Alicia Keys followed Coldplay, and the new mom looked and sounded gorgeous! Alicia Keys offered a teaser of her new album during her set at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas on Friday night. The Grammy-winning songbird, dressed head to toe in black, debuted the uplifting piano-driven number “A Place of My Own” before the sold-out crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. (Video After The Break)
She also played “Empire State of Mind Part II” at the piano, which had the crowd hopeful that Jay-Z would join her. But Alicia ended her set with no Hov cameo, only to return to perform “Empire State of Mind” with him. New York, meet Las Vegas!
Jay-Z closed the show with what could easily be called ‘The Best of Jay-Z’ – and the crowd was on it’s feet for the entire set. He brought down the house with an incredible high-energy medley, from ’99 Problems’ to ‘Encore,’ with Memphis Bleek joining him on stage.
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