Twenty years after releasing Purple Rain, Prince performed a trio of tracks from the album and film at the 2004 Grammy Awards alongside Beyoncé. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Beyoncé
2/15/16 O&A NYC: The Day Beyoncé Turned Black- Saturday Night Live
Beyoncé created a firestorm with here new video Formation. Declaring her Creole heritage, her love of hot sauce, and rewarding Jay Z with a Red Lobster dinner after a back-breaking throwdown- all point to the fact that Queen Bey has exposed her black roots (well… except when it come to her weave). Continue reading
2/7/16 O&A NYC DIVA ALERT !!!: Beyonce- Formation (Dirty)
Beyonce released a new song called Formation one day before the 34-year-old singer performs during the 2016 Super Bowl Halftime Show tonight. You’ll have to tune in to the game to she if performs the new track. Continue reading
1/30/16 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend ft. Beyonce
Hymn for the Weekend, the new Coldplay music video featuring Beyoncé is the second single from Chris Martin and his band’s acclaimed new album, A Head Full Of Dreams. Continue reading
1/8/16 O&A NYC EXCLUSIVE: Beyonce And Bruno Mars Will Join Coldplay for Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show
Pepsi confirms that Queen Bey herself, Beyonce, will join Coldplay at the Super Bowl on-stage during their performance at the Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show on Feb. 7. Presumably, the group will deliver a live rendition of Hymn for the Weekend, featured on their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams, and features vocals from Bey. Bruno Mars is also expected to take the stage with Coldplay at some point during the show. The Uptown Funk singer previously headlined the Pepsi Super Bowl halftime show in 2014, while Beyonce ran the show in 2013.
Something tells us that Bruno and Bey aren’t the only VIPs we’ll be seeing on that stage, at least one more act is expected to join the halftime show. “Today, it’s about how do we stage our special guests. Yesterday, what I was nervous about, it was all about the set list,” Harvey remarked. Super Bowl 50 will take place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, airing live on CBS.
12/16/15 O&A NYC Wildin Out Wednesday: Jingle Ballerz Special Hip- Hop Nativity – Saturday Night Live
MTV presents Hip-Hop Nativity, starring Rihanna (Sasheer Zamata), Eminem (Taran Killam), Riff Raff (James Franco), Rick Ross (Kenan Thompson), Justin Bieber (Kate McKinnon), Beyonce (Nicki Minaj) and Kanye West (Jay Pharoah). Continue reading
3/31/15 O&A DIVA ALERT: Say Yes- Michelle Williams featuring Beyonce & Kelly At The 2015 Stellar Awards
It took an act of God to bring Destiny’s Child back together again. The three women made a surprise appearance during the gospel-centric Stellar Awards at Las Vegas’ Orleans Arena on Saturday night. Beyonce and Kelly Rowland came out to sing with their multiple, Stellar Award nominee sister Michelle Williams on the song Say Yes. The piece, which was up for three awards on Saturday, originally appeared on Williams’ religious album from 2014 Journey To Freedom. Continue reading
2/4/15 O&A Music Question Of The Day: Precious Lord Beyonce or Ledisi You Decide?
Let’s put an end to the controversy over Beyoncé eclipsing Ledisi with her performance of Precious Lord at the 57th Grammy Awards. O&A NYC Magazine has Queen Bey’s Grammy production number and Ledisi’s rendition at the recent opening night of her Intimate Truth Tour at Nokia Club in Los Angeles… You decide.
Beyoncé at the 57th Grammy Awards
Ledisi at Nokia Club in Los Angeles Opening Night of her Intimate Truth Tour!
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1/10/14 O&A DIVA ALERT! Lady Gaga- Telephone Featuring Beyonce
Telephone is a song recorded by Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé for Gaga’s third EP, The Fame Monster (2009). The song was written by Gaga, Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Lazonate Franklin and Beyoncé. Inspired by her fear of suffocation. The music video is a continuation of the video for her 2009 song, Paparazzi, and is also shot as a short film. Continue reading
12/12/14 Diva Alert: Beyonce- Yours And Mine
A retrospective short film celebrating the one-year anniversary of the self-titled visual album, BEYONCÉ. Continue reading