Twelve-time Grammy Award-winner John Legend joins the San Francisco Symphony for a special solo performance featuring songs and stories. Experience intimate reimaginings of his greatest hits ("All of Me," "Ordinary People," "Tonight"), unexpected stories from Legend's life and career, and selections from his most recent release LEGEND ("Nervous," "Wonder Woman").
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Piano virtuoso and vocal crooner John Legend has had fans awestruck ever since his 2004 debut album Get Lifted. Whether he's performing hits at the 56th Grammy Awards or collaborating with some of R&B's top acts, John Legend doesn't need much in order to deliver an exceptional live show. Often playing with just a solo grand piano, he allows his soulful vocals to be at the forefront as he treats concertgoers to hits like "Ordinary People" and "All Of Me." Legend will continue to reward fans with his smooth slow-jams on a string of intimate upcoming tour dates.
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Multiplatinum artist John Legend has garnered eleven Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and an Emmy Award, making Legend the first African-American man to earn an EGOT. Legend has released six celebrated albums including, Get Lifted (2004), Once Again (2006), Evolver (2008), Love in the Future (2013), Darkness and Light (2016), and A Legendary Christmas (2018). Legend starred in NBC's "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert" in 2018, winning an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special and nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor (Limited Series). Legend joined "The Voice" for Season 16 (2019), winning with his mentee Maelyn Jarmon and is currently a judge on Season 17. John is a partner in Get Lifted Film Co., serving as an Executive Producer for "Southern Rites," "United Skates," WGN America's "Underground," and films "Southside with You" and "La La Land." As a philanthropist, Legend initiated the #FREEAMERICA campaign in 2015 to change the national conversation surrounding our country's misguided criminal justice policies and to end mass incarceration.
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Piano virtuoso and vocal crooner John Legend has had fans awestruck ever since his 2004 debut album Get Lifted. Whether he's performing hits at the 56th Grammy Awards or collaborating with some of R&B's top acts, John Legend doesn't need much in order to deliver an exceptional live show. Often playing with just a solo grand piano, he allows his soulful vocals to be at the forefront as he treats concertgoers to hits like "Ordinary People" and "All Of Me." Legend will continue to reward fans with his smooth slow-jams on a string of intimate upcoming tour dates.
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Multiplatinum artist John Legend has garnered eleven Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and an Emmy Award, making Legend the first African-American man to earn an EGOT. Legend has released six celebrated albums including, Get Lifted (2004), Once Again (2006), Evolver (2008), Love in the Future (2013), Darkness and Light (2016), and A Legendary Christmas (2018). Legend starred in NBC's "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert" in 2018, winning an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special and nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor (Limited Series). Legend joined "The Voice" for Season 16 (2019), winning with his mentee Maelyn Jarmon and is currently a judge on Season 17. John is a partner in Get Lifted Film Co., serving as an Executive Producer for "Southern Rites," "United Skates," WGN America's "Underground," and films "Southside with You" and "La La Land." As a philanthropist, Legend initiated the #FREEAMERICA campaign in 2015 to change the national conversation surrounding our country's misguided criminal justice policies and to end mass incarceration.
Twelve-time Grammy Award-winner John Legend joins the San Francisco Symphony for a special solo performance featuring songs and stories. Experience intimate reimaginings of his greatest hits ("All of Me," "Ordinary People," "Tonight"), unexpected stories from Legend's life and career, and selections from his most recent release LEGEND ("Nervous," "Wonder Woman").
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Piano virtuoso and vocal crooner John Legend has had fans awestruck ever since his 2004 debut album Get Lifted. Whether he's performing hits at the 56th Grammy Awards or collaborating with some of R&B's top acts, John Legend doesn't need much in order to deliver an exceptional live show. Often playing with just a solo grand piano, he allows his soulful vocals to be at the forefront as he treats concertgoers to hits like "Ordinary People" and "All Of Me." Legend will continue to reward fans with his smooth slow-jams on a string of intimate upcoming tour dates.
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Multiplatinum artist John Legend has garnered eleven Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and an Emmy Award, making Legend the first African-American man to earn an EGOT. Legend has released six celebrated albums including, Get Lifted (2004), Once Again (2006), Evolver (2008), Love in the Future (2013), Darkness and Light (2016), and A Legendary Christmas (2018). Legend starred in NBC's "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert" in 2018, winning an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special and nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor (Limited Series). Legend joined "The Voice" for Season 16 (2019), winning with his mentee Maelyn Jarmon and is currently a judge on Season 17. John is a partner in Get Lifted Film Co., serving as an Executive Producer for "Southern Rites," "United Skates," WGN America's "Underground," and films "Southside with You" and "La La Land." As a philanthropist, Legend initiated the #FREEAMERICA campaign in 2015 to change the national conversation surrounding our country's misguided criminal justice policies and to end mass incarceration.
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Piano virtuoso and vocal crooner John Legend has had fans awestruck ever since his 2004 debut album Get Lifted. Whether he's performing hits at the 56th Grammy Awards or collaborating with some of R&B's top acts, John Legend doesn't need much in order to deliver an exceptional live show. Often playing with just a solo grand piano, he allows his soulful vocals to be at the forefront as he treats concertgoers to hits like "Ordinary People" and "All Of Me." Legend will continue to reward fans with his smooth slow-jams on a string of intimate upcoming tour dates.
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Multiplatinum artist John Legend has garnered eleven Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and an Emmy Award, making Legend the first African-American man to earn an EGOT. Legend has released six celebrated albums including, Get Lifted (2004), Once Again (2006), Evolver (2008), Love in the Future (2013), Darkness and Light (2016), and A Legendary Christmas (2018). Legend starred in NBC's "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert" in 2018, winning an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special and nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor (Limited Series). Legend joined "The Voice" for Season 16 (2019), winning with his mentee Maelyn Jarmon and is currently a judge on Season 17. John is a partner in Get Lifted Film Co., serving as an Executive Producer for "Southern Rites," "United Skates," WGN America's "Underground," and films "Southside with You" and "La La Land." As a philanthropist, Legend initiated the #FREEAMERICA campaign in 2015 to change the national conversation surrounding our country's misguided criminal justice policies and to end mass incarceration.
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