Florence Welch joins Aretha Grammy tribute

Florence Welch will join Aretha Franklin and Christina Aguilera in paying tribute to Aretha Franklin at the Grammy Awards.

It was revealed earlier this week that the 'Dirrty' hitmaker and the 'Dreamgirls' actress would be joined by three other singers in their musical number at this Sunday's (13.02.11) ceremony, and it has now been confirmed that the Florence and the Machine star, country crooner Martina McBride and gospel performer Yolanda Adams will also be part of the "get well card" performance for the ailing Motown legend.

Grammy Awards executive producer Ken Ehrlich commented: "When you do a tribute to Aretha Franklin, you'd better get singers, because number one, she's watching, and number two, you just want to make it right."

Aretha - who is rumoured to be suffering from pancreatic cancer - will not attend the ceremony, despite previous speculation she would be in the audience.

Meanwhile, some new guest presenters have been announced for the ceremony, which takes place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Marc Anthony, Jamie Foxx, Jewel, John Mayer and Donnie Wahlberg will join the previously-revealed Miley Cyrus, Paramore, John Legend, Seth Rogen, Nicki Minaj and Selena Gomez in handing out the honours.