EBS artist Tony Chicago Russell won an EMMY Award for outstanding music direction for The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar, alongside Kendrick Lamar, last night.

Photo: Tony Russell with his EMMY Award. Photo courtesy of Tony Russell.

We had the honor of hosting Tony at the EBS office recently, and got invited to the Kendrick Lamar show in Stockholm. Tony is not only the musical director of the show, but also performs and programs all the music as a one-person band backing up Kendrick’s performance. As far as we know, it’s the only stadium tour performed that way until today.

Photo: Tony Chicago Russell with EBS CEO Bo Engberg and Artist Relations Manager Ralf Bjurbo at the EBS HQ in Sweden.

Tony plays the bass and keyboard live, along with samplings and programmed sequences. The bass rig on the tour consists of EBS 802 amplifiers with a one-of-a-kind custom-covered EBS ProLine 810 cabinet.

Congrats to Tony for this milestone achievement, winning an EMMY award!

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