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20 Nov 2022

P!nk Skates Into the 2022 AMAs With Roller Disco ‘Never Gonna Not Dance Again’

If roller disco is well and truly dead, then consider P!nk its pallbearer — the pop superstar opened up the 2022 American Music Awards on Sunday (Nov. 20) with a high-energy tribute to the beloved pastime.

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Opening up her performance with a pre-taped segment from the streets of Los Angeles, P!nk — clad in pastel-colored bolero jacket and light-up pink roller skates — asked a construction worker, “Do you think the world is ending?” Not getting a definitive answer (“I think it’s slipping on its axis,” he insisted), she instead resolved to dance to her new single “Never Gonna Not Dance Again,” a disco-infused pop jam dedicated solely to having a good time in the midst of less-than-great circumstances.

Soon enough, the star found herself skating through the crowd of the Microsoft Theater, which she temporarily transformed into “P!nk’s Rink.” Complete with rainbow-colored neon lights, and a bevy of half-pipe-riding backup dancers, the star brought the crowd to its feet before concluding her number with a conga line on wheels.

P!nk was just the first of what would be a slew of performers at Sunday night’s show; hosted by Wayne Brady, the event was set to feature high-profile performances from Anitta, Ari Lennox, Bebe Rexha, Charlie Puth, Dove Cameron and many more.

Bad Bunny led all artists at Sunday night’s show with a whopping eight nominations. Other superstars, including Beyoncé, Drake, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Adele, The Weeknd and Future, closely followed behind. Keep up to date on who took home which awards here.

20 Nov 2022

2022 AMAs Red Carpet Photos: Dove Cameron, TXT & More

Bad Bunny leads the 2022 American Music Awards list of nominees with eight nods, but the Latin star was far from the only leader at the 2022 AMAs when it came to fashion. Everyone from TXT to Dove Cameron to P!nk brought eye-grabbing threads to the red carpet at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

With pop star and Dance Moms alum kenzie interviewing fellow artists and celebrities for Billboard News, there was a lot going on before the show even got started. Check out kenzie’s AMAs red carpet coverage on Billboard.com, as well as Billboard‘s Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube pages.

As for the show itself, Wayne Brady is hosting the ABC broadcast on Sunday (Nov. 20), which starts at 8 p.m. ET. Taylor Swift, Drake and Beyonce follow Bunny with six nominations for AMAs. P!nk is slated to perform a special tribute to the late Olivia Newton-John during the show.

A living legend – Lionel Richie – will be honored with the icon award at the 2022 AMAs. Richie was recently inducted into the class of 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “Do you know how wonderful it is to walk into a room and people start smiling?” Richie told Billboard backstage at the Rock Hall induction ceremony. “I’m not playing. I’m walking into a dinner, I’m walking into a restaurant, I’m walking my kids to school. What I’m saying is I don’t know how you get this blessed, but it’s a moment in time when you realize the songs have translated over into this thing called love.”

20 Nov 2022

L.A. Dodgers Donate $1 Million to Elton John AIDS Foundation

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced a $1 million donation to the Elton John AIDS Foundation during one of the star’s weekend performances at Dodger Stadium, the last North American stop on his final tour.

The team’s principal owner, Mark Walter, and Dodgers co-owner Billie Jean King presented a symbolic giant check at Saturday night’s (Nov. 19) show.

John thanked the team for its generosity and called Dodger Stadium “an iconic venue which has meant so much to me and my career.”

John made his 1970 U.S. debut at a local nightclub, the Troubadour, and surged to stardom, famously appearing at Dodger Stadium in sequined Dodgers uniforms in 1975.

His foundation is an independent organization dedicated to ending AIDS.

20 Nov 2022

Kacey Musgraves, Maren Morris and More Artists React to Shooting at Gay Nightclub in Colorado: ‘Shattered Again and Again’

Many in the music community are mourning the lives lost this weekend in a deadly mass shooting at a LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

A 22-year-old gunman opened fire at Club Q late Saturday night, killing five people and injuring at least 18 others before he was subdued by patrons and arrested by police. The club released a statement on Sunday, nothing that they were “devastated by the senseless attack on our community.”

“WHY?! Just f—ing why,” Kacey Musgraves wrote on Twitter, in reaction to the tragic news. “Here we are..shattered again and again. Living in constant fear. It’s so beyond f—ed up. These people were just freely enjoying their lives and weren’t hurting anyone. My heart is in half for my LGBTQIA+ fam. Love y’all forever.”

“Can’t really continue saying “my heart breaks for…” when it’s never allowed to heal from the last time this happened, and the time before that, and so on,” Maren Morris noted in a tweet. “Thinking of my LGBTQ+ family today.”

“Sending love and healing to the victims of this tragedy,” Adam Lambert wrote in an Instagram Story.

In another Instagram Story with a “Club Q” graphic, Judas Priest’s Rob Halford wrote, “F—ing stop killing us.”

“F— your guns,” Finneas, Billie Eilish’s brother, tweeted. “It’s crazy to read horror stories like this without a shred of surprise. Devastated for the victims and their families, devastated for the LGBTQ+ community. Devastated to live in a country making so little progress on an issue only our country faces.”

Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds posted on Twitter: “thinking about all the senseless gun violence that continues to plague our country. hoping politicians will actually work to make real change in America. thinking about our LGBTQ youth that already feel unsafe. another sad day. how many more? may we continue to push for change.”

Hayley Kiyoko tweeted, “My heart is so heavy for my LGBTQ community in Colorado Springs and the lives and loved ones taken from us. I’m so angry and upset. This hate cannot continue. Thank you to the heroes who helped bring the shooter down. I love you all so much, I am so sorry.”

“My heart and my anger are with the queer people of Colorado Springs and queer people everywhere today. Another mass shooting at another LGBTQ club. My heart f—ing breaks and my anger grows. Republicans have blood on their hands. Again,” songwriter Justin Tranter said on Instagram.

See their words about the tragedy below.