Justin Timberlake
made his return to the Grammy Awards stage last night (February 10),
binging a 15-piece band and a full orchestra to perform his
comeback single Suit & Tie.
Backed by his Tennessee Kids band, Justin sang in his
incomparable falsetto, shimmied across the stage like an old school pop idol, giving Suit & Tie a Rat Pack feel by calling
Jay-Z out of the audience for the rapper's verse.
Whether in black and white or colour, JT brought down the house and also
gave fans a glimpse of what to expect from his third solo LP The 20/20
Experience by singing new track Pusher Love Girl.
Taylor Swift
also put on an impressive display surrounded by aerialists, ballerinas,
fire dancers and a stage full of circus performers as she acted as the
ringleader to open the ceremony in grand style, by mixing a surreal
circus with a bit of Alice in Wonderland magic.
Dressed all in while, Swift made sure to pull out all the stops to help
get the night off the launch pad. Her mind-bending performance of
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together featured a wayward lover strapped to a spinning wheel.
During her performance, the 23-year old joked: "So, he calls me and
says, 'I still love you.' And I'm like, 'I'm sorry, I'm busy opening up
the Grammys and we are never, ever getting back together. Like ever'."

Other stand out performances on the night included
Rihanna,
Bruno Mars, Sting and Damian Marley's tribute to reggae icon Bob
Marley, which left everyone from Pharrell to Nicole Kidman bopping their
heads in the audience.

Carrie Underwood may have had that cool CGI dress, but Frank Ocean
really burned out optic nerves with a trippy performance that made it
look like he was running to stand still.

Wearing his signature headband, Frank stood behind a waist-high keyboard
surrounded by a white screen for a meditative Forrest Gump.
While a movie of his churning legs running down a secluded desert
highway screened below his torso, Ocean crooned the meditative tune
flawlessly. Plus, he threw in a sweet whistling solo as he turned to
leave the stage.
The likes of Maroon 5 and Alicia Keys, fun., Kelly Clarkson, The Black Keys, Mumford & Sons, Elton John and
Ed Sheeran performed on the night, with RiRi also delivering a moving rendition of her current single, Stay.