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NewsMay, 6 Stevie Wonder and Usher headline 2025 Met Gala concert
Stevie Wonder and Usher served as the musical entertainers for this year's Met Gala on Monday night. The gala's post-dinner musical extravaganza began with actor and co-chair Colman Domingo taking to the stage near the Temple of Dendur inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. According to Vogue, the Sing Sing actor recited a poem to introduce the opening act, Usher, who performed hits such as Yeah!, U Don't Have to Call and OMG as the star-studded audience got up on their feet. He was followed by music legend Wonder, who made his Met Gala debut with his family earlier that evening. Joined by a nine-person band, Wonder opened his headlining set with a capella intro of Sir Duke, before entertaining the guests with a string of hits like Black Man, Higher Ground and Isn't She Lovely. The publication reports that a singalong erupted in the room as Wonder sang Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) followed by I Wish and Superstition. He concluded the set by bringing Usher back out for a duet of his song Another Star. During his time on the red carpet, the 74-year-old spoke to Vogue about the importance of Black fashion being celebrated by the Costume Institute's new exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. "It is a wonderful thing that it's being celebrated tonight. I appreciate that," he said. "But the reality is, I believe that God has celebrated what we have done since the beginning of time... since we were created we've created style, whether be it music, whether be it dance, whether be it, the most important thing, love." This year's celebrity co-chairs were Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky and Pharrell Williams. The latter also contributed to the musical entertainment by arranging an interlude performed by the Voices of Fire choir, directed by his uncle Bishop Ezekiel Williams.
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