Santa Monica, Calif. (Top40 Charts/ Recording Academy) The
Beach Boys - Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and
David Marks, who have not performed together live in more than two decades - will reunite on the GRAMMY® stage and join with current GRAMMY nominees
Foster The People and
Maroon 5 for a special performance; and current nominees The Civil Wars, two-time GRAMMY winner Diana Krall, funk artist
Maceo Parker, and six-time GRAMMY winner
Joe Walsh have been added to the stellar lineup for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards® (www.grammy.com). Two-time GRAMMY winner Common, actor Taraji P. Henson, two-time GRAMMY winner Reba McEntire, and Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
Diana Ross will appear as presenters. Music's Biggest Night® — hosted by two-time GRAMMY winner LL COOL J — takes place live on Sunday, Feb. 12 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in high definition and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network from 8 - 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). The show also will be supported on radio worldwide via Dial Global, and covered online at GRAMMY.com and CBS.com, and on YouTube at www.youtube.com/thegrammys. Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced soon. For GRAMMY coverage, updates and breaking news, please visit The Recording Academy®'s social networks on Twitter and Facebook: www.twitter.com/thegrammys, www.facebook.com/thegrammys.
The
Civil Wars and
Foster The People each have two nominations. The
Civil Wars are up for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for "
Barton Hollow" and Best Folk Album for Barton Hollow.
Foster The People have nods in Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "
Pumped Up Kicks" and Best Alternative
Music Album for Torches.
Three-time GRAMMY winners
Maroon 5 are nominated in Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "
Moves Like Jagger" (with
Christina Aguilera).
Previously announced performers for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards include
Adele (in her first live performance since undergoing vocal cord surgery last fall);
Jason Aldean and
Kelly Clarkson; Tony
Bennett and Carrie Underwood; Chris Brown;
Glen Campbell with The
Band Perry and
Blake Shelton;
Coldplay and Rihanna; deadmau5; Foo Fighters;
David Guetta;
Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt; Lil Wayne; Bruno Mars; Paul McCartney; Nicki Minaj; Katy Perry;
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band; and Taylor Swift. Aldean, The Band Perry, The Civil Wars, deadmau5, Foster The People, Guetta, Minaj, Parker and Shelton will perform on the GRAMMY telecast for the first time. Previously announced presenters are Marc Anthony, Dierks Bentley, Jack Black, Drake, Fergie, Lady Antebellum,
Miranda Lambert, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ryan Seacrest, Ringo Starr, and Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson. LL COOL J has hosted "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night" since its inception in December 2008, and this is his first time hosting the annual GRAMMY Awards telecast.
