The nine-time Grammy winner and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient had never performed on Music's Biggest Night
Joni Mitchell will take the Grammys stage for the first time in her storied career at the 2024 awards, which will take place on Sunday, February 4 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
The singer-songwriter, who is nominated for Best Folk album for Joni Mitchell in Newport, he previously received the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002. However, Mitchell has never performed live at the Grammy Awards themselves, until now.
Mitchell returned live in 2022 after a two-decade absence from the stage, first making a surprise appearance at the Newport Folk festival that year before making her official return at the Echoes Through the Canyon festival in June 2023. She also played at a Gershwin Award concert in her honor as well as a guest at Brandi Carlile's shows at the Hollywood Bowl.
Mitchell joins a star-studded lineup of Grammy artists that includes Dua Lipa, Burna Boy, Billie Eilish, Luke Combs, Travis Scott, Olivia Rodrigo and Billy Joel, who is returning to the award for the first time in 20 years. U2 will also stage a live performance from their Sphere residency in Las Vegas.
The greatest Canadian female artist of all time is a nine-time Grammy winner, with her first trophy coming in 1969 for Best Folk Performance for clouds. Her most recent Grammy came in 2022 when she Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963–1967) nominated for Best Historical album.
The show will air Sunday, February 4 on CBS and Paramount Plus at 8 p.m. ET. Trevor Noah will once again host the Grammys for his fourth year in a row.
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