Queen and Adam Lambert to perform at 2019 Oscars

Last Updated : Feb 19 2019 | 4:36 PM IST

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New Delhi, Feb 19 (ANI): The rock band Queen is all set to perform at the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday.The Academy took to their Twitter handle to share the news and wrote, "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? We welcome @QueenWillRock and @adamlambert to this year's #Oscars."The move comes in the wake of the success of 'Bohemian Rhapsody', a biopic based on the band's career and its late singer, Freddie Mercury.The musical drama earned five Oscar nominations, including best picture, best actor (Rami Malek), best sound editing, best sound mixing and best film editing.The band now performs under the name of Queen + Adam Lambert, with two of the four original members, guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor, fronted by singer-songwriter Adam Lambert.Bassist John Deacon has not performed with the rock band for many years now, reported Variety.The Academy also shared another tweet which included a compilation of clips that showed the band and the current lead singer Lam