John Legend and Alicia Keys are staging a piano-off as part of Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s latest Verzus battle on Friday (June 19, 2020).
After a series of rap battles and reggae stand-offs between hitmakers in recent weeks, Beatz’s wife Alicia and Legend are going head to head as part of the live stream initiative.
The show starts at 5 pm ET and fans can tune in on John and Alicia’s Instagram pages.
Meanwhile, Common, and his August Greene bandmates, Robert Glasper and Karriem Riggins, will lead a host of stars performing a Juneteenth livestream gig.
Lift Every Voice: A Juneteenth Special marks the 155th anniversary of the day slavery was abolished in America.
Hosted by radio presenter Charlamagne tha God, the show begins at 8 pm ET on the LiveXLive digital platform.
The Juneteenth holiday will also be marked by Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad, who is teaming up with the American Slavery Project (ASP) to live stream a series of radio plays.
The event can be accessed from the American Slavery Project website and on ASP’s YouTube channel on Friday at 7.30 pm ET.
Other Friday highlights include:
Eric B & Rakim (8.30pm ET) – https://www.caffeine.tv/TheLeader.
Cypress Hill – https://melodyvr.com/
Greenpeace: Action All Areas (Billy Bragg, Tim Burgess, Arlo Parks) – https://actionallareas.org/areas/
Save Our Scottish Venues (KT Tunstall, Fatherson, Wet Wet Wet & more) (3 pm ET) – https://www.universe.com/events/save-our-scottish-venues-tickets-edinburgh-307Q9X
New Found Glory (5 pm ET) – https://songathon.newfoundglory.com/
Ben Folds and the National Symphony Orchestra (4 pm ET) – https://www.kennedy-center.org/digitalstage/Kennedy-Center-at-home
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn (7 pm ET) – https://www.facebook.com/belafleckbanjo/
Craig Morgan (5 pm ET) – https://www.facebook.com/craigmorganmusic/
Grateful Dead (8 pm ET) – https://www.youtube.com/gratefuldead
Diplo and Dillon Francis (11 pm ET) – https://www.twitch.tv/maddecentlive/
