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December[18] Stevie is featured in James Corden's Late Late Show Christmas Special Carpool Karaoke sketch along with Justin Bieber, One Direction, Carrie Underwood, Rod Stewart, Iggy Azalea and more.
[16] On December 12th, Philanthropist and Founder of In A Perfect World Foundation, Manuela Testolini and husband Eric Benet opened their home to celebrate ten years of global change towards creating a better world. The night ended with an intimate performance around the piano with Stevie, David Foster and Eric Benet.
November
[25] Apple this morning shared a new Christmas-themed ad for 2015, featuring a handful of Apple products and starring Stevie and Andra Day. The 90-second ad centers on Stevie and his family preparing for the upcoming holiday season with the help of a few Apple devices.
[22] On Thursday, Nov. 19, the Detroit City Council approved the request to rename a Detroit city street after Stevie. The area of Milwaukee Avenue and Woodward Avenue located near the Amtrak station will be renamed in honour of Stevie. The unveiling will be held in May 2016
[21] Stevie makes a fan's wish come true. Jason Smith who has cerebral palsy says he is deeply inspired by Stevie which has helped him in overcoming his disablity. He wrote a tribute song to Stevie called, I Wonder, which resulted in him and friends being given complimentary tickets by Ticketmaster to attend the concert. Stevie then met with him after the show to reciprocate his love for his fans!
[15] Stevie is a nominee in this year's People's Choice Awards new category 'Favorite Music Icon'. Click here to vote. Voting ends December 5th and the Award ceremony will be held on January 6th 2016.
[13] Stevie will be performing at the Rocking 4 Relief Concert, Sunday 15 Nov. All profits from ticket sales will be donated to the South Carolina Flood Relief Fund. "For a man like Stevie Wonder to donate his time and his remarkable talent to helping us overcome two of the most devastating tragedies this community and this state have ever known is truly humbling," said Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin, who will be presenting Stevie a key to the city at the show. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit Rocking 4 Relief's website.
September
[27] Stevie arrives at the David Foster Foundation Miracle Gala And Concert at Mattamy Athletic Centre last night, September 26, in Toronto, Canada.
[27] Stevie was Friday (Sept 25th) night’s headlining act the Downtown Stage at Las Vegas’ Life Is Beautiful Festival.
[17] Dreamforce is the sunshine of my life, sang Stevie on stage, prior to the main Marc Benioff keynote at Salesforce’s annual customer and partner event in San Francisco. We all have a responsibility to make the world better, said Stevie between songs.
[15] James Corden's Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke featured Stevie last night. Stevie and James joked and sang along to the former's hit songs on their journey through LA. Watch the video below:
August
[14] Stevie did a couple impromptu short concerts today in Washington, Philadelphia and New York to promote the latest leg of his SiTKoL concert. See Tour page for full details.
July
[26] Last night Stevie was the featured singer at the 2015 Special Olympics opening ceremony, performing Fear Can’t Put My Dreams to Sleep with ballet dancers sharing the stage with him. Before he sang the song, he praised the athletes saying, “You are the special people of the world. You are the ones who will make a difference every single day with your courage, your desire to make the world better by showing your love.”
[16] Stevie rocks the Saddledome in Calgary, Alta on Sunday Jul 12, 2015. His show closed off this years Calgary Stampede's entertainment lineup.
June
[20] Stevie has been announced, among others, as performing at the Special Olympics opening ceremony on 25th July In Los Angeles. "I am touched to be a part of this celebration of determination, courage, joy and skill," Stevie wrote in a statement. "Throughout my own journey of overcoming the odds, it's truly an inspiring moment to join these incredible athletes as they come to Los Angeles to compete and accomplish so many victories."
[16] Over the weekend, Sat June 13, Stevie made a guest appearance at the White House where the Obama's threw a private party featuring Prince. Stevie joined Prince on stage to perform Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours.
May
[21] Here is the Snoop Dogg official video for California Roll which features cameo appearnce by Stevie.
[21] Here is the Jason Derulo track, Broke from his forthcoming album Everything is 4, which features Stevie on Harmonica and background vocals.
[20] Stevie is included in this year's annual Life is Beautiful Music and Art Festival in downtown Las Vegas taking place Sept. 25-27. Other artists include Imagine Dragons, Kendrick Lamar, Duran Duran and Weezer.
[16] Blues legend B.B. King died late Thursday at his Las Vegas home aged 89. Stevie had worked with B.B. King playing keyboards on his 1973 cover of Stevie's composition To Know You is to Love You. B.B. King then returned the favour when he played guitar on Stevie's 1987 track Come Let Me Make Your Love Come Down. Stevie had the following to say, honoring the life of the great singer and guitarist:
As we pain, we must celebrate that his music, his style of playing and singing will last forever, from the recordings that he has done and the influence that he has had and will have on guitarists all over this planet. Long live the spirit of B.B. King.
[16] Stevie is headed to Calgary for the Calgary Stampede Music Festival. Organizers have booked him for a July 12 Saddledome show as part of the Virgin Mobile Stampede Concert Series.
[13] Happy 65th Birthday Stevie.
