Lenny Kravitz Teases New Album and Tour, Talks ‘Hunger Games’ and Hosting the iHeart Radio Awards

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Thania Garcia Lenny Kravitz is pumped for his first hosting gig at the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards. “I’m just ready to get out there and I’m grateful to still be here,” the 58-year-old rocker tells Variety. “After all the years I have behind me — to still be so vibrant and feel so inspired — is truly a gift.

And in this very special case, it’s beautiful to meet and witness the people coming up now in this generation. It’s a special moment in my career.” Fresh off his In Memoriam performance at the 95th Oscars ceremony, Kravitz’s schedule is as busy as can be.

Aside from hosting the awards show on March 27, Kravitz is also set to deliver a “roughly four-minute” medley of at least three of his career-defining tracks — a challenging feat for the artist, whose catalog spans over three decades of hits. “We are working on getting the timing and rhythms right while making sure the message is being represented,” he says. “I’ve been working with the people [at iHeart] to make sure it’s all locked in and sounds exactly as we envision it.” In its 10th year, the iHeart Radio Awards will also see performances by Pink, Coldplay, Keith Urban, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Latto, Muni Long, Cody Johnson and Kelly Clarkson, who recently covered Kravitz’s “Are You Gonna Go My Way” on her daytime show. “She probably never saw it but I actually sent her DM to tell her that she killed it.

I thought was a great interpretation,” he says of Clarkson’s performance. When his mind isn’t on music, Kravitz is fielding requests from Hollywood to follow up his cameo as Sean opposite Josh Duhamel and Jennifer Lopez in the Amazon original romantic comedy “Shotgun Wedding.” He’s also landed roles in TV series like “Better Things” and “Star,” but it’s