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Alicia Keys will perform at NBA All-Star game

Posted By HOOPSWORLD On February 6, 2013 @ 4:00 pm In All,Wirenews | Comments Disabled

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Alicia Keys will be the sole performer for the 62nd NBA All-Star Game halftime show on Sunday, Feb. 17. Keys will perform as part of the All-Star Game “Entertainment Series presented by Sean John at Macy’s.” The game will air live at 8 p.m. ET on TNT and ESPN Radio.

Before the start of the All-Star Game, NE-YO will perform as players take the court, followed by John Legend, who will sing the U.S. National Anthem. Actress/singer Gloria Reuben, who currently stars in the multi-Academy Award-nominated film “Lincoln,” will perform the Canadian National Anthem.

Nick Cannon will host State Farm All-Star Saturday Night, airing live at 7 p.m. on TNT, featuring performances by British pop sensation Ellie Goulding, American Idol Season 11 winner Phillip Phillips, and recently reunited pop punk band Fall Out Boy.

Goulding will tip off the evening by singing her No. 1 single, “Lights,” followed by Phillips, who will perform his “Home” between the Taco Bell Skills Challenge and Foot Locker Three-Point Contest. Fall Out Boy will play their No. 1 single “My Songs Know What You Did In The Day (Light Em Up),” before the start of the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest. In addition, RaVaughn will perform the U.S. National Anthem and Michelle Peavy will sing the Canadian National Anthem.

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