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S45 Ep22

will.i.am and Friends Featuring the Black Eyed Peas

Premiere: 4/20/2018 | 00:02:28 |

International superstar will.i.am performs from London’s historic Royal Albert Hall in a one-night-only concert event. The award-winning artist, writer and producer reunites with members of the Black Eyed Peas plus special guests Pia Mia, Eva Simons and Lydia Lucy. Will.i.am and Friends Featuring the Black Eyed - Landmarks Live in Concert premieres April 20 at 10PM on PBS (check local listings).

About the Episode

Landmarks Live In Concert Returns to Great Performances
with will.i.am and Friends Featuring the Black Eyed Peas,
Premiering Friday, April 20 on PBS (check local listings)

The Grammy-winning superstar performs at London’s Royal Albert Hall with the Black Eyed Peas and friends

Blending the boundaries between hip-hop, pop, electronic dance music and contemporary R&B in his signature musical style, will.i.am performs from London’s Royal Albert Hall in will.i.am and Friends Featuring the Black Eyed Peas – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special, premiering nationwide Friday, April 20 at 10 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). The concert will be available to stream the following day on http://pbs.org/gperf and PBS apps.

The Grammy-, Emmy- and Latin Grammy-winning artist, writer and producer reunites with Taboo and apl.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas on stage to perform reinvented renditions of hits including “Let’s Get It Started,” “Where Is The Love?” and “I Gotta Feeling.” Special guests Eva Simons, Pia Mia and Lydia Lucy (The Voice UK) join will.i.am for dynamic performances of “Scream & Shout,” “#thatPower,” “Heartbreaker” and more in this one-night-only concert experience. will.i.am chose his second hometown of London for this special event.

Created by documentary and live event producer/director Daniel E Catullo III, Landmarks Live in Concert features a lineup of global music superstars performing at landmark locations of either historical or personal significance around the world. Past episodes featured Alicia Keys at multiple locations around New York City, Brad Paisley at West Virginia University, Andrea Bocelli live at Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio and Foo Fighters at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.

Song List

  1. This Is Love ft. Eva Simons
  2. #thatPOWER
  3. Boys & Girls Ft. Pia Mia
  4. Heartbreaker Ft. Lydia Lucy
  5. Let’s Get It Started w/ Black Eyed Peas
  6. Pump It w/ Black Eyed Peas
  7. The Time (Dirty Bit) w/ Black Eyed Peas
  8. Where Is The Love w/ Black Eyed Peas
  9. I Gotta Feeling w/ Black Eyed Peas
  10. Scream & Shout

Landmarks Live in Concert is a production of City Drive Films. Daniel E Catullo III, CEO of City Drive Films is creator, director and executive producer. The series is co-produced with Bungalow Media + Entertainment. Its CEO, industry veteran Robert Friedman also serves as executive producer. For Great Performances, Bill O’Donnell is series producer and David Horn is executive producer. Stephen Segaller is executive-in-charge for WNET.

Great Performances is produced by THIRTEEN PRODUCTIONS LLC for WNET, one of America’s most prolific and respected public media providers. Throughout its more than 40-year history on public television, Great Performances has provided viewers across the country with an unparalleled showcase of the best in all genres of the performing arts, serving as America’s most prestigious and enduring broadcaster of cultural programming.

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TRANSCRIPT

ROBOT VOICE: Make some noise.

[Cheering] WILL.I.AM: If you love it like I love it And you feel what I feel inside If you feel it, say hell yeah (hell yeah) This is love, this is love, this is love [Instrumental music] WILL.I.AM: Yeah!

[Instrumental music] Yeah!

[Instrumental music] Yeah!

[Instrumental music] Now watch it explode!

Everybody feelin good tonight?

[Cheering] ROBOT VOICE: Initiation Black Eyed Peas simulation.

BLACK EYED PEAS: Let's do it.

Let's do it.

Let's do it, do it, do it.

Hey, hey hey!

Here we come, here we go, we gotta rock (Rock rock rock rock rock) Easy come, easy go, now we on top (Top top top top top) Feel the shot, body rock, rock it, don't stop (Stop stop stop stop stop) Round and round, up and down, around the clock (Rock rock rock rock rock) WILL.I.AM: Wow, I haven't been with these guys on stage for a very long time.

And it feels good to be with my best friends.

[Clapping and cheering] BLACK EYED PEAS: Tonight's the night, let's live it up I got my money, let's spend it up Go out and smash it like oh my God Jump off that sofa, let's get, get off Dirty bit [Instrumental music] Dirty bit [Instrumental music] Check it, check it, check it, check it! Hey, hey!

Jump, jump, jump, jump!

What the UK always showed us, whether there was hit records, whether there was tours, is a lot of love.

[Cheering and clapping] UK showed the Black Eyed Peas a lot of love.

[LILY COLLINS] Where is the love?

Where's the love, y'all?

[LILY COLLINS] Where is the love?

Where's the love, love, love?

[LILY COLLINS] Ooooh....

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