![]() ![]() While a sitting commander in chief has typically attended the Honors gala, Trump skipped the Honors throughout his entire presidency. The 2022 induction ceremony will take place on December 4 in. The Honors became a source of controversy in 2017, when several of that year’s recipients - including famed producer Norman Lear and dancer Carmen de Lavallade - said they would skip a traditional White House reception in protest of then-President Trump. U2, Gladys Knight, Amy Grant, Tania Len, and George Clooney are the artists who will receive the Kennedy Center Honors this year. ![]() León, a Cuban refugee-turned-Pulitzer Prize winner, has “blessed America for more than five decades with her astoundingly original compositions,” Rubenstein said. Bono & the Edge, Gladys Knight & More to Receive Kennedy Center Honors The ceremony will be filmed and broadcast on CBS at a later date. 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. ![]() Rubenstein lauded Grant for bringing “contemporary Christian music to the forefront of American culture,” and “Midnight Train to Georgia” songstress Knight for “showcasing a boundless vocal range and soulfulness that has stood the test of time.” GLADYS KNIGHT Knight, 78, is the only one of this year’s honorees who has been a performer at the Kennedy Center Honors. for their music that features “potent lyrics and powerful messages of social justice and global citizenship.” Kennedy Center Chairman David Rubenstein commended each of this year’s Honorees in a statement, praising “Ocean’s Eleven” star Clooney for his “unique brand of earnest charisma” and U2 - including members Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. In the meantime, we’ll just rewatch Gladys Knight perform at last year’s Kennedy Center Honors, while honoring Garth Brooks, though we’re also excited to see her with a rainbow medal on this year. 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. Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter noted that the award “esteems an artist’s cumulative body of work and influence over many decades.” Gladys Knight paid homage to country icon Garth Brooks during the 43rd Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, June 6. ![]()
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