepublic, Tulsa native Ryan Tedder shares in Adele’s album of the year win as one …

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Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa (AP file)

7 p.m.: The 54th Annual Grammy Awards is getting off to an old-school star, with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and a symphony orchestra performing The Boss’ new anthem “We Take Care of Our Own.” The performance has everyone in the star-studded crowd on their feet. As billed, it’s a very uplifting anthem on the outside but with lots of pointed social commentary on the inside, so it’s hard not to join the chorus comparing it to “Born in the U.S.A.” …

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Jennifer Hudson (AP file)

Jennifer Hudson will perform a tribute to Whitney Houston, the one-time pop superstar who died Saturday at the age of 48, during tonight’s 54th Annual Grammy Awards.

The Grammy Awards air live from Los Angeles from 7 to 10:30 tonight on CBS. Follow my live blog tonight right here on BAM’s Blog.

Oscar-winning singer/actress Hudson was said to be “having a hard time” at rehearsal for the tribute number, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Houston homage will air three-quarters of the way through the broadcast, …

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In this Oct. 28, 2006, file photo, musician Whitney Houston arrives at the 17th Carousel of Hope Ball benefiting the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Beverly Hills, Calif. Houston died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, she was 48. (AP Photo)

Actress/singer Whitney Houston, who was regarded as one of the best voices of the late 20th century before drug use and her troubled marriage to fellow singer Bobby Brown marred her polished image and triumphant career, died Saturday. She was just 48.

Her death happened on the eve of …

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The 54th Annual Grammy Awards take place live from 7 to 10:30 tonight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The show will air live on the CBS Television Network, and it will be hosted by two-time Grammy winner and “NCIS: Los Angeles” star LL Cool J.

Look for my live blog of the show here on BAM’s Blog starting at 7 p.m.

Performers set for tonight’s Grammys include the reunited Beach Boys with Foster The People and Maroon 5, Adele, The Civil Wars, Diana Krall, Maceo Parker, Joe Walsh, …

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Blake Shelton (AP file)

Several music stars with Oklahoma ties will be part of “Music’s Biggest Night” when the 54th Annual Grammy Awards air live from Los Angeles from 7 to 10:30 tonight on CBS. Follow my live blog tonight right here on BAM’s Blog.

Here are the Oklahoma nominees and performers to root for tonight:

Ada native Blake Shelton is nominated for best country album for “Red River Blue” and best country solo performance for the album’s chart-topping first single “Honey Bee.” The Tishomingo resident’s No. 1 hit “God …

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Glen Campbell, left, and Kim Woollen arrive at the MusiCares Person of the Year gala honoring Paul McCartney on Friday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)

Several Lifetime Achievement Award recipients are named each year by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, and country-pop crossover star Glen Campbell will be one of them when the 54th annual Grammy Awards air live at 7 tonight from Los Angeles’ Staples Center on CBS.

Follow my live blog of the Grammys tonight here at BAM’s Blog.

Now on a farewell concert tour …

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Current Grammy nominee Adele will make her much-anticipated return to live performances on Sunday’s 54th Annual Grammy Awards. Poised to become of the biggest Grammy moments in recent memory, it will be her first time performing live anywhere in nearly five months since being forced to cancel a sold-out U.S. tour to undergo surgery on her vocal cords.

Hosted by two-time Grammy winner and “NCIS: Los Angeles” star LL Cool J, the Grammy Awards take place live from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Sunday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. …

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