Updated / Monday, 5 Feb 2024 15:28
Sinéad O’Connor and Shane MacGowan were both honoured at the Grammy Awards – with Annie Lennox performing a powerful rendition of Sinéad’s 1990 smash hit Nothing Compares 2 U during the In Memoriam segment.
69-year-old Lennox wore an all-black outfit with a red sacred heart on her sleeve, and she also had a gold tear painted under her eye.
Annie Lennox at the #Grammys: “Artists for ceasefire. Peace in the world.” pic.twitter.com/bF8R5n2zLA
— Variety (@Variety) February 5, 2024
While she performed, the faces of stars who had passed away in the last year appeared on screen behind her including Sinéad O’Connor, who died last July at the age of 56, and Shane MacGowan, who passed away in November aged 65.
After she had finished singing, Annie raised her fist in the air and shouted for an end to the war in Gaza, saying: “Artists for ceasefire, peace in the world!”
Meanwhile, U2 performed live from a high tech new immersive venue in Las Vegas during the Grammy awards ceremony.
.@U2 performs “Atomic City” & Transports the 2024 #GRAMMYs to Las Vegas!https://t.co/Fd77eCugKD
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) February 5, 2024
The rockers sang their track Atomic City live from the Sphere, with Bono briefly interrupting to say: “Hello Los Angeles.”
The venue, where U2 are currently performing a residency, boasts 168,000 square feet of high definition LEDs, 167,000 speakers and 17,000 seats.
Afterwards, Bono announced the award for best pop vocal album, saying: “Hello Grammys – the next category is pop vocalists… (but) these people look pretty rock and roll to me.”