(CNN) Less than one week until the Oscars, The Academy is still beefing up its list of performers, and its latest addition, they hope, will rock you.

The Academy said on Monday that Queen, the band at the center of best picture nominee "Bohemian Rhapsody," is set to perform on the host-less telecast.

Adam Lambert, who famously got his start on "American Idol" and currently fills the vocal shoes of Freddie Mercury, tweeted, "We will rock The Oscars."

"Bohemian Rhapsody" is up for five Oscars on Sunday.

The Academy did not elaborate on how it planned to feature the Queen performance, but there had been rumors earlier this month that the group had been sought to open the show.

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