.

Sting and Al Green Among This Year's Kennedy Center Honorees
09/05/2014
.
(Radio.com) Al Green and Sting are among the honorees at this year's Kennedy Center Honors this December. The musicians, along with ballerina Patricia McBride and actors Tom Hanks and Lily Tomlin, will be honored in a ceremony on Dec. 7 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. A broadcast of the gala will air Dec. 30 on CBS.

The 2014 honorees are set to receive tributes, as well as give performances of their own. They're selected for contributions to American culture through the performing arts.

"The Kennedy Center celebrates five extraordinary individuals who have spent their lives elevating the cultural vibrancy of our nation and the world," Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein noted in a press release.

Read more details here.

Radio.com is an official news provider for antiMusic.com.
Copyright Radio.com/CBS Local - Excerpted here with permission.

Sting CDs, DVDs and MP3s

Sting T-shirts and Posters

Share this article

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pin it Share on Reddit email this article

...end

advertisement
Day In Rock

Soul Man Sam Moore Dead at 89- Billy Joel Forced To Postpone Show Due To Medical Procedure- AC/DC Birthplace Accidental Destruction In New Documentary- more

Sammy Hagar Reveals One Rarity For Las Vegas Residency- AC/DC Were Asked Not To Live Up To Song Title- Breaking Benjamin- more

Day In Country

Kip Moore Previews Double Album With 'Bad Spot' Video- Ringo Starr Delivers His Country Album 'Look Up'- Maggie Rose Teams With Vince Gill- more

Reviews

Sites and Sounds: Music Adds to Your Caribbean Fun in Sint Maarten - Saint Martin

The Blues: Ollee Owens- Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne- more

Burton Cummings Releases New Album and Embarks on 60th Anniversary Hits Tour

Live: Dave Koz & Friends

Beatles Vinyl Box Set

Latest News

Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Roger Daltrey Tribute Soul Man Sam Moore

AC/DC Birthplace Accidental Destruction In New Documentary

Foreigner Hit New Milestones With Classic Hits

Tremonti Launching The End Will Show Us How Tour This Week

Metal Supergroup Crucial Velocity Deliver New album 'Controller'

Hirax Announce New Album 'Faster Than Death'

Necronomicon Ex Mortis Unleash 'Unspeakable Swamp Creature'

Billy Joel Forced To Postpone Hard Rock Show Due To Medical Procedure