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Cee Lo Green

March 2, 2012 by · Comments Off on Cee Lo Green 

Cee Lo Green, The singer-songwriter behind the Grammy-winning 2010 single “Forget You” and the 2006 hit “Crazy” is settling down – at least for a few months – in a Las Vegas residency.

Cee Lo Green says his semi-permanent show, “Loberace,” will launch Aug. 29 at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, and run at least through the end of the year.

“The production will combine Cee Lo’s flamboyant sense of style and over-the-top creativity,” producers said in a statement, adding that the show “will be as inspired and visually alive as Cee Lo Green.”

Organizers say the show will include a musical journey through time, with tributes to Price and the Rolling Stones. “Mind-twisting magic and sexified showgirls” are also on tap.

The 37-year-old Green, known for his soulful voice and extravagant costumes, is a coach on the NBC show “The Voice.” His break came in the mid-1990s in the southern rap scene, but has evolved to include Gnarls Barkley, a collaboration between him and DJ-producer Danger Mouse, and his 2010 solo album “The Lady Killer.”

The 28 shows through the end of December are scheduled for late nights, and some follow Planet Hollywood’s “Peepshow” production in the 1,400-seat theatre.

Green told the Las Vegas Review-Journal he sees himself continuing Sin City entertainment tradition.

Cee Lo Green

January 8, 2012 by · Comments Off on Cee Lo Green 

Cee Lo GreenCee Lo Green, Cee Lo Green has defended the change in lyrics of John Lennon’s song “Imagine” from “And no religion, too” to “And all religion’s true,” while performing in Times Square on New Year’s Eve. ennon fans sharply criticized Green for the change, and he took to his twitter account to counter the criticism.

“I was trying to say a world were u could believe what u wanted that’s all,” the New York Daily News quoted his tweet. After further criticism he deleted the tweet. Green said that by making the change he had added an endorsement of religion to John Lennon’s “Imagine” out of “peace and love and unity,” not disrespect.

However, when the topic came up during a panel on “The Voice,” the NBC show on which he is a judge, fellow panelist Christina Aguilera jumped in and said, “No, no, no, we’re here to talk about the show.”

But, Green acknowledged the question, repeated his disclaimer and brought the subject back to the show, but not before declaring that he “meant no disrespect to anyone, including John Lennon.

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