John Legend News

Legend rocks NYC rooftop for Show Me charity

May 20, 2009 1:00 pm PDT

John Legend hopes his Show Me charity will show others that everyone can make a difference to help end world poverty. The 30-year-old singer held a posh benefit dinner for his two-year-old nonprofit organizaton on Tuesday night, and celeb...

2009 Essence Music Festival has much to celebrate

Jan 30, 2009 5:00 am PST

The Essence Music Festival has plenty to celebrate this year. And it will be about a lot more than music, said Michelle Ebanks, president of Essence Communications Inc. The festival, slated for July 3-5, will include events marking the f...

John Legend plays Cupid at L.A. concert

Jan 14, 2009 8:00 pm PST

It looked like couples night for John Legend's concert at the Gibson Amphitheatre on Tuesday, and why not? The R&B singer-songwriter is, most of all, a grand romantic. But those romantic elements took awhile to surface. Early on, his ...

Clarification: New Year's parties story

Jan 2, 2009 1:00 pm PST

In Dec. 30 and Dec. 31 stories about New Year's Eve parties, The Associated Press reported that the economic downturn contributed to slow ticket sales for events hosted by R&B singer John Legend and Lindsay Lohan. It is typical for New Yea...

John Legend looks to reach stadium heights with CD

Oct 29, 2008 1:00 pm PDT

A platinum CD is hardly a disappointment, especially in these rocky times, when even veteran acts find it hard to crack the one-million mark. But John Legend admits to being slightly disappointed to the response to his last album, "Once A...