Guyana can look forward to an evening with John Legend when he performs live at the Guyana National Stadium on January 04, 2014 alongside Beres Hammond.
John Legend has promised an evening of rich and soulful music, during a live telephone interview on Hits & Jams 94.1 on Saturday last. “I just wanna take people to a great place, to let their minds expand, to let their minds wonder, put them in a romantic mood, make them feel good… that’s what music is supposed to do,” John Legend said.
Legend added that his performance will be sexy and soulful and promised that he will be entertaining the audience with his astounding piano playing skills. “It’s gonna be a beautiful night. There’s gonna be some love music and everybody’s gonna come there ready to have a good time and they’re gonna leave ready to have a good time too,” Legend pointed out laughingly.
Asked by HJ’s CEO, Rawle Ferguson, his knowledge of Guyana and Legend said he has heard about the Guyanese women. “I know they got some pretty girls,” he chuckled. After further questioning, the singer admitted that his current favourite song is ‘All of Me’ off his most recent album ‘Love in the Future’ but it often changes.
Legend explained that he has been privileged to write songs for artists like Kanye West, Alicia Keys, Janet Jackson and many other great artists but would still love to work with Adele and Beyonce in the same capacity. As far as Caribbean singers go, he noted that he is always opened to collaborations with great Caribbean artists, further making mention of his collaboration with Buju Banton on ‘Can’t be my Lover’ and performance with Taurus Riley in Jamaica.
Speaking on the Guyana slated concert, Legend said “I am so excited to come down there for the very first time. We are gonna have a great night, great show, you don’t wanna miss it… I’ll see you on January 4 Guyana, it’s gonna be beautiful!” The artist did not say goodbye before giving listeners a snippet of his favourite song, belting out one line “What would I do without your smart mouth?”
Meanwhile, Caribbean music icon Beres Hammond expressed his excitement in coming to Guyana and the privilege he feels to perform with Legend. “What a wonderful line up. It’s an honour for me to share the stage with him,” Hammond said.
Informed of the predicament organizers are faced with in deciding who should bring the curtains down on the ‘Night of Love’ concert having two amazing artists perform, Beres said that since Legend is an International artist it is only right that he is given this respect, further stating that “Is his name is Legend you know” with a snicker. “Looks to me like the both of us going on same time then. Any one, it doesn’t matter. I personally have the highest respect for his music,” Beres added after being told that it will be the night when the Legend meets the Icon!
Asked how he has managed to keep the music alive for so many years, Hammond explained, “It winds down to family because when people make you feel loved it makes you wanna do more so everything bursts down to love and the love the Guyanese people give meh, as an artist who can ask for more?”
On January 4, 2014, Beres said Guyanese can expect an extension of himself and while he is aware that he can never include all his songs in one performance, he is ready to “mix it up a little more”.