SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Just two days after the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards®, the Recording Academy™, AEG Ehrlich Ventures, and CBS will celebrate historic American record label Motown Records by presenting "Motown 60: A GRAMMY® Celebration." The live concert taping will be held Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 7:30 p.m. PT at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The special will be broadcast on April 21 on the CBS Television Network. Presale concert tickets go on sale Friday, Feb. 1, at 10 a.m. PT (use code MOTOWN60), and general tickets go on sale Saturday, Feb. 2, at 10 a.m. PT and are available for purchase at AXS.com.
Paying tribute to an iconic sound that changed America, an all-star lineup of artists participating in the celebration will be announced during GRAMMY Week, which begins Feb. 4.
"Motown 60: A GRAMMY Celebration" is produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures, LLC. Ehrlich is executive producer, Ron Basile and Chantel Sausedo are producers, and David Wild is the writer/producer.
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