Live Performances
Accompanied by a seventeen-piece, all-female string orchestra, West performed "Heard 'Em Say" live for an exclusive concert held at Abbey Road Studios in London, England on September 21, 2005. The performance was recorded and later released on a live album titled Late Orchestration. On October 1, West appeared with Adam Levine as a musical guest on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live where they performed the song together. West included "Heard 'Em Say" within the setlist of his Touch the Sky Tour that took place in late 2005. During one of its stops in Universal City, California, Adam Levine was able to join West onstage to sing his portion of the song. He performed the song for a pre-game concert held during VH1's Pepsi Smash Super Bowl Bash on February 2, 2006. Wearing a Detroit Pistons jacket, West introduced "Heard 'Em Say" by saying it was "my favorite song I ever worked on." West performed the song at Santa Monica High School on December 5 for a concert promoting higher education sponsored by his charity foundation. He played "Heard 'Em Say" during his appearance at the first day of Coachella 2006 in Indio, California, where he later on had A-Trak spin A-Ha's "Take on Me" while he danced onstage to the delight of the audience. Backed only by a DJ and two backup singers, West performed "Heard 'Em Say" during his gig at Wango Tango on May 8, 2006. West provided a performance of "Heard 'Em Say" during his set at Live Earth 2007. On October 10, 2007, while Maroon 5 was playing "Nothing Last Forever" during a sold-out concert held inside Madison Square Garden, Adam Levine announced that he was to introduce "a good friend" to the stage, followed by a surprise guest appearance by West. To the delight of the audience, the two segued into a live rendition of "Heard 'Em Say." West included "Heard 'Em Say" within the setlist of his Glow in the Dark Tour. Near the end of the tour's North American leg, West performed the song during the final night of Lollapalooza 2008 in his hometown of Chicago, where he co-headlined the festival with Nine Inch Nails.
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