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Norah Comes Away with Grammy Sweep

By Stephen M. Silverman

Sunday February 23, 2003 01:00 PM EST

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10:45 p.m.: Norah Jones, Nelly Heat Up the Grammys

Nelly came out on top -- or rather, out of the top -- as he descended from the ceiling of Madison Square Garden to deliver "Hot in Herre," before being joined by Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child for a duet of "Dilemma."

As a visual effect during "Hot in Herre," flames appeared on video screens and smoke accented the stage -- a display of questionable taste following Thursday night's fire at a Rhode Island nightclub, where 96 people were killed during a performance by the band Great White.

No mention of the tragedy was made at the Grammys, at least not during the first two hours.

One message that did come across was from Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst, who was applauded by co-presenter Eve when he said that the consensus in the room was that "this war should go away as soon as possible."

Interestingly, applause for his statement was strong, but not overwhelming.

Meanwhile, best hard rock performance honors went to the Foo Fighters for "All My Life," winning over Godsmack ("I Stand Alone"); P.O.D. ("Youth of the Nation"); Queens of the Stone Age ("No One Knows"); and System of a Down ("Aerials").

"You never actually think you're going to win one of these," said Foo frontman Dave Grohl during his acceptance. "At least we didn't."

Grohl introduced his girlfriend Jordan in the audience, and said she inspired all the songs.

The third Grammy hour kicked off with a performance by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, who performed "The Rising" -- but did not go on to collect a Grammy for it as best song, despite the shouts of "Bruuuce! Bruuuce!" from the crowd as the envelope was being opened.

The song of the year Grammy went instead to Jesse Harris, for Norah Jones's "Don't Know Why."

Check out PEOPLE.com's complete 2003 Grammy coverage.