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CBS SPECIAL [UPDATED]
Air Date: Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Time Slot: 8:00 PM-11:30 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: "THE 48TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS"
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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND COLDPLAY SET TO PERFORM ON "THE 48TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS," LIVE FROM STAPLES CENTER IN LOS ANGELES, FEB. 8 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK

Sugarland Will Perform and Hezekiah Walker & Love Fellowship Choir Will Perform With Mariah Carey

Nominees Bruce Springsteen and Coldplay will perform on THE 48TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, live from Staples Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Feb. 8 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Sugarland will also perform and Hezekiah Walker & Love Fellowship Choir will join previously announced performer Mariah Carey.

Springsteen, a 12-time Grammy Award winner, is currently nominated for Song of the Year, Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, Best Rock Song, Best Long Form Music Video and Best Contemporary Folk Album. Coldplay has won four Grammy Awards and is currently nominated for Best Rock Song, Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best Rock Album. Sugarland is nominated for Best New Artist.

Other previously announced performers are U2 and Mary J. Blige, Faith Hill and Keith Urban, Jamie Foxx with Kanye West, Christina Aguilera and Herbie Hancock and John Legend. Previously announced presenters are Big & Rich, Tom Hanks and Terrence Howard.

Established in 1957, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., also known as The Recording Academy, is an organization of musicians, producers, engineers and recording professionals that is dedicated to improving the cultural condition and quality of life for music and its makers.

THE 48th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS is produced by Cossette Productions, in association with Ken Ehrlich Productions for The Recording Academy. John Cossette and Ken Ehrlich are executive producers, Walter C. Miller is producer/director, Tisha Fein is the coordinating producer.

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