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Bruce Springsteen to perform at Sunday's Tony Award telecast


FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2017, file photo, Bruce Springsteen performs during the Invictus Games closing ceremony in Toronto. Springsteen will be the special guest in Asbury Park, N.J., on June 18, 2018, at the Asbury Lanes concert to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Monmouth County. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP, File),FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2017, file photo, Bruce Springsteen performs during the Invictus Games closing ceremony in Toronto. Springsteen will be the special guest in Asbury Park, N.J., on June 18, 2018, at the Asbury Lanes concert to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Monmouth County. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2017, file photo, Bruce Springsteen performs during the Invictus Games closing ceremony in Toronto. Springsteen will be the special guest in Asbury Park, N.J., on June 18, 2018, at the Asbury Lanes concert to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Monmouth County. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP, File),FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2017, file photo, Bruce Springsteen performs during the Invictus Games closing ceremony in Toronto. Springsteen will be the special guest in Asbury Park, N.J., on June 18, 2018, at the Asbury Lanes concert to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Monmouth County. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — The Boss will be among the headliners at the Tony Awards telecast on Sunday.

Producers of the show said Wednesday that Bruce Springsteen will perform at Radio City Music Hall in addition to receiving a special Tony for his ongoing show “Springsteen on Broadway.”

Springsteen will be among a list of stars presenting or performing at the show, including Robert De Niro, Kerry Washington, Jim Parsons, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Patti LuPone, Katharine McPhee, Tina Fey, Billy Joel, Matthew Morrison, Kelli O’Hara, Zachary Quinto and Andrew Rannells.

The co-hosts are Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban. The three-hour show on CBS starts at 8 p.m.