Lady Gaga took the stage at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday night (March 12) to perform her hit best song nominee “Hold My Hand,” from the blockbuster sequel Top Gun: Maverick.

“I wrote this song with my friend BloodPop for the film Top Gun: Maverick in my studio basement,” she began her performance. “It’s deeply personal for me, and I think that we all need each other. We need a lot of love to walk through this life, and we all need a hero sometimes. There’s heroes all around us, in unassuming places, but you might find that you can be your own hero even if you feel broken inside.”

Gaga then delivered a stripped-down version of the Maverick power ballad, with just a piano for accompaniment for the first verse and chorus, before being joined by drums and bass for the remainder of the performance. It was an appropriate raw and intimate-feeling version of the song, given its emotional introduction.

“Hold My Hand” hit No. 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2022 — one of two Hot 100 hits from Maverick, along with OneRepublic’s “I Ain’t Worried.” Lady Gaga previously won the Oscar for best original song at the 2019 Academy Awards, for her Hot 100-topping Bradley Cooper duet “Shallow” from A Star Is Born.

Top Gun: Maverick is nominated for six total categories at this year’s Academy Awards, also including best editing, best adapted screenplay and best picture. It is one of two box office-besting sequels to be nominated for best picture this year, along with Avatar: The Way of Water.

Lewis Largent, the influential alternative rock radio DJ and MTV VJ that hosted 120 Minutes, died on Feb. 20, a representative confirmed to Billboard.

He passed away after a long illness, Variety first reported.

Largent grew up in Southern California and launched his career in music at L.A.’s KROQ, with an internship that turned into a full-time role in 1985. Four years later, he was named musical director at the alternative radio station.

In 1992, Largent shifted over to MTV, where he landed as a vp of music programming and became the host of 120 Minutes, bringing artists including David Bowie, Bjork, Trent Reznor, Radiohead and PJ Harvey to television screens everywhere on Sunday nights. He was the face of the show through 1995, though he stayed with the company in his programming role until 1999.

His role as host was next appointed to Matt Pinfield, who upon hearing of Largent’s death tweeted Friday, “I am completely gutted. I loved Lewis very much. I am at a loss for words.”

Following his years with MTV, Largent went to Island Def Jam Records, where as svp of A&R he signed artists such as Sum 41 and Andrew WK. He left IDJ in 2004.

Later in life, he went back to college to study creative writing, earning a bachelor’s degree from Sarah Lawrence College and his Master of Fine Arts in 2015.

Largent is survived by wife Julie Greenwald, Atlantic Music Group chairman and CEO, and their two children.

Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks joined forces for a pair of songs during their co-headlining stadium tour opener at SoFi Stadium near Los Angeles on Friday (March 10).

The first duet between the iconic musicians arrived during Nicks’ set when the Piano Man took on Tom Petty‘s vocal part on the Billboard Hot 100 hit song “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.” The pair reunited again during a performance of Joel’s ballad “And So It Goes.” Watch the team-ups here and here.

Elsewhere during the concert, dubbed Two Icons – One Night Only, Nicks delighted audience members with her first performance of “Fall From Grace” in more than a decade, Rolling Stone reports. She also delivered a rendition of Fleetwood Mac‘s “Sara,” marking her first solo performance of the track since 2008.

Nicks also paid tribute to her late Fleetwood Mac bandmate Christine McVie with an emotional delivery of the band’s “Landslide.” McVie died in November 2022 following a short illness. Watch Nicks’ heartfelt performance here.

“I have to imagine she’s still here,” a teary-eyed Nicks told the crowd. “It’s all I can do.”

Joel and Nicks’ co-headlining stadium tour continues on April 8 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. From there, the pair will visit Nashville (May 19); Philadelphia (June 16); Columbus, Ohio (Aug. 5); Kansas City, Mo. (Aug. 19); Foxborough, Mass. (Sept. 23); Baltimore (Oct. 7); and Minneapolis (Nov. 10).