{"id":1749,"date":"2026-05-12T00:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/john-mcenroe-storms-the-stage-during-linda-perrys-show\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T00:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:21:25","slug":"john-mcenroe-storms-the-stage-during-linda-perrys-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/john-mcenroe-storms-the-stage-during-linda-perrys-show\/","title":{"rendered":"John McEnroe storms the stage during Linda Perry&#8217;s show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/crop-8923627.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A legendary tennis champ turned into Linda Perry\u2019s personal hype man at a concert in a downtown loft Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The 4 Non Blondes frontwoman was belting out the band\u2019s 1992 anthem \u201cWhat\u2019s Up?\u201d during an intimate Soho Sessions performance when sports icon John McEnroe bounded across the stage, waving his arms to keep the crowd, which included his brother Patrick, Don Lemon, Gina Gershon, Kelly Bensimon, and Steve Schirripa singing along.<\/p>\n<p>The surprise cameo brought some levity to an otherwise emotional evening for Perry, who is releasing her first solo album in more than 25 years, \u201cLet It Die Here,\u201d alongside a documentary of the same name which delves into her relationship with her abusive mother.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Linda Perry performed an intimate concert in NYC for the Soho Sessions, which take place in a Soho loft. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for LOVE ROCKS NYC\/God&#8217;s Love We Deliver<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Perry revealed during the candid set that her mother used to hit her as a child, saying she would \u201clook [back] at her dead cold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em>There\u2019s something really powerful when you\u2019re getting hit, and you don\u2019t cry,\u201d Perry said. \u201cIt\u2019s almost weirdly powerful, too. It\u2019s like you\u2019re just sitting there, and the pain .. . it gives you this energy.\u201d <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Perry is confronting her mother\u2019s death, which happened in 2024, through her music. <\/p>\n<p>She says she asked herself, \u201c\u2019How long are you gonna carry this, Linda? When are you gonna let it go? You don\u2019t have anybody to fight. So what\u2019s the excuse? Why are you still fucked up? Why is your head still twisted?\u2019 I think it\u2019s just because that\u2019s who I am. And I have to come to a point where I have to realize, I\u2019m okay with that. That will be my sacrifice, because I love the art the damage produces.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tennis legend John McEnroe stormed the stage to pump people up during the 4 Non Blondes song \u201cWhat\u2019s Up?\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Matt Ramirez<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Guests didn\u2019t need much encouragement to belt out the tune.  <span class=\"credit\">Matt Ramirez<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Still, the hitmaker \u2014 who penned Christina Aguilera\u2019s \u201cBeautiful\u201d and has worked with Dolly Parton, Pink, Adele, Alicia Keys, Gwen Stefani, Courtney Love and Britney Spears \u2014 spoke lovingly about her mother, whom she financially supported and physically cared for during her final months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love my mom. It\u2019s very important to understand that. She had to become a survivor because her life was shit,\u201d Perry said of her mother\u2019s upbringing. \u201cSo I could understand and sympathize and have empathy where it was coming from.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>A documentary about Perry, \u201cLet It Die,\u201d is in select theaters now. <span class=\"credit\">Soho Sessions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The songwriter is releasing an album of the same name. <span class=\"credit\">Soho Sessions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesohosessions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Soho Sessions<\/a>, founded by Nicole Rechter and Greg Williamson, has hosted a slew of musicians including Keith Richards,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/17\/entertainment\/olivia-dean-reveals-what-inspired-her-to-take-on-ticketmaster\/\">Olivia Dean<\/a>, Nile Rodgers, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/09\/25\/entertainment\/paul-simon-performs-rare-concert-after-hearing-loss-diagnosis\/\">Paul Simon.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/11\/society\/john-mcenroe-storms-the-stage-during-linda-perrys-show\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A legendary tennis champ turned into Linda Perry\u2019s personal hype man at a concert in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/crop-8923627.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}