Four-Time GRAMMY® Winner and Current Nominee Bruno Mars to Perform on the 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards®

Music’s Biggest Night^® —
Hosted By James Corden — Airs Live On CBS, Feb. 12, 2017

SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Recording Academy^® announces Bruno Mars will
join this year’s lineup for the 59th
Annual GRAMMY Awards^® telecast. The
four-time GRAMMY^® winner and current nominee will return to
the stage to perform for the first time since 2013. Mars joins
previously announced performers Adele, John Legend, Metallica,
Carrie Underwood, and Keith Urban. Taking place at STAPLES
Center in Los Angeles and hosted by award-winning television
personality and performer James Corden, the 59th Annual
GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast live in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on
the CBS
Television Network, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, at 8 p.m.
ET/5 p.m. PT.

Mars is currently nominated for Album Of The Year for his work on Adele’s
25. He has performed at The GRAMMYs^® four times
previously, including twice at the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2013.

The 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures for
The Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich is executive producer, Louis J.
Horvitz is director, Ben Winston is a producer, and David Wild and
Ehrlich are the writers.

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Contacts

The Recording Academy
Neda Azarfar, 310.392.3777
neda.azarfar@grammy.com
or
CBS
Television
Tiffany Smith-Anoa’i / Kate Fisher
818.655.1587 /
212.975.3818
tiffany.smith@cbs.com
/ khfisher@cbs.com
or
Rogers
& Cowan
Maureen O’Connor, 310.854.8116
moconnor@rogersandcowan.com