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She singled out Grant’s music in particular as a different genre being represented in the honors this year. George Clooney, Amy Grant, U2, and Tania Len will also be honored on Dec. Rutter said in an interview that her group has “worked really hard to think about ‘Are we including all of the performing arts?’” as it hands out its awards.

The Eagles were honored in 2016 and Led Zeppelin in 2012. George Clooney, U2, Gladys Knight among 2022 Kennedy Center honorees Amy Grant and Tania Len will also receive recognition at the annual awards ceremony.

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Disco-funk band Earth, Wind & Fire was the most recent, in 2019, the year the long-running children’s TV show “Sesame Street” was honored. In 2021 the eight-time Grammy winner sang Garth Brooks’ We Shall Be Free to honor the country music singer, who wiped at one eye and blew kisses at her after her performance. But bands and other groups sometimes get honors, too. GLADYS KNIGHT Knight, 78, is the only one of this year’s honorees who has been a performer at the Kennedy Center Honors.

The center generally honors five people annually for influencing American culture through the arts. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Thursday that the Irish rock band along with actor George Clooney, singers Gladys Knight and Amy Grant and composer Tania León are being honored this year. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has revealed that Gladys Knight will be recognized for her lifetime artistic achievements at the. The 45th edition of the prestigious awards.

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The Empress of Soul truly put her signature vocals on full display with a performance of Brooks’ We Shall Be Free, a song that was released in August 1992 as the first single from Brooks’ album, The Chase. WASHINGTON - It’s going to be a “Beautiful Day” for the band U2 and four other artists when they receive this year’s Kennedy Center Honors in December. J2:56pm Graham Denholm/Getty Images The John F. U2, Gladys Knight, Amy Grant, George Clooney and Cuban-born composer, conductor, and educator Tania Len are the 2022 Kennedy Center Honors recipients. Gladys Knight paid homage to country icon Garth Brooks during the 43rd Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, June 6.

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