Lady Gaga Set to Perform at MTV VMAs for the First Time in 5 Years
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NEED TO KNOW
- Lady Gaga is making her return to the 2025 MTV MVAs after a five-year hiatus
- She is up for 12 nominations this year, including Artist of the Year and Album of the Year
- The MTV VMAs air on Sunday, Sept. 7, on CBS and MTV at 8 p.m. ET
Lady Gaga will be wreaking mayhem at the 2025 MTV VMAs.
On Saturday, Aug. 30, the MTV VMAs Instagram account confirmed Mother Monster’s appearance at the star-studded awards show. “There will be magic in the air at the 2025 #VMAs because @LADYGAGA IS PERFORMING! 🪄 ,” they wrote.
“You won’t want to miss her return, September 7 on @cbstv and @paramountplus!” the MTV Instagram account added, “let mayhem commence!!!”
Gaga, 39, last performed at the (virtually broadcast) awards show in 2020 with Ariana Grande, singing “Rain on Me” along with other songs from her Chromatica album. Their duet was awarded Song of the Year, while Gaga took home the Artist of the Year award.
Before that, she took the stage at the 2013 iteration of the awards show
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This year, Gaga was nominated for 12 VMAs, leading the pack of artists recognized. She’s up for awards including Artist of the Year, Best album for Mayhem along with Best Direction, Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography for the “Abracadabra” music video.
She and Bruno Mars — who received 11 nods himself — also share nods for their duet “Die with a Smile”: Best Pop, Best Collaboration, Song of the Year and Video of the Year.
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Gaga is currently in the middle of her Mayhem Ball Tour. Up next for her are shows in Miami, New York, Chicago and Toronto, before heading to Europe from late September through November.
She previously performed songs from her latest album at Coachella in April, as well as during her record-breaking free concert at Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach on May 3.
Among the other performers at the 2025 VMAs are Sabrina Carpenter, Ricky Martin, Sombr, Alex Warren, J Balvin featuring DJ Snake and Busta Rhymes.
Post Malone, Doja Cat, Jelly Roll, Conan Gray and Tate McRae will also take the stage at UBS Arena.
Mariah Carey, who will be honored with the Video Vanguard Award, is also slated to perform a “show-stopping, career-spanning medley of her biggest hits,” per a press release.
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The 2025 MTV VMAs air live from UBS Arena in New York on Sunday, Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and MTV. The star-studded awards ceremony will also stream on Paramount+.
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