Bob Dylan performance on the Grammys 2011

The producers of the Grammys want a show for time, but they also want a show for all ages — which is why Bob Dylan will be bringing his electric guitar to perform a few days ago on the exact same stage as Justin Bieber, Drake and Katy Perry.

The state announcement is expected Thursday that the fantastic bard of rock will sing at the 53rd Grammy Prizes — which air Weekend on CBS — tagging just his fifth performance on the show despite the recording career that dates back to the Kennedy administration. He or she’ll perform together with two rising folk-rock rings whose work attracts from the same well: Mumford & Sons and the Avett Brothers.

Dylan is just three months shy of his 70th birthday, but he may bump into some generational peers backstage — Barbra Streisand is scheduled to sing one of her signature 1970s hits, while Mick Jagger’s participation in a tribute to the late Solomon Burke will result in a bit of history, since the Rolling Stones frontman has never before performed on the Grammy stage.