Guide Note

The Grammy Red Carpet page is up to the minute info on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. A "red carpet" is a strip of carpet in the color red, which is laid out to welcome VIPs to formal events. The earliest known reference to walking a red carpet is in the play Agamemnon by Aeschylus, written in 458 BC. A hallmark of celebrity events, The red carpet has become a hot bed of pre-event activity ranging from interviews with the press to paparazzi snapping pictures of celebrity guests in fashionable clothes.

2008 Grammy Fast Facts

1. Aired on CBS
2. Air Date: February 10, 2008
3. Location: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
4. First Grammys: 1959
5. First live telecast: 1971
6. Presented by: National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences