Queen to perform at Oscars

Queen, the band at the centre of best picture nominee '

Bohemian Rhapsody

', will perform at the Academy Awards ceremony, the Motion Picture Academy announced on Tuesday. "Queen + @adamlambert will ROCK YOU," the post shared on the official Twitter handle of the Academy read.



The band now performs under the name Queen + Adam Lambert, with two of the four original members, guitarist

Brian May

and drummer Roger Taylor, fronted by former star Adam Lambert.

Bassist

John Deacon

has not performed with Queen for many years.

"We will rock The Oscars," Lambert tweeted.


'Bohemian Rhapsody' is up for five Oscars.