Lady Gaga plans to honour Tony Bennett with a five-minute medley at the Grammys. The 36-year-old pop star is planning to pay tribute to the 95-year-old crooner at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday. A source explained to The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: “Gaga’s performance is going to be the biggest moment of the night and it will pay tribute to the brilliance of Tony.”
The duo are nominated for five awards for their jazz album ‘Love For Sale’. But Tony won’t be able to attend the ceremony in person due to his health issues.
The source added: “On stage she will sing ‘Love For Sale’, the title track from their last album, which came out last year. She will also perform ‘Do I Love You’, a song they previously did together. When she is singing, photographs of Tony will be beamed up onto the screen behind the stage.”
The medley will be a “really emotional” experience for the chart-topping pop star, who also worked with Tony on their 2014 album “Cheek To Cheek
Meanwhile, Danny Bennett, Tony’s son and manager, recently confirmed that his dad will be absent from the ceremony.
He told Variety: “Although the producers had invited both Tony and Gaga to perform in Sunday’s Grammys broadcast, it is unfortunate that due to his continuing struggle with Alzheimer’s, he was not able to accept. It was decided that it would be fitting for Lady Gaga to perform on her own to represent for both of them.
Source: IOL
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