Maroon 5, Usher to headline benefit to honor Rep. John Lewis

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is seen in his workplace on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 19, 2009.
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Maroon 5 and Usher will headline a profit live performance in Atlanta to honor the legacy of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis.

Adam Levine of Maroon 5 performs throughout halftime of the NFL Tremendous Bowl 53 soccer sport between the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, in Atlanta. Maroon 5 and Usher will headline a profit live performance in Atlanta to honor the legacy of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis.

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The Grammy Award-winning pop band and singer will carry out throughout the Beloved Profit on the Mercedes-Benz Stadium on July 7, live performance officers introduced Thursday. The occasion was rescheduled from its preliminary date in February as a result of COVID-19 considerations. NBC Sports activities host and correspondent Maria Taylor will function the occasion’s emcee.

Together with Usher and Maroon 5’s performances, the profit live performance will function a program full of inspiring neighborhood tales. The cash raised might be distributed to a number of nonprofit beneficiaries that prioritize financial and neighborhood growth.

Usher arrives on the Los Angeles premiere of “Can’t Cease, Gained’t Cease: A Dangerous Boy Story” on the Writers Guild Theater on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The singer will carry out throughout the Beloved Profit on the Mercedes-Benz Stadium on July 7, live performance officers introduced Thursday, Might 5, 2022.

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The Beloved Profit was impressed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s imaginative and prescient of a beloved neighborhood the place individuals work collectively to resolve social points starting from racism and poverty together with starvation and homelessness.