The 2022 Grammy Awards will now hold at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 3, the Recording Academy has confirmed.
The latest development was communicated in a statement signed by Recording Academy CEO, Harvey Mason Jr.
The statement reads: “I’m so pleased to let you know that the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards have been rescheduled and will now be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/5:00-8:30 PM, live PT) on the CBS Television Network and will be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Trevor Noah, the Emmy Award-winning host of “The Daily Show,” will return as master of ceremonies for Music’s Biggest Night.
“Additional details about the dates and locations of other official GRAMMY Week events, including the GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony, MusiCares’ Person of the Year, and the Pre-GRAMMY Gala, will be announced soon.
“We are excited to take the GRAMMYs to Las Vegas for the very first time, and to put on a world-class show. From the moment we announced the postponement of the original show date, we have been inundated with heartfelt messages of support and solidarity from the artist community. We are humbled by their generosity and grateful for their unwavering commitment to the GRAMMY Awards and the Academy’s mission. We appreciate the leadership CBS and our production partners at Fulwell 73 have shown during these challenging weeks and the flexibility of everyone who worked toward this solution.”
The Grammys are one of several entertainment industry events that have been delayed in the hope that the rising tide of newly-discovered Omicron COVID-19 caseloads will drop in coming months.
TCN had reported that jazz and R&B artiste as well as bandleader, Jon Batiste, bagged the most nominations for this year’s Grammys with a total of 11.
Nigerian artiste, Wizkid, was nominated in the category of “Best Global Music Album” for his ‘Made In Lagos’ album; Made Kuti and his father, Femi, were also nominated in the same category for their joint project, “legacy+”.
The duo was also nominated in the category for “Best Global Music Performance,” alongside Burna Boy for the song, “Do yourself” featuring Angelique Kidjo
Burna Boy’s “Twice As Tall’ album became the first Nigerian music album to win a Grammy award at the 63rd edition of the awards when it won the ‘Best Global Music Album’.
