Yeah, I kind of agree with this. I remember the first Apple festival I watched on AppleTV had a somewhat lesser known act open up for the established artist. They were both pretty much the same genre, so it was a great way to discover acts similar to those that you already knew about.
Who knows though--maybe they'll do the same this year and they're just trotting out the recognizable names to garner attention? We'll see....
Enh, he was well on his way to stardom before WWDC. He was graduating from smaller venues to stadiums prior to getting the Apple spotlight shown on him. That said, having the Apple machine behind him is certainly not hurting.
I'm kind of tired of Pharrell's singing too. But he is a legend of modern, popular music. Granted, that status mostly is what it is because of his production skills. But go back and see the ridiculous number of hits his name is attached to. It's pretty crazy when you step back and think about how long he's been doing his thing (along with Chad from The Neptunes).
