Red Hot VMA Update: Beyoncé To Perform!

Ring the alarm, porque the VMAs just got hotter!  Beyoncé, who is tied with fellow performer Lady Gaga for the most nominations este año, has just been added as a performer to the already star-studded show!

La cantante will be flexing more than just her vocal muscles with a dance-heavy performance of her latest canción, "Sweet Dreams."  Beyoncé joins hubby Jay-Z, P!nk, Green Day, and Lady Gaga, among others who are set to blow our minds at this year's MTV Video Music Awards in NY.

Also announced today was the addition of a house band, emceed by hip-hop newcomer Wale.  El rapero has collaborated with artists such as Cuban rapper Pitbull, Lady Gaga and the All-American Rejects on his upcoming debut album, Attention Deficit, due out on October 20th.

For more on this year's spectacular VMAs, check out the MTV Video Music Awards page at VMA.MTV.COM.  Make sure to tune-in to the live show on September 13th at 9pm EST on MTV and watch it again con la familia entera when it airs con subtítulos en español on MTV Tr3s, September 20th at 5pm EST!

To get you in the VMA mood in the meantime, watch the West Side Story-inspired promos featuring Cobra Starship, Katy Perry, Ne-Yo and more below!

Photo by Peter Lindbergh

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