Mick Jagger to perform live on “The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards”
Mick Jagger - AP Photo by Joel Ryan
Grammy Award-winning lead singer of the Rolling Stones Mick Jagger will perform live on “The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards,” which will be broadcast live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles at 7 p.m. Feb. 13 on CBS.
Jagger, accompanied by Raphael Saadiq and his band, will perform as part of the telecast’s annual “In Memoriam” tribute, which pays homage to music community members who have passed away in the previous year.
In his first-ever live appearance on the Grammy stage, Jagger will be accompanied by soul singer Saadiq and his band in honor of one of his longtime idols, recently deceased Grammy winner Solomon Burke, according to a news release.
Jagger has only made one appearance before on the Grammy telecast (with the Rolling Stones), via satellite from London during “The 28th Annual Grammy Awards” in 1986 when Eric Clapton presented the Rolling Stones with The Recording Academy LIfetime Achievement Award.
Jagger and Saadiq join previously announced performers and nominees Arcade Fire, Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, Miranda Lambert (of Oklahoma), Muse, and Katy Perry; nominees Justin Bieber and Usher, with Jaden Smith; nominees B.o.B, Bruno Mars, and Janelle Monáe; nominees Drake and Rihanna; and nominee Cee Lo Green, with Gwyneth Paltrow and the Jim Henson Company Puppets.
Arcade Fire, Bieber, B.o.B, Lambert, Mars, Monáe, Muse, Paltrow and Smith will perform on the Grammy telecast for the first time, and all five Album of the Year nominees are set to perform: Arcade Fire, Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga and Perry.
Current three-time Grammy nominee Dierks Bentley, nine-time Grammy winner and current nominee Norah Jones, singer/actor Selena Gomez, two-time Grammy winner and actor LL Cool J, current nominee Nicki Minaj and current nominee Blake Shelton (of Oklahoma) will appear as presenters.
“The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards” are produced by John Cossette Productions and AEG Ehrlich Ventures for The Recording Academy.
Ken Ehrlich and John Cossette are executive producers, Louis J. Horvitz is director, and David Wild and Ken Ehrlich are the writers.
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