[05] Here is the Snoop Dogg track, California Roll from his forthcoming album Bush, which features Stevie on Harmonica and background vocals
[02] Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti raised about $2 million for his re-election campaign at a $1,400-per-person concert kickoff featuring Stevie, Miguel and Michelle Branch. Stevie performed Ben E King's (who passed away 30th April) “Stand by Me” and “Superstition,” and Garcetti joined him for a bit on the keyboard.
April
[24] Stevie has been announced to Join David Foster at the David Foster Foundation Miracle Gala and Concert, this Sept. 26, 2015 Mattamy at the Athletic Centre at the Gardens, Toronto. Founded in 1986 by producer and musician David Foster, the foundation supports the non-medical expenses of Canadian families with children undergoing life-saving pediatric organ transplants.
[21] Stevie will headline Summerfest's Marcus Amphitheater June 27 in Milwaukee. The event runs from June 24th to July 25th.
[19] Following Stevie's induction speech for Bll Withers into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night, Bill accepted his award saying, "Stevie Wonder inducting Bill Withers into the Hall of Fame is like a lion opening a door for a kitty cat."
Withers then led Stevie to a harpejji (stringed keyboard) on the stage and sat next to him silently during a moody and powerful Ain't No Sunshine. Withers then escorted him to another keyboard as a band filed onstage, led by John Legend. His Use Me Up was properly dark and funky, and punctuated by jabbing horns. For set closer Lean on Me, Legend took the first verse, Stevie the second, and then Legend led Withers to the stage to sing along with the group.
March
[21] Stevie will induct Bill Withers into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 30th annual induction ceremony scheduled for Cleveland's Public Hall on April 18. John Legend will perform Withers' music.
[19] Stevie restarts his Songs in the Key of Life Performance Tour on March 17th in Denver Colorado.
[15] On March 11 Stevie performed on the David Letterman Show and then does some impromtu filming with a TMZ camera man as he leaves the show.
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[10] Channel 5 television station in the UK plans has announced it will air the Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life – An All-Star Grammy Salute. No date or time has yet been given, but when details are announced it will be reported here.
February
[28] Following the CBS TV special Grammy Salute, his greatest hits set, The Definitive Collection zooms back onto the chart with 11,000 units to number 40. In addition, Songs in the Key of Life album returns to the Billboard 200 at No. 48 with 10,000 units sold.
[20] Stevie appeared at the Movieguide Awards show on Wednesday night. He presented a special tribute honoring Gospel music innovator, singer, and songwriter Andraé Crouch. Crouch was originally scheduled to perform during the awards gala before his untimely passing on January 8.
[14] Declaring it ‘Holland/Dozier/Holland Day’ in Hollywood; Leron Gubler, President and CEO of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce said, Today we are honoring them with the 2543rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Among those in attendance were Stevie, Berry Gordy, Mary Wilson, and Claudette Robinson. Stevie acknowledged them saying, Tremendously you influenced how I wrote and came up with songs. If in this year you’ll write some more music we’ll team up together and write something great. Thank you for writing songs about love.
[11] Stevie's All-Star Grammy Tribute held at the Nokia Theater LA last night was a triumphant celebration of the man, his music and his philanthropic works. It featured performances from singers of several generations. The setlist below details the performers and the songs they performed.
- Fingertips/Master Blaster/Higher Ground : Beyoncé / Ed Sheeran and Gary Clark Jr.
- For Once in My Life : Tony Bennett
- I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever) : John Legend
- My Cherie Amour : Annie Lennox
- I Wish : Lady Gaga
- I Just Called To Say I Love You : Andrea Bocelli
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered : Ariana Grande / Babyface
- You Haven't Done Nothin' : The Band Perry
- I Was Made to Love Her : Ed Sheeran
- As : India.Arie / Janelle Monae / Jill Scott
- Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing : Pharrell Williams / Ryan Tedder
- All in Love Is Fair : Jennifer Hudson
- Isn't She Lovely : Aisha Morris / Ne-Yo
- Contusion/Sir Duke/You Are the Sunshine of My Life/Ribbon in the sky/Overjoyed/Superstition : Stevie Wonder
- Happy Birthday/Another Star : All performers
[09] Stevie at the 57th Grammy Awards last night presented along with Jamie Foxx the Record of the Year award in addition to making a surprise appearance at the end of Usher's version of If it's Magic, earning him a standing ovation from the audience.
January 2015
[30] Stevie is featured playing harmonica on Your Love Is Where I Live a track on Melissa Manchester's forthcoming album You Gotta Love the Life
[30] Stevie was present at the funeral of gospel singer Andrae Crouch where he spoke about the man, politics and religion.
[29] Yesterday, along with Smokey, LL Cool J, John Legend and Stevie helped honour Ken Ehrlich, producer of the Grammys televised show and many other TV specials as he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
[29] More performers for Stevie's All-Star GRAMMY® Salute have been announced and include: Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, John Legend and The Band Perry.
[16] The first performers for Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life — An All-Star GRAMMY® Salute have been announced and include: Chris Martin of Coldplay, Janelle Monáe, Willie Nelson, Ed Sheeran and Usher.
