L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Lionel Richie remembers the first concert he played as a solo artist after he left the Commodores. The show was in Las Vegas in the early 1980s, and because "the audience wasn't sure who I was going to be," as he recalled recently, people turned up d... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Lana Del Rey, Lionel Richie and J. Cole top a wide-ranging lineup for the 2016 Outside Lands festival set for three days in August in San Francisco. This year’s roster also includes Duran Duran, Zedd, Peaches, Sufjan Ste... more info

Mercury News, California — The Aug. 5-7 Outside Lands festival announces that Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Lionel Richie are the three headliners; other acts include J. Cole, Lana Del Rey, Duran Duran, Zedd, Air, Sufjan Stevens, Ryan Adams, Beach House, Halsey, Grimes; single t... more info

Nialler9 — Filling in that big Oxegen-shaped hole in the July calendar, is now, the Punchestown Festival. Aiming for a much older audience, the one-day festival at Punchestown Racecourse is headlined by Lionel Richie with Shane Filan, James Morrison, Corinne Ba... more info

Perez Hilton — Demi Lovato slays once again! The Confident songstress has a habit of stealing the show while giving a tribute performance to a music legend; during this year's Grammy awards, the pop star honored Lionel Richie with some top notch vocals performing H... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — What did it say about the 58th Grammy Awards that among the liveliest moments in the show were a tribute to the late B.B. King, a number from a Broadway musical and — oh, yes — a celebration of the music of Lionel Richie? Nothing good, that's for... more info

The Telegraph — British star consoles herself afterwards with a burger at In-N-Out - after bumping into Lionel Richie more info

Perez Hilton — Apparently it was Demi Lovato we were looking for the whole time! Lionel Richie was named MusiCares Person Of The Year at the 2016 Grammys, and in a medley of performances, several stars paid tribute to the music legend! First John Legend performed T... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The way Lionel Richie sees it, every one of his songs — from “Easy” to “Hello” to “Dancing on the Ceiling” — was given to him by God for a single purpose: to help carry him toward Saturday night, when he stood onstage at the Los Ange... more info

Perez Hilton — We can't imagine a better response to the video than this! Adele came back to music with a totally iconic video thanks to Xavier Dolan's Hello, and while we've seen a bunch of parodies, this one may be the best yet. While many people went with the ob... more info