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Tuesday 4 February 2014

Dave Grohl, Steven Tyler, Jon Bon Jovi, Adam Levine & More Rock Howard Stern 60th Birthday Bash

Swings A-list celebrities , celebrated amongst a bevy of other celebrities , the king of all media on his 60th Birthday - celebration at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Friday evening (31 January) .
In an exclusive interview with Billboard last month , Howard Stern executive producer Gary Dell'Abate noted that last year , Star ( graced the cover of the January 25 Billboard issue and gave an extended Q & A) is a set mandate for a stronger focus on a- list guests.
 
60 Star - Birthday Party at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom on Friday evening (31 January) reinforced , as many household stars of music, theater and film , responding ( out of Dell'Abate extraordinary abilities booking to the Directive as a star of the team , ) and SiriusXM satellite stations , radio star home since 2006 , delivered a four-hour gala competition with the star -power of all the glitzy awards show . Maybe even better , during the Academy Awards , Emmy Awards and Grammy Awards spotlight talent in their respective fields, merged star party for numerous walks , truly befitting his nickname as " King of All Media."


 


Dell'Abate also told Billboard last month that every song on the bash would run a revered hit, with the last song of the night to be "iconic " . These promises were also held .
 
The festivities began shortly after 6 clock , the night was fast taking on the feel of an all-star - star - show, a mix of entertainment and performances of classic hits rock icons " . Stern need a microphone and imitated at a booth a radio studio , with star banter with emcee of the evening, ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel and guests who came to chat about on the couch on the stage to sit next to longtime sidekick Robin Quivers next to them at night.
 
Train , confronted by Pat Monahan, served as the evening 's house band . ( "The first time we have his show about three words I said because I was so removed to actually do his show. Now we are friends, and he is one of the greatest people I know blown ," Monahan Billboard said last month. )
 
The ceremonies were broadcast live SiriusXM and streamed on SiriusXM.com free , with the amount of about 1,500 a mix of SiriusXM subscribers who won their way in through listening , household -name entertainers and members of the star " Wack Pack" of his faithful gang of social misfits who have made a long time for food on his show .
 
Ultimately, the width and name - recognition factor of those who took the stage reflects the star evolution " of monsters to man ," as Kimmel joked later that night ( after it , Stern and guests shared several shots , the most exuberant amount also was to an open bar treated ) and of the star start as a temporary DJ, his rise to the "shock jock " fame and , at 60 , the talent, a then young Sirius ( which would merge with rival XM 2007 raised) of 400,000 subscribers on his accession to the satcaster more than 25 million today .
 
Here is a summary of the highlights of the evening. (Remember , it was 4 hours , so this could take a while ... )
 
The party began when the curtain opened on Rob Zombie, which the Stern Show Theme Song sang " The Great American Nightmare" . "Star Trek " legend , and official Stern Show announcer George Takei followed , officially welcomed the crowd. "We are all here to celebrate Howard birthday [ Fellow. " Trek " - Legend ] . Bill Shatner is not I win ," said Takei .
 
When Kimmel began hosting duties of his night , amid the steady flow of jokes was a sincere admiration for all star, a National Radio Hall of Fame in 2012, has achieved with him to the conclusion , especially how much star has the medium transformed . " Everyone in this room here tonight , because at one point , we turned on the radio , in the car or at home, part of something that you 've never heard you ," Kimmel said.
 
" You heard a man talk about topics no one ever talked about on the radio had before. He told us very personal things about his marriage. He showed us every part of him , while a medium which was populated by the declarer and he took countdown and keepers and men with deep voices and he changed it.
 
" Howard Stern Radio Picasso what to the visual arts has done ," beamed Kimmel . "Picasso changed the way in which the artist approached the canvas. Howard had the same effect on the radio. "
 
Actor Johnny Knoxville led the next musical guest of the evening , the Black Keys , a bouncy castle " Lonely Boy" performed ( a 14 - week # 1 on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs Chart 2011-12 ) .
 
Kimmel then went to roving reporter Jeff Probst , host of CBS ' "Survivor" , the host of entertainers seated at round tables on the floor in front of the stage Golden Globes - woven style .
 
Barbara Walters announced her affection for star Probst , because despite his fondness for his trademark blue humor, he is Walters ' broadcasting' pure, sweet and innocent. " - Legend male counterpart Larry King said that an appearance by Stern show amounted to " one of the great hours I have ever spent in the air. "
 
"Thank you for all the years of entertainment, " Stern responded .
 
Probst handed the microphone to former "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock " actor ( and 2013 Billboard Music Awards host) Tracy Morgan to praise the star, in his typical manner provided unconventional. In addition to a radiant Jewel ( with most of those present clearly in honor of the star dressed ) sitting , said Lands former " SNL " comic David Spade, " We thank you for me next to her. "
 
Kimmel reclaimed direction of the process by including Comedy Central " Roast - master general" Jeff Ross and comic icon Joan Rivers on stage. Perhaps their best barbs , courtesy of Ross " . Wherever Howard goes , a picture of his wife, Beth , he keeps in his wallet Beth goes ... Wherever a picture of Howard wallet holds it ."
 
The music came with John Mayer, Bob Dylan covered " Like a Rolling Stone" . By the end of the song , shined his intricate guitar playing as the highlight.
 
