METALLICA To Perform With LADY GAGA At This Sunday’s Grammy Awards
February 7, 2017, 7 years ago
Lady Gaga has announced that she will take the stage at the Grammy Awards for a duet performance with Metallica. The 59th annual awards show will air live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 12th at 8 PM, ET, on CBS.
Lady Gaga is set to perform with Metallica at the #GRAMMYs this Sunday, February 12th! pic.twitter.com/SqPDLqclBV
— Lady Gaga (@gagamonster96) February 7, 2017
About the awards show, Metallica previously stated: "We have something very unique and special planned for this celebratory night, so tune in to watch on CBS-TV.”
The following are nominated in the “Best Metal Performance” category at the 59th annual Grammys:
Baroness - “Shock Me” (Abraxan Hymns)
Gojira - “Silvera” (Roadrunner Records)
Korn - “Rotting In Vain” (Roadrunner Records)
Megadeth - “Dystopia” (UME)
Periphery” - “The Price Is Wrong” (Sumerian)
Nominated for “Best Rock Song” are:
“Blackstar” - David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie), Track from Blackstar
“Burn The Witch” - Radiohead, songwriters (Radiohead), Track from A Moon Shaped Pool
“Hardwired” - James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica), Track from Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
“Heathens” - Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots), Track from Suicide Squad: The Album
“My Name Is Human” - Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)
Gojira are also nominated in the “Best Rock Album” for Magma. They’ll compete for the trophy with Blink-182 (California), Cage The Elephant (Tell Me I’m Pretty), Panic! At The Disco (Death Of A Bachelor), and Weezer (Weezer).
Disturbed are are nominated in the “Best Rock Performance” category for “The Sound Of Silence” (Live On Conan), up against Alabama Shakes (“Joe” Live From Austin City Limits), Beyonce featuring Jack White (“Don’t Hurt Yourself”), David Bowie (“Backstar”), and Twenty One Pilots (“Heathens”).
Elsewhere, Joe Bonamassa gets a nod for his Live At The Greek Theatre release, nominated in the “Best Traditional Blues” category.
For a full list of the nominees, visit grammy.com.
