Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga
David Bowie
David Bowie

Lady Gaga is to perform a tribute to the late David Bowie at this year's Grammy Awards, it's been revealed, with Nile Rodgers stepping up to direct the piece after recently working with Gaga on a cover of Chic's 'I Want Your Love'.

Grammy Awards executive producer Ken Ehrlich told JustJared: "We had already booked Lady Gaga on this year's show, but when David passed - almost in a single moment - we knew we had to change direction. We immediately spoke and agreed that she should be the one to honour David. She's perfect for it."

Gaga has often listed Bowie as one of her major influences, and said days after his passing to the Hollywood Reporter: "When I fell in love with David Bowie, when I was living on the Lower East Side, I always felt that his glamour was something he was using to express a message to people that was very healing for their souls.

"He is a true, true artist and I don't know if I ever went, 'Oh, I'm going to be that way like this', or if I arrived upon it slowly, realising it was my calling and that's what drew me to him."

The 58th annual Grammy Awards take place in Los Angeles on Monday, February 15.


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