![]() “Everything’s very Auto-Tuned and most artists don’t sing live any more, or they sing live much less than people think they do. “I have never lip-synced a moment in my life, except on video shoots,” he says. ![]() Legend just needed a big song to go with his reputation as an engaging and entirely live performer. The song gained momentum all year - in both its original, stripped-down form and a Tiesto remix - until it finally bumped Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” as Billboard’s No. “I need a few more before I start doing my Vegas revue.”įor now, “All of Me” is enough. ![]() “I could stand to have a few more hits in my catalog before I start taking up residency anywhere,” the 35-year-old singer says. But is this Vegas thing something he is getting used to? It’s his third Las Vegas date in nine months four if you count singing “All of Me” at the Billboard Music Awards.Įach ticketed show has been in a different venue, so no one’s talking “residency” just yet. This weekend, Legend does sing for fans with a Sunday show at The Cosmopolitan. Legend says that singing for private events is just another facet of the corporate concerts that have become “part of the lifeblood of our industry, now that people don’t buy records anymore.”Īrtists command guilt-free fees for these gigs because “if you’re going to give up your Saturday when you could be singing for your fans, you’ve got to make it worthwhile.” “I’ve been paid to do it at other weddings, too,” Legend says of the piano ballad which is swiftly becoming a new generation’s “Have I Told You Lately?” What about yours? Can you part with some Kimye levels of cash? ![]() John Legend has famously sung “All of Me” at his own wedding, and more recently, that of his friends Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. US performer John Legend, performs at the Dubai International Jazz Festival in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ![]()
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