Lady Gaga Tapped to Open Grammy Night
This year's Grammy Awards are going to get a big kick off with Lady Gaga and a mystery guest! The show's producer, Ken Ehrlich, stated that both Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift will not be flying solo for their performances. Rumors have been flying all over the internet speculating as to who is going to join Gaga on stage. One Gaga fan site suggests that Sting will perform with her due to the fact that he was spotted at her concert in NYC last week, and of course Madonna. The latter seems very possible based on them appearing live together on SNL. P.S. you can watch the hilarious video here.
New York Post cites that "spies" saying that Elton John is the one that will be with Lady Gaga on stage, but Ehrlich is keeping tight lipped about who is to share a stage with her. That guess does not seem too far off, as Elton John made headlines when he performed a duet with Eminem at the Grammys in 2002. This is not the only connection with Elton, Gaga is set to preform at a benefit for AmFAR - AIDS Research Foundation - which Elton John is to be honored. Plus they are both huge gay icons and both love tickling the ivories, so to speak.
Also in the gossip loop is Beyonce, for obvious reasons, they have already collaborated on each others albums. Gaga lends her voice for Beyonce's Video Phone, and likewise Beyonce laid down some tracks for Telephone for Lady Gaga. Producers confirm that Video Phone will not be preformed, however said nothing of Telephone.
The laundry list continues with people suspecting everyone from Lil' Wayne, to Katy Perry, to Wyclef Jean. Those sound good in theory, however there is no hard evidence to back it up other then they are all attending. An actual possibility I see is maybe Adam Lambert, who has Lady Gaga contributing to his Fever track on For Your Entertainment.
A far stretch would be Kanye West, who was going to tour with Gaga but dropped out after the whole MTV VMA fiasco. However, West was not scheduled to attend the Grammys, but with his three collaborators on Forever — Drake, Lil Wayne and Eminem — expected to perform the song at the show, a surprise appearance there seems quite likely.
Who do you think will be opening up the Grammy night with Lady Gaga?
