Keys twirled, grooved and sometimes sat alone hitting high notes from the piano. Her jazzy songs under the dome’s projected starry sky, set to percussive crosscurrents and piano arpeggios created a kind of ceaseless, dreamy rush through the Expo grounds as the warm winter night hung over the Persian Gulf. “Tonight I want you to let everything go, let everything go, and come with me on this journey,” she told revelers.

Keys, 40, sauntered onstage in a glittery gold bodysuit, her hair in a tight bun, and jammed out her eighth studio album along with old classics, radiating confidence. “We can live on the air,” she crooned from beneath the vast shimmering dome at Dubai’s Expo, a fortified stage ringed by riveted - and COVID-19 vaccinated - fans bouncing, grooving and nodding to the beat. It fared better in the US, reaching a peak of number 16.ĭespite that, it has become one of Clapton's most famous hits.Superstar Alicia Keys on Friday debuted her new album live in front of a packed crowd at the world’s fair in Dubai - a lively pop performance full of soaring vocals and piano solos. However, it was re-released in 1991 as a live version, but even then it only reached number 30. In fact, it didn't even reach the top 75. Would you believe it, but the song was never a hit in the UK. The song was included on his 1977 album Slowhand. The female backing harmonies on the track were provided by none other than future Shakespears Sister member Marcella Detroit, and disco legend Yvonne Elliman. Two famous singers provided backing vocalsĮric Clapton performing with Marcy Levy (later Marcella Detroit).She and Clapton divorced in 1989, and two years later she met property developer Rod Weston. In fact, he even performed at their wedding.īoyd also inspired Harrison's songs such as 'If I Needed Someone', 'Something' and 'For You Blue', as well as Clapton's 'Layla'. She was previously married to George Harrison in 1966, but they divorced in 1977.īefore their divorce, she had started a relationship with Harrison's friend Clapton, but she remained good friends with the Beatle. She was one of the leading models of the 1960s. Pattie Boyd is an English model and photographer. On March 28, 1979, the day after they got married, Clapton brought Pattie on stage and sang this to her at his concert in Tucson, Arizona. 'I was taking so long and I was panicking about my hair, my clothes, everything, and I came downstairs expecting him to really berate me but he said, 'Listen to this!'' They were heading out to a Buddy Holly tribute that Paul McCartney had arranged, and Clapton was waiting around while she tried on clothes.īoyd told The Guardian in 2008 that Clapton 'was sitting round playing his guitar while I was trying on dresses upstairs. Eric Clapton wrote 'Wonderful Tonight' in 1976 while waiting for his then-girlfriend (and future wife) Pattie Boyd to get ready for a night out.

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