Sixties group The Beach Boys and award-winning songstress Adele will stage comeback performances tomorrow at the Grammys, the music industry’s annual star-studded awards bash.

Paul McCartney, Coldplay and Bruce Springsteen are also among major acts to play Sunday in Los Angeles, where country legend Glen Campbell, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s and on a farewell tour, will receive a lifetime achievement award.

Malta’s own Joseph Calleja is nominated in the best opera recording category for his portrayal of the lovelorn Alfredo in the Royal Opera House’s production of La Traviata, conducted by Antonio Pappano.

Adele, playing her first live show since undergoing throat surgery last year, is nominated in six categories at the Grammys, just one behind top-tipped US rapper Kanye West, with seven nods. The British soul singer broke records with her breakthrough second album 21, including the hits Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You. It is unclear what she will sing Sunday night at the Staples Centre. But arguably an even bigger comeback will be by the Beach Boys, who will perform on stage for the first time since announcing a 50th anniversary reunion tour and album.

The original members of the band, famous for hits including Good Vibrations, California Girls and Surfin’ USA, will play with two Grammy nominees, Foster The People and Maroon 5, organisers said.

“I miss the boys and it will be a thrill for me to make a new record and be on stage with them again,” said core band member Brian Wilson, announcing the reunion in December.

Mr West is nominated in the most categories at this year’s Grammys – the music industry’s version of the Oscars – while the Foo Fighters and Hawaiian crooner Bruno Mars were tied with Adele, with six nominations.

Adele’s Rolling in the Deep is tipped for Record of the Year, along with Bon Iver’s Holocene, Mars’s Grenade, The Cave by British folk rockers Mumford and Sons, and Katy Perry’s Firework.The London songstress’s album 21 also leads the nods for Album of the Year, and will fight it out with the Foo Fighters’ Wasting Light, Lady Gaga’s Born this Way, Mars’s Doo Wops and Hooligans and Rihanna’s Loud.

Other performers at Sunday’s show include Springsteen and the E Street Band, veteran crooner Tony Bennett as well as more current stars including Perry, Minaj and Taylor Swift. British megagroup Coldplay will play with Rihanna, while ailing Rhinestone Cowboy star Campbell – on his Goodbye Tour before retiring – will perform with award-winning country stars The Band Perry and Blake Shelton.

Former Beatle McCartney will perform at the show, after being honoured at a pre-Grammys tribute show also featuring legendary soft rockers James Taylor and Neil Young with Crazy Horse.

Host for the evening will be rapper LL Cool J.

The show is being shown live on TVM at 2 a.m.

Nominees in key categories

Record of the Year
Rolling In The Deep – Adele
Holocene – Bon Iver
Grenade – Bruno Mars
The Cave – Mumford & Sons
Firework – Katy Perry

Album of the Year
21 – Adele
Wasting Light – Foo Fighters
Born This Way – Lady Gaga
DooWops & Hooligans – Bruno Mars
Loud – Rihanna

Song of the year
All of the Lights – Kanye West
The Cave – Mumford & Sons
Grenade – Bruno Mars
Holocene – Bon Iver
Rolling In The Deep – Adele

Best new artist
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex

Best pop solo performance
Someone Like You – Adele
You And I – Lady Gaga
Grenade – Bruno Mars
Firework – Katy Perry
Fuckin’ Perfect – Pink

Best pop duo/group performance
Body and Soul – Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
Dearest – The Black Keys
Paradise – Coldplay
Pumped Up Kicks – Foster The People
Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera

Best pop vocal album
21 – Adele
The Lady Killer – Cee Lo Green
Born This Way – Lady Gaga
DooWops & Hooligans – Bruno Mars
Loud – Rihanna