New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Recording Academy) The latest performers for the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast were announced today and they include: seven-time GRAMMY winner Madonna; nominees Billie Joe Armstrong (of Green Day) and
Miranda Lambert in a special In Memoriam tribute to Phil Everly; Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue; and rapper and Academy Award winner
Juicy J . Actor Steve Coogan, actor Jeremy Renner , Academy Award winner Julia Roberts , and current nominee
Charlie Wilson are set to present. Two-time GRAMMY winner LL COOL J returns as host of Music's Biggest Night. The music industry's premier event will take place live on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014 , at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in high-definition TV 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 Westwood One, and covered online at GRAMMY.com and CBS.com . For GRAMMY coverage, updates and breaking news, please visit The Recording Academy 's social networks on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Five-time GRAMMY winner Billie Joe Armstrong and GRAMMY winner
Miranda Lambert each have a nomination: Armstrong is nominated for Best
Music Film (as a member of Green Day) for Cuatro! ; Lambert has a nod in Best Country Solo Performance for "Mama's Broken Heart."
Previously announced performers include current nominee
Sara Bareilles together with four-time GRAMMY winner and 2014 MusiCares Person of the Year
Carole King ; nominee
Gary Clark Jr. ; nominees
Daft Punk with nominee Nile Rodgers (of Chic), nominee
Pharrell Williams , and 25-time GRAMMY winner
Stevie Wonder ; nominee
Hunter Hayes ; nominee
Kendrick Lamar joined by nominees
Imagine Dragons ; nominee
John Legend ; nominee
Lorde ; nominees
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ; eight-time GRAMMY-winning group
Metallica and GRAMMY Cultural Ambassador to China Lang Lang performing together; nominee and 2014 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient (as a member of the Beatles)
Paul McCartney ; nominee
Kacey Musgraves ; nominee
Katy Perry ; nominees P!nk and
Nate Ruess (of FUN.); nine-time GRAMMY winner and 2014 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient (as a member of the Beatles) Ringo Starr ; nominee
Robin Thicke and GRAMMY-winning group
Chicago (whose debut album was inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame ® this year); nominee
Taylor Swift ; nominee
Keith Urban ; a special performance featuring Merle Haggard , 2014 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Kris Kristofferson , Willie
Nelson , and nominee
Blake Shelton ; and a rousing rock collaboration featuring nominees
Nine Inch Nails ,
Queens Of The Stone Age , and Dave Grohl , joined by GRAMMY winner Lindsey Buckingham . Also performing with
Daft Punk are the RAM (
Random Access Memories ) session players: Chris Caswell ,
Nathan East , Omar Hakim , and Paul Jackson Jr.
Previously announced presenters include: current nominee
Marc Anthony ; nominees
Black Sabbath ; three-time GRAMMY winner Zac Brown ; nominee
Gloria Estefan ; actor Anna Faris ; GRAMMY and Academy Award ® winner
Jamie Foxx ; singer/songwriter and actor
Ariana Grande ; four-time Emmy ® -winning actor Neil Patrick Harris ; GRAMMY winner
Olivia Harrison ; actor
Anna Kendrick ; nominee
Alicia Keys ; two-time GRAMMY and 19-time Latin GRAMMY winner
Juanes ; nominee
Cyndi Lauper ; singer/songwriter and actor Jared Leto ; nominee
Bruno Mars ; country singer/songwriter
Martina McBride ; nominee
Miguel ; two-time GRAMMY winner Yoko Ono ; GRAMMY winner
Smokey Robinson ; TV and radio host/producer (as well as Honorary Chair of the GRAMMY Foundation Board) Ryan Seacrest ; and four-time GRAMMY winner
Steven Tyler .
The 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures for The Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich is executive producer, Louis J. Horvitz is director, and
David Wild and Ken Ehrlich are the writers.
