Grammy-Nominated Sister Trio VIRTUE joins President Obama, Tamar Braxton, Harry Belafonte, Kirk Franklin, Doug E. Fresh and more to celebrate The 50th Anniversary of Selma with An All-Star Concert set to stream online live this Sunday, March 8, 2015 on BET.COM and CentricTV.com at 5P|4C hosted by AJ Calloway .
Centric/BET Networks, in partnership with the Selma-to-Montgomery 50th Commemoration Foundation, will present a historical and all-star celebration concert that will honor those who stood up for freedom, equal rights and the right to vote.
The concert will be held on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where the original march took place in 1965, and will feature performances by Aloe Blacc, Anthony Hamilton, Arrested Development, Bebe Winans, Fantasia, Bell Biv DeVoe, D-Nice, Donnie McClurkin, Eddie Levert, Eric Benet, Flavor Flav, Keith Sweat, Kelly Price, MC Lyte, Rick Ross, Tank, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Tyrese, and Vanilla Ice.
President Obama will deliver civil rights speech and Harry Belafonte and Peter Yarrow (two original Selma marchers), Bill Withers, Cicely Tyson, Malcolm Jamal Warner, and Tom Joyner are slated to make appearances.
With Grammy, Dove and Stellar Award nominations, over 500K in career sales, five recorded studio albums – Virtue (1997), Get Ready (1999), Virtuosity (2001), Free (2003), Testimony (2006) and signature hits like “Get Ready,” “Put Your War Clothes On,” “Til’ You Believe,” “Lord, I Lift My Hands,” and “Follow Me,” Virtue is back on the music scene after a 10 year recording hiatus with their new rising radio single “You Are” – which sits at #21 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart this week from their current album release TESTIMONY:RELOADED – a re-vamped version of their 2006 Testimony release that features two new tracks to tide their fans over until the release of their forthcoming 6th studio album slated to hit stores and online this summer.
