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Elton John, Mumford & Sons to pay tribute to Helm
AP Music Writer
POSTED: 04:56 a.m. HST, Feb 06, 2013
LAST UPDATED: 04:57 a.m. HST, Feb 06, 2013
NEW YORK » Elton John and Mumford & Sons will hit the Grammys stage to pay tribute to Levon Helm.
The Recording Academy announced today that T Bone Burnett, Mavis Staples, Zac Brown and Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes will also perform "The Weight" at Sunday's awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
Helm was the drummer and singer for The Band. He died of complications from cancer last year at age 71.
The performers will sing the song during the show's in memoriam tribute, which honors musicians who died last year. Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich said the lineup of performers is a representation of Helm's diverse sound.
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