The Manchester Evening News Arena played host to the 2011 BBC Children In Need Rocks Manchester benefit concert today. Securing some of the music scene’s top draws for billing on the Gary Barlow-organized event, Kelly Rowland, Lady Gaga, JLS, Coldplay, and Jessie J were just a few pop titans that hit the stage.
Lending some of their biggest hits for BBC One live, catch some of the night’s performances below:
















26 COMMENTS
Lebo(CAribbeanBoi)
November 17, 2011 at 6:06 pm
KELLY’S performance was very energetic , I’m just glad she’s having fun performing …
MS KELLY IS JUST EVERYWHERE IN UK, MS UK …
LETS SEE WHAT THE HATERS ARE GONNA SAY !!!
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lyric commander lee
November 17, 2011 at 6:14 pm
YAAAASSSS MS KELLY – SERVING LIFE! the reason y i stan! lol WORK!
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White Girl mob
November 17, 2011 at 6:15 pm
Hey TGJ let me ask ya something why ya always shade kreayshawn??? I dont even mention her name.. Kreay is tha fucking best female rapper since tha queen bee lil Kim. But kreayshawn is in tha same box with Kim to cus you shade tha both of them. hating ass bitch ya just like teamrihanna & teambeyonce always hating
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Kreayshawn's world
November 17, 2011 at 6:19 pm
@white girl mob they always shade kreayshawn but let them kreayshawn is who there faves want to be at tha end of tha day! Next year kreayshawn will slay tha charts
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BeBeJuJu
November 17, 2011 at 6:25 pm
i think gaga is the only along with Beyonce who sounds better live than the studio version! those 2 women are the best performers this generation and arguably best voices and most talented! Kelly…i preferred your graham norton performance of this song,it was much much better. but still good,and idk why but i just get weak when it comes to jesie j,i never play her music :/ but i know she has a nice voice,saw her US X factor performance !
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SHIT (ITS R&Bey)
November 17, 2011 at 6:32 pm
IDK WHY sum PPL think Kelly has a Better voice than bey…
But anyway. KELLY = LEGEND!!!
4 GRAMMYS!, 5 #1s!, 50 MILLION RECORDS SOLD!
#LEGEND!
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WTF YEAH I SAID IT!
November 17, 2011 at 6:40 pm
ONE OF KELLY’S BEST PERFORMANCES… THAT RUN AT 0:32 SECONDS WAS DOPE!!! I LIKE THE LIVE RENDITION OF THIS SONG BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL RECORD.
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Nate
November 17, 2011 at 6:43 pm
Hey SAM, what happened to Party being number 1 on the R&B chart? Um, liar liar blog on fire.
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Bey Fan...
November 17, 2011 at 6:51 pm
Good performances
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muni
November 17, 2011 at 7:42 pm
OMG kelly gave life with this performance!!!
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KING BEYSUS
November 17, 2011 at 7:48 pm
http://hulkshare.com/8q8f5ydfvz0l TALK THAT TALK DELUXE (iTUNES VERSION) SEASONS GREETINGS FROM #RihMEDIALNAVY!!!! >:)
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This Week In R&B | Luv Music Now
November 17, 2011 at 8:03 pm
[...] Kelly Rowland performs “Down For Whatever” at Children In Need concert. Kelly Rowland rocked the house in Manchester Evening News Arena as she performed her single “Down For Whatever” for the 2011 BBC Children In Need Rocks Manchester benefit concert. Backed up by male dancers, Kelly did some of her sexy moves as she hypes up the crowd with her song. She breaks into a few dance numbers following her chorus but leaves the heavy lifting to her back-up dancers as she continues singing. Kelly finishes the performance with a standing ovation from the crowd. The BBC Children In Need is BBC’s UK corporate charity which aims to help disadvantaged children and young people in the UK. Sharing the stage with Kelly Rowland are Lady Gaga, JLS, Coldplay, and Jessie J to name a few. “Down For Whatever” is a song from Kelly Rowland’s third studio album, Here I Am. [Source] [...]
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Rowldawg
November 17, 2011 at 8:04 pm
get it Kelly!!
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Word
November 17, 2011 at 8:04 pm
lol. I see everybody only talking bout Kelly Rowland. Racism in the midst of TGJ.
Gaga slayed . but ok
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williNalli
November 17, 2011 at 8:17 pm
LUH U KELL!!! TO BITS…
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ERIC
November 17, 2011 at 11:03 pm
And that’s how it’s DONE! You go girls with real talent! Gaga on top of herself tonight!
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GLYNNJE @GLYNNJE
November 18, 2011 at 4:16 am
KELLY WAS AMAZING. THE VOCALS WERE GOOD, IT WASNT EXCELLENT BUT STRONG AND GOOD. SHE ATE THAT STAGE UP. NO DENIAL. THAT’S ALL
#TEAMKELLY
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ASAP (As Sincere As Possible)
November 18, 2011 at 6:58 am
Kelly did an amazing job.She had a lot of energy and stage presence.She’s a real solo act now
GaGa on the other hand didn’t entertain me at all.Cheesy and dated choreography, bad outfit, awful hair and weak staging…This performance pretty much showed to me that she can’t be interesting, let alone amazing, when she’s performing an uptempo song without a big production…
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Sonia
November 18, 2011 at 7:14 am
Lady gaga & beyonce never sing live u are saying the 2 are the best live singer becos they never sing live.
So stop hating & praise a singer that sing live.
So Kelly did a good job here, singing & dancing can u do that hater.
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Iz
November 18, 2011 at 7:29 am
to know that a person is singing live u can hear them breath And if they don’t mean they are not singing live.
Hater beyonce & lady gaga are rarely singing live
I saw lady gaga singing live once, what a catastrophe & beyonce singing in jimmy the other day it is not live at all.
So praise a singer when they sing live.
Kelly Rowland did a nice job singing & dancing.
Woah.
Hater fall back & praise.
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Bey'knight
November 18, 2011 at 8:03 am
^^
bey’s rep as the best performer of this generation is sealed, no competition. If u think she doesnt sing live, somn must be wrong with ur ears. Go watch her tour dvd. So she’s lippin n somehow able to make comments randomly n breathe into d mic too. Outta sight hater outta sight
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NikkiIsChillin
November 18, 2011 at 8:21 am
Kelly you betta werk! that performance was on point. I wasn’t feeling Kelly’s outfit, but her hair and makeup is fierce.
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YOOSONDALOOSE
November 18, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Kelly looked stunning and her performance was amazing, her outfit and hair were really good!
Gaga was amazing as well. Very interesting.
I didn’t like James & Jessie
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nicegirl
November 18, 2011 at 4:25 pm
They all did really great. Kelly has improved her performances. She doesn’t get as out of breath as she used to.
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Malik
November 18, 2011 at 5:15 pm
Kelly kilt it, hands down!
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November 18, 2011 at 6:28 pm
@ASAP
your clit is cheesy!
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