[16] NBC has announced they’re working with Stevie on Freedom Run, a miniseries and Broadway musical about the Underground Railroad, telling the story of the secret 19th-century network that helped fugitive slaves flee to Canada or northern states. Stevie will be the executive producer and possibly also write music for the production.
[15] Stevie announces more US dates for his Songs in the Key of Life Performance tour which begins at Denver's Pepsi Center on March 17 and includes stops in Houston, Dallas, New Orleans, Louisville, Minneapolis, Columbus, Austin, Nashville and Baltimore before it comes to a close at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on April 12. See Tours page for full details.
[12] Listen to Stevie's contribution on Mark Ronson's new album titled Uptown Special here. Stevie is featured on the first and last tracks.
[10] Stevie spoke at CES about the need to make technology more accessible to people with disabilities. He said: "We want to see a time where the issue of technology being accessible to people with disabilities is not an issue that we have to discuss... but it's just a natural, given fact" that everyone has equal access to technology, Wonder said at a panel event Tuesday (Jan. 6).
He also visited a 3D Printer booth where he was shown a printed guitar and ukulele. He was also given a 3D printed sunglasses.
[10] British DJ Philip George whose single Wish You Were Mine a sample of Stevies's My Cherie Amour has reached No. 2 in the UK Pop charts. He has apparently been offered the opportunity to sample other Stevie hits through a contract with Motown,
December
[16] Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute will honour Stevie and will take place on February 16 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles.
The two-hour special, which will air on America's CBS network, will feature artists performing Wonder's biggest hits, while a number of guest presenters will speak about the impact his songs have had on music and culture, according to Billboard.com.
CBS executive Jack Sussman says, "We are thrilled to pay tribute to this legendary man and musician. His influence is present in so much of today's greatest music. This salute will give everyone he's inspired a chance to show our esteem."
The Grammy Awards will air on February 8, a week before the Wonder tribute concert.
[16] Stevie will feature on two tracks on the upcoming Uptown Special album from Mark Ronsoon due out on January 27th. The opening track Uptown's First Finale featuring Stevie & Andrew Wyatt and the closing track Crack in the Pearl pt II featuring Stevie & Jeff Bhasker
[10] Get official Stevie Wonder merchandise from his Songs in the Key of Life 'The Performance' tour.
[06] Following a New York grand jury's decision Wednesday not to indict an NYPD officer involved in the apparent choke-hold death of Eric Garner, Stevie at his performance at Seattle's Key Arena, spoke up asking the audience, "Can you believe that within one month, two grand juries — secret grand juries — declined to indict two policemen for the killing of two black men? I just don't understand that. Guns are too accessible to everybody, I do understand that something is wrong, real wrong. And we as family, Americans, all of us of all colors, need to fix it with a quickness real soon."
November
[25] Last night Stevie was awarded the President's Medal of Freedom. President Obama described Wonder as a musical prodigy with an electrifying voice and one of the most influential musicians in American history.
"For more than 50 years, he channeled his inner visions to messages of hope and healing," Obama said. "Thanks to Stevie, all of us have been moved to higher ground."
After the ceremony, Stevie told reporters: I feel truly honored to receive this wonderful Medal of Freedom. My receiving it is saying to me, by the president, be forever committed to this that you’ve started, continue to try your best to encourage people to reach higher ground. But it is also a statement to me that says this is something that you’re wearing that says you’re committed for the rest of your life to fighting for the freedom of other people—freedom where race is not an issue, where everyone is respected as a family. The freedom of accessibility for those who have disabilities, that there’s nowhere in the world that they can’t be able to go and have a way of it being accessible for them. Freedom for health care, I feel that we need to have health care in this country. We have to have education. There’s no reason for illiteracy anywhere in this country or in the world. So anything that people are not free to be able to do and be appreciated and recognized, to think that in 2014 that we still have a condition where a person’s color is treated with disrespect and not being honored. We’re all made from the same creator.
- Watch video of Stevie being presented with award here.
[18] The ASCAP Centennial Awards on Monday night honored musical icons — Stevie, Joan Baez, Billy Joel, Garth Brooks and Stephen Sondheim. Stevie was presented with the award by Motown founder, Berry Gordy Jr. In his acceptance speech he said: All of us here, let's continue to write. Let's continue to encourage and inspire, because without writing, the world will lose its magic because the world will lose its love. It is an amazing world when you think about writing songs... You write songs like 'If It's Magic' because you say, 'What is the most magical thing in the world?' And the most magical thing I see in the world is love.
Paul Williams, president and chairman of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, said the awards were "a once-in-a-lifetime honor that would not be conferred again for another century."
[18] Donny Osmond's new album, features a cover of Stevie's My Cherie Amour on which Stevie guests playing the harmonica. The song can be heard here.
[18] Stevie will be performing at a $1,000-per-person fundraiser Dec. 1 in New Orleans to drum up support for the Big Easy Committee, a joint committee that supports Mary Landrieu and the Democratic State Central Committee of Louisiana.
[11] President Obama will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Stevie and 18 others during a ceremony to be held at the Whitehouse on November 24th.