BET Celebration of Gospel 2012 Line Up Announced
BET’s Celebration of Gospel is back, I know some of you were wondering what happened to the C.O.G. because it usually airs at the top of the year. For the first time the musical special will air during the Easter Season on Palm Sunday, April 1st. As we’re accustomed to, the musical special will be hosted by veteran comedian Steve Harvey.
This year we can expect performances from some of Gospel Music’s finest such as Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Fred Hammond, Marvin Sapp, The Rance Allen Group, James Fortune & FIYA, Le’Andria Johnson, Mali Music, and more. As we all know the Celebration of Gospel is all about merging Mainstream artists and Gospel artists to create memorable performances; so we can expect performances from Jennifer Holliday, Faith Evans, Johnny Gill, Ledisi, and Kelly Price as well.
Furthermore, we can also expect tributes to Mahalia Jackson and music icon Whitney Houston. It all goes down Friday, March 16th at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. Save the date, i’m sure we’ll all be glued to the television come Sunday, April 1st at 8P/7C. I’m definitely looking forward to the Whitney Houston tribute!
