U2, Rihanna, Kid Rock and more on board for Grammys

U2 , Kid Rock , Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, and Rihanna are the latest artists to sign on as performers for next month's 51st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony.

The latest batch of heavyweights augments a performance roster that already includes Kenny Chesney, Coldplay, Jennifer Hudson, Jonas Brothers, Lil Wayne, Paul McCartney (with special guest drummer Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters), Katy Perry, Radiohead, T.I. and Justin Timberlake and Carrie Underwood, as well as Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, T.I. and Kanye West in a special performance of their hit single "Swagga Like Us."

Actor Simon Baker (CBS' "The Mentalist"), actor/musician Jack Black, current three-time Grammy nominees Duffy and Josh Groban, three-time Grammy-winning jazz musician and current nominee Charlie Haden, actor Samuel L. Jackson and Academy Award-winning actress and current Grammy nominee Gwyneth Paltrow have been tapped as presenters, according to The Recording Academy.

The Grammy Awards ceremony is set to take place Feb. 8 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and will air live on CBS. The show also will be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide, and covered online at GRAMMY.com and CBS.com, on Twitter at "theGRAMMYs," on Facebook at "The Recording Academy," on YouTube at "51stGRAMMYs," and on Last.fm at "the51stgrammys," according to a press release.


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