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The show kicked off with Dawes, Brad Paisley, John Legend, Sheryl Crow, Brittany Howard and St. Vincent paying tribute to Los Angeles — where the ceremony streamed live from the city’s Crypto.com Arena — with an all-star performance of Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.” honoring victims and first responders affected by the disastrous wildfires in Southern California last month. More artists such as Billie Eilish and Lady Gaga then honored the City of Angels through their performances, with the former singing “Birds of a Feather” on a set made to look like Eaton Canyon in Altadena, and the latter recruiting her “Die With a Smile” collaborator Bruno Mars for an emotionally charged take on The Mamas and the Papas’ “California Dreamin. In honor of the game-changing producer, Will Smith guided the audience through a string of performances from Cynthia Erivo, Lainey Wilson and Stevie Wonder with Herbie Hancock and Jacob Collier on piano, closing with Janelle Monáe channeling Michael Jackson on “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough.”
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