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Cher Performs as Elvis, Alicia Keys Honors Roberta Flack at Love Rocks NYC Concert
Cher performing dressed as Elvis and Alicia Keys paying tribute to the late Roberta Flack were just two highlights from the Love Rocks NYC concert.
The four-hour plus concert was hosted by Alex Edelman, Amy Schumer, Susie Essman and Tracy Morgan, and also featured performances from Mavis Staples, Michael McDonald, Kate Hudson, Peter Frampton, Dave Stewart of Eurythmics with singer Vanessa Amorosi, Eric Burton of Black Pumas, Grace Bowers, Jesse Malin, Luke Spiller and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram. Alicia Keys opened the show by paying tribute to Roberta Flack, who passed away last week, with a cover of her breakthrough 1971 hit “Killing Me Softly,” and then honored her hometown with her hit “Empire State of Mind.” Other highlights included Mavis Staples joined by Michael McDonald for a soulful performance of the Staples Singers’ classic “I’ll Take You There,” and the night concluded with an all-star performance of Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground,” which embodied the event’s celebration of unity. We started as an AIDS services organization nearly 40 years ago, and now we cook and home deliver medically tailored meals, to people living with more than 200 different diagnoses,” he said.
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