Courtesy of The Recording AcademyThe 60th annual Grammy Awards ceremony takes place Sunday, January 28, at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, and this year’s nominees include some big-name veteran rockers. Among the classic-rock musicians receiving multiple nominations are Metallica, Foo Fighters and the late Gregg Allman.
Metallica received nods in the Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song categories, for Hardwired…To Self-Destruct and “Atlas, Rise!,” respectively. Foo Fighters also nabbed a Best Rock Song nomination, for “Run,” which will vie for Best Rock Performance as well.
Allman, who died in May, received nominations for Best Americana Album for the posthumous Southern Blood, and for Best American Roots Song for Southern Blood‘s lead track, “My Only True Friend.”
Canadian singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen, who died in November 2016, also scored two nominations, for Best Rock Performance for “You Want It Darker” and Best American Roots Performance for “Steer My Way.”
Other nominated classic rockers include Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, the late Chris Cornell and The Grateful Dead.
Meanwhile, among the artists performing at this year’s Grammys will be U2, Sting and Elton John, the latter of whom will hit the stage with pop star Miley Cyrus.
Viewers also can expect some tribute performances honoring musicians who died during the past year, which included Allman, Cornell, Tom Petty, Steely Dan‘s Walter Becker and rock ‘n’ roll pioneers Chuck Berry and Fats Domino. An homage to Berry and Domino already has been confirmed that will feature The Late Show band leader Jon Batiste and blues-rocker Gary Clark Jr.
The Grammy ceremony airs live at 7:30 p.m. ET on CBS. Most of the awards actually will be handed out during a pre-show event hosted by Paul Shaffer that will stream via Grammy.com starting at 3 p.m. ET.
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