Stevie Wonder News

LAST MOONWALK: Michael Jackson's casket is carried into the Staples Center during his public memorial service in Los Angeles.

Michael Jackson's childhood friend Brooke Shields has told his memorial service that the singer loved to laugh and had a delightful sense of humour.

That 1980 Stevie Wonder album "Hotter Than July" may have been inspired by days like today -- and Thursday and Friday, too.

On Tuesday, the world seemed to stop to watch the moving, celebrity-filled Michael Jackson tribute held at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The stage is set with an empty space for the casket at the Michael Jackson public memorial service at Staples Center on July 7, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.

I wonder how much money Joe is making off this concert. They wont even let his bones rest, will they? Posted at 10:44AM on Jul 7th 2009 by Ballsac 2. RIP Michael.

A 12-year-old from Swansea, Shaheen Jafargholi, is preparing to take centre stage at Michael Jackson's memorial service, performing to a global audience of more than one billion.

The stage was set Monday for Michael Jackson's final act as the world capital of make-believe braced for what could be the biggest, gaudiest celebrity send-off of all time.

Reputedly the No. 1 soul band in Japanese MySpace hits , this area band unleashes the shape-shifting, Stevie Wonder-ish psychedelic funk of debut Young Quanta , featuring production and mixing by Mute Math frontman Paul Meany.

In an unprecedented move, it was announced a full year in advance that Beyonce would perform at the Essence Music Festival in 2009 .

Stevie Wonder urged his Montreal audience to keep the "life and spirit" of Michael Jackson's music alive.

The tickets said "8pm," but they should have said "Sunset." Eager Stevie Wonder fans had to fan themselves in Friday's heat and humidity while waiting for the pop music legend to come on at Starlight Theatre.

One thing can be said with utter confidence. Summerfest will not witness another concert like Stevie Wonder's performance Sunday at the Marcus Amphitheater for a very long time.

It was Janet Jackson's first public appearance since her brother died last Thursday.

A For some strange reason, I have a history of meeting young performers when they reach age 12.

Home << Diem << Playing for the City Of the many classic songs that soul, R&B and pop music legend Stevie Wonder has created, the most fitting for this area's music lovers would probably be "I Wish." That's because it's been more than 20 years since Wonder has made a concert appearance in Kansas City and his fans probably wish he'd come back sooner ...

Stevie Wonder isnt the only musician in town this weekend who has performed for President Barack Obama.So has Jackie Greene.

It's been a watershed year for 59-year-old music legend Stevie Wonder. In January, he sang at President Barack Obama's inauguration.

Fifty years after the birth of Motown, the music lives on as a legacy for a city that has seen more than its share of hard times in the past decades.

Ever since he discovered the photography of Gordon Parks during his teenage years, Jason Woods knew he found someone to emulate, to look up to, to admire.