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Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus perform at pre-Grammy events

Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus are among the stars who made appearances at the pre-Grammy celebrations in Los Angeles this weekend, despite being snubbed by the Recording Academy.

Mother Monster performed at the annual MusiCares Gala on Friday, taking part in the tribute to honoree Carole King. The Hollywood Reporter says she blew the audience away with a cover of Carole's "You've Got A Friend."

The pop star shared that the song had been a comfort to her in hard times, and thanked Carole for being an inspiration to female songwriters. Sara Bareilles, Alicia Keys, Steven Tyler and Jason Mraz all performed as well.

On Saturday, Miley took the stage at Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy party. She had the cameras clicking wearing acity, including possibly unscheduled "sweeps" on site by inspectors to keep the company from harassing tenants and getting them to leave.

Instead, current and former tenants of the Queens buildings told the AP that they were subjected to extensive construction, with banging, drilling, dust and leaking water that they believe were part of targeted harassment to get them to leave and clear the way for higher-paying renters.

"It was noisy, there were complaints, I got mice," said mailman Rudolph Romano, adding that he also bristled at a 60 percent rent increase, a hike the Kushner Cos. contends was initiated by the previous landord. "They cleaned the place out. I watched the whole building leave."

At a six-story walk-up in Manhattan's East Village that was once home to the Beat poet Allen