The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors music’s most treasured acts, but this time it was the hall’s turn to be feted, as Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder and more celebrated the hall’s 25th birthday with a concert that included all-star collaborations, spellbinding guitars, plenty of high notes – and even tears.

Thursday’s extravaganza at Madison Square Garden, the first of two concerts, ran more than five hours, and was a reunion of past inductees: Among the performers were Simon & Garfunkel (1990), Crosby, Stills and Nash (1997), Jeff Beck (2009), James Taylor (2000), Bonnie Raitt (2000) and Sting (with the Police, 2003).
The night’s emotional highlight came courtesy of Wonder, who sang Michael Jackson’s upbeat “The Way You Make Me Feel,” in tribute to the fallen King of Pop. During one part in the chorus, Wonder stopped singing, bent his head and started to sob, but he quickly gathered his composure to finish the song, ending it joyously by leading the crowd with chants of

“We Love Michael Jackson”

and

“Long Live Michael Jackson.”

Soul crooner John Legend shared the stage with Wonder during the song. He said while backstage that Wonder’s emotion for Jackson

“is very heartfelt, and you can see it, you can feel it.”

“I was just honored to be with him to celebrate Michael’s legacy,”

Legend said.
Stevie Wonder also performed hits he made famous, like “Living for the City” and “Superstitious,” but also gave the spotlight to blues legend B.B. King, who performed “The Thrill Is Gone,” while fellow Motown artist Smokey Robinson sang the Miracles classic “The Tracks of My Tears.” Soul crooner Legend also performed, and Jeff Beck electrified Wonder’s “Superstitious” with his guitar.

A video of Stevie Wonder’s performance can be seen Here on YouTube.

Source: mjfanclub.net

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