Lady Gaga to perform David Bowie tribute at Grammy AwardsFebruary 3, 2016 - 13:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lady Gaga will perform at the 2016 Grammy Awards to commemorate the passing of the music icon, David Bowie, Gigwise reports. The tribute comes in line with the posthumous lifetime achievement award that will be honoured to Bowie at next month’s ceremony, which will take place on 15 February. According to the Independent, the Awards’ executive producer Ken Ehrlich said, "We had already booked Lady Gaga on this year's show, but when David passed, almost in a single moment, we knew we had to change direction… We immediately spoke and agreed that she should be the one to honour David; she's perfect for it." Prior to Bowie’s death, Lady Gaga had spoken of his influence upon her music. The singer told the Hollywood Reporter said, “When I fell in love with David Bowie... I always felt that his glamour was something he was using to express a message to people that was very healing for their souls.” "He is a true, true artist and I don't know if I ever went, 'Oh, I'm going to be that way like this,' or if I arrived upon it slowly, realising it was my calling," Gaga continues. David Bowie passed away on 10 January 2015 at the age of 69 after losing a battle with liver cancer. He will also be honoured at this year’s Brit Awards on 24 January. Meanwhile, Elton John has been reported to be working on Lady Gaga’s new album after stating that the pop queen’s last album, ARTPOP was “not a good album”. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |