Lady Gaga to Perform at 2020 MTV VMAs

Lady Gaga attends the AT&T TV Super Saturday Night at Meridian on Island Gardens in Miami on Feb. 1, 2020, in Miami, Fla. (AP)
Lady Gaga attends the AT&T TV Super Saturday Night at Meridian on Island Gardens in Miami on Feb. 1, 2020, in Miami, Fla. (AP)
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Lady Gaga to Perform at 2020 MTV VMAs

Lady Gaga attends the AT&T TV Super Saturday Night at Meridian on Island Gardens in Miami on Feb. 1, 2020, in Miami, Fla. (AP)
Lady Gaga attends the AT&T TV Super Saturday Night at Meridian on Island Gardens in Miami on Feb. 1, 2020, in Miami, Fla. (AP)

Lady Gaga has been confirmed as the latest artist to perform at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. Lady Gaga will join the group of performers who were previously announced, which includes BTS, Doja Cat, The Weeknd, Roddy Ricch and Maluma.

The VMAs will air live on Sunday, August 30th at 8pm ET/PT.

Lady Gaga whose latest album "Chromatica" dropped on May 29, is up for nine video music awards. "Rain on Me," the second release from the album featured a collaboration with Ariana Grande, earned seven of those nominations including Video of the Year and Song of the Year. Grande and Lady Gaga lead this year's nominations, followed by Billie Eilish and the Weeknd with six nominations. All four artists have been nominated for video of the year.

Lady Gaga confirmed the news on her Instagram page. She wrote: "I've been at home dreaming of #Chromatica, and it's finally time to take off for the first live performance ? Tune in to the #VMAs on 8/30!"

As previously confirmed, BTS will make their first VMA appearance and debut the group's forthcoming English single, "Dynamite," due to be released on Aug. 21.

MTV Awards allows for fans to vote for their favorites across 15 categories including Video of the Year, Artist of the Year, Best Quarantine Performance via social media and the MTV website until Aug. 23.

The awards show will no longer take place at the Barclays Center, as previously announced. Instead, artists will take to the stage at audience-less locations around New York City.



Brazilian Police Arrest 2 People over Plot to Bomb Lady Gaga Concert

Fireworks are seen at the end of Lady Gaga's open concert, in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Fireworks are seen at the end of Lady Gaga's open concert, in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
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Brazilian Police Arrest 2 People over Plot to Bomb Lady Gaga Concert

Fireworks are seen at the end of Lady Gaga's open concert, in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Fireworks are seen at the end of Lady Gaga's open concert, in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

Brazilian police said on Sunday that they had thwarted a plot to detonate a bomb at Lady Gaga’ s concert in Rio de Janeiro.
The event, on Saturday, was the biggest show of her career that drew some 2 million fans to Copacabana Beach.
Rio de Janeiro's state police said they had worked with the Justice Ministry to disrupt an attack allegedly planned by a group that was spreading hate speech. Police said the group sought to radicalize and recruit teenagers to carry out attacks using Molotov cocktails and improvised explosives.
“The plan was treated as a ‘collective challenge’ with the aim of gaining notoriety on social media,” the police said, according to The Associated Press.
Authorities said they arrested two people in connection with the planned attack — the alleged leader of the group on illegal weapons possession charges in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, and a teenager on child pornography charges in Rio.
Authorities said police raided the locations of 15 suspects across several states in Brazil and confiscated phones and other electronic devices.