WENNCommon and his August Greene bandmates, in the meantime, will lead a host of stars performing on ‘Lift Every Voice: A Juneteenth Special’ to marks the 155th anniversary of the holiday.
- Jun 19, 2020
AceShowbiz – John Legend and Alicia Keys are staging a piano-off as part of Swizz Beatz and Timbaland‘s latest Verzus battle on Friday, June 19).
After a series of rap battles and reggae stand-offs between hitmakers in recent weeks, Beatz’s wife Alicia and Legend are going head to head as part of the livestream initiative.
The show starts at 5 P.M. ET and fans can tune in on John (https://instagram.com/johnlegend) and Alicia’s (https://instagram.com/aliciakeys) Instagram pages.
Meanwhile, Common and his August Greene bandmates, Robert Glasper and Karriem Riggins, will lead a host of stars performing a Juneteenth livestream gig.
“Lift Every Voice: A Juneteenth Special” marks the 155th anniversary of the day slavery was abolished in America.
Hosted by radio presenter Charlamagne Tha God, the show begins at 8 P.M. ET on the LiveXLive digital platform (http://livexlive.com/juneteenth).
The Juneteenth holiday will also be marked by Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad, who is teaming up with the American Slavery Project (ASP) to livestream a series of radio plays.
The event can be accessed from the American Slavery Project website (https://www.americanslaveryproject.org/) and on ASP’s YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUIAc2_9HNk ) on Friday at 7.30 P.M. ET.
Other Friday highlights include:
- Eric B. & Rakim (8.30 P.M. ET) – https://www.caffeine.tv/TheLeader.
- Cypress Hill – https://melodyvr.com/
- “Greenpeace: Action All Areas” (Billy Bragg, Tim Burgess, Arlo Parks) – https://actionallareas.org/areas/
- “Save Our Scottish Venues” (KT Tunstall, Fatherson, Wet Wet Wet & more) (3 P.M. ET) – https://www.universe.com/events/save-our-scottish-venues-tickets-edinburgh-307Q9X
- New Found Glory (5 P.M. ET) – https://songathon.newfoundglory.com/
- Ben Folds and the National Symphony Orchestra (4 P.M. ET) – https://www.kennedy-center.org/digitalstage/Kennedy-Center-at-home
- Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn (7 P.M. ET) – https://www.facebook.com/belafleckbanjo/
- Craig Morgan (5 P.M. ET) – https://www.facebook.com/craigmorganmusic/
- Grateful Dead (8 P.M. ET) – https://www.youtube.com/gratefuldead
- Diplo and Dillon Francis (11 P.M. ET) – https://www.twitch.tv/maddecentlive/
Source: Music - aceshowbiz.com
