Emmy Winner Adam Blackstone Wants to Take the 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show With Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige and Dr. Dre on the Road
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Adam Blackstone is riding a career high. For years he has been the musical mastermind behind live shows for Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, Maroon 5 and Eminem.
This weekend, he picked up an Emmy Award for outstanding music direction for his work on “The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr.
Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent.” And just last week, he kicked off a residency, “The Legacy Experience,” at new Los Angeles music venue the Sun Rose.
Blackstone never really saw himself as a frontman until COVID made him stop and think about his legacy. “People trust me to curate,” he says. “I saw a couple of my friends pass away during COVID, and I had heard someone say, ‘I don’t want to die with a laptop full of ideas.’” Sharyn Goldyn, director of talent at The Sun Rose, which has seen Dave Chapelle, Nicole Scherzinger and Jeff Goldblum perform since opening last spring at 8430 Sunset Blvd., says Blackstone brings his music to already storied ground. “This is where the House of Blues was,” she says. “When this property was purchased they wanted a music venue and to continue bringing music to the Sunset Strip.” The kind of music Blackstone works into his show throws back to his Philly roots where he was a session musician playing upright bass.
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