After the recorded video Tribute by Ellen DeGeneres and Jerry Seinfeld ( "We're both the same age, [but] you win, man, " Seinfeld admitted ) and one on the stage Hello from Kathy Griffin to star, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took a time out from preparing for the super Bowl Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford , New jersey, to make a cameo appearance . "I 'm not the representative of New Jersey want to see ," he told the crowd , introducing fellow Garden Stater Jon Bon Jovi . By train in the back , he played Bon Jovi's 1987 # 7 Billboard Hot 100 hit and a signature song of the band, "Wanted Dead or Alive" .
 
" Dead or alive ? Seems like a strange choice for a 60th birthday," mused Kimmel .
 
Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine put the music of accession also train for a cover of Prince As Mayer, Levine showed off guitar "Purple Rain . " - Not shredding skills often on Maroon 5 shots revealed. Stern noted that " rain " is his favorite Prince song ( with many of the guests of the evening , and song selection , not known to star before his big night to see his excitement and listen to add to it , presented Kimmel ) .
 
Next up, comic master and star of the FX " Louie ," Louis CK (the first comedian who appear at the birthday party , according to Dell'Abate said yes) praised Stern 's unique talent for captivating audiences . " I grew up in Newton [ Mass. ] and my first car was a 1978 Datsun B210 " CK said. "The day I got the car, I drove to New York City, I was in traffic for hours solid, and I'm listening to some guy I 've never heard He's on a megaphone String - . . Calling Yoko . Ono I was angry , like, " you play a song ! "
 
"Three hours, I heard this . End of the 3 hours, I loved this man . For me this man , New York City was . "
 
( Do not blame the messenger , female Louis CK fans: He said yesterday he now " seeing someone . " )
 
NBC Matt Lauer and Al Roker next appeared in a video tribute, apologized for not being able to visit because in Sochi, Russia for the Olympics they ... reveal only a zoom out on a green screen behind them.
 
Train followed with his No. 10 Hot 100 hit from 2012 " Drive By " and a cover of Led Zeppelin's " The Ocean " .
 
Katie Couric teased with Probst and Stern, followed by Whoopi Goldberg, who was a testament to interviewing the star. " People would say to me : I have never liked you before ... [ until ] I 've heard you on Stern ... ' "
 
In a video message Medley , The Beach Boys , Neil Young and Metallica's James Hetfield wanted to star a Happy Birthday (sold separately ), the Beach Boys tune into the chorus of " California Girls ," "we , we all want could be rich like Howard Steeeeern ... "
 
Introduced Bryan Cranston of "Breaking Bad" fame NBC Jimmy Fallon, the new host of " The Tonight Show" starting this month . Kimmel was gracious to his new 23:30 competitors , although after he shared a shot with Fallon, Stern said , " Kimmel only poisoned Fallon . " Fallon showed his knowledge of art , perfectly capturing Seinfeld, Gilbert Gottfried and Adam Sandler, while winning its biggest laughs for his sound-alike version of Chris Rock ( "60 years old! 60 years old! " Had the crowd roar . )
 
After a brief hello from actress Mary McCormack, the star "movie woman " in his 1997 No. 1 Checkout biopic " Private Parts " , incoming NBC's " Late Night " host Seth Meyers continue to share the surreal mix of late-night network competitors a stage. He told how "Growing up in New Hampshire, my father at night , listen to WBCN [ Boston , which aired from star morning show on delay when he first arrived in syndication ] . When he came home, stay he would listen in the car [ more] . turns out , the radio did not work. he just did not want to come and see his family ... "
 
Fellow " SNL " alum Fred Armisen singing the Beatles' " Blackbird" to star, followed by Lena Dunham , the creator and star of the HBO series "Girls ," she scolded star for making fun of her breakthrough . Dunham gave her finally fandom of Star, called him a " champion of women in the arts . "
 
Dunham introduced comedienne Sarah Silverman, who, along with the Dixie Chicks ' Natalie Maines worked up a musical ode to star interrupted by his funny yet heartfelt refrain " the clock " in which she wished to remain timeless star .
 
The Night of the tone changed when Star interviewed CBS '" Late Show" host and longtime friend David Letterman for about half an hour. ( While it was certainly big radio outside audience grew , the amount a little uneasy in stains on the low-key turn in direction. ) Letterman touched on a variety of topics , including his strained relationship with outgoing host "The Tonight Show " Jay Leno, his few hobbies ( "fishing" ) and his 32 - year run on late-night TV, said he has no immediate plans as its competitor NBC occur .
 
Kimmel sat with Star and Letterman , any sense of rivalry with this trumped by respect for him . "I loved it," he said after the star.
 
Next: a video tribute of Arnold Schwarzenegger on stage and guest Katie Couric, who hear this again and again , that star is the ribs "greatest interviewer is getting a little tired." (Stern, of course , grilled their good sports - fiance John Molner on intimate details about the couple. )
 
Jewel sang a Star original , " silver nickels and dimes Golden " wowing with an extended high note at the end of the song, while former star enemy Rosie O'Donnell reimagined "Grease" hit " Summer Nights " to their chronicle later friendship with the host honor.
 
John Stamos introduced John Fogerty , who got the audience , and even star, dancing with blistering versions of " Bad Moon Rising" and " Fortunate Son " . "How Howard, [ Fogerty ] speaks the truth ," Stamos praised.

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