{"id":899484,"date":"2026-09-17T18:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/899484\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T18:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:30:10","slug":"lisa-shaboozey-gunna-set-to-perform-at-mtv-video-music-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/899484\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa, Shaboozey, Gunna Set to Perform at MTV Video Music Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/mtv\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mtv\" data-tag=\"mtv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MTV<\/a> has added several new artists to its lineup of performers for this year\u2019s Video Music Awards. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/gunna\/\" id=\"auto-tag_gunna\" data-tag=\"gunna\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gunna<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/lisa\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lisa\" data-tag=\"lisa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lisa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/raye\/\" id=\"auto-tag_raye\" data-tag=\"raye\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Raye<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/shaboozey\/\" id=\"auto-tag_shaboozey\" data-tag=\"shaboozey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shaboozey<\/a>, Gener8ion, Sienna Spiro, and Yung Lean will now all perform at the ceremony, which will air on CBS and MTV at 7:30 p.m. ET on Sept. 26. The show will also be streaming on Paramount+ (premium) and available on Paramount+ and MTV on the 27th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tLisa will perform her new single, \u201cSaWaDiKa,\u201d at the event, previewing her upcoming EP, Press Play, due Oct. 23. Shaboozey, meanwhile, will perform \u201cCowgirl\u201d and get an assist from Gunna for a rendition of their collaboration, \u201cHigh Noon.\u201d Similarly, Gener8ion and Yung Lean will give a world premiere performance to their song \u201cStorm II.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tRaye\u2019s performance has not yet been revealed, but she\u2019s nominated for her song \u201cWhere Is My Husband!\u201d Sienna Spiro\u2019s song of choice is also similarly not yet public.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tMTV plans on announcing more performers in the week ahead. As previously announced, Snoop Dogg will host the event, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/2026-mtv-vmas-will-open-with-madonna-1235627673\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madonna will open<\/a> with her own performance. Elsewhere in the show, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/nirvana-mtv-vmas-video-vanguard-award-1235623655\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nirvana will be honored<\/a> with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tMadonna, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/madonna-queen-of-the-vmas-1235611721\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the VMAs\u2019 perennial queen<\/a>, is the most nominated artist at the 2026 VMAs with 11 nods including Artist of the Year and Video of the Year for \u201cConfessions II \u2014 The Film.\u201d \u201cI like the idea of film, because I\u2019m a \u2018film-phile,\u2019 a cinephile, and film has inspired a good part of my life,\u201d Madonna said at the film\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/madonna-confessions-ii-tribeca-film-fest-report-1235572670\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tribeca Film Fest premiere<\/a>. \u201cSomehow [the word] video seems cheap. It was good when it was just MTV and me.\u201d Other artists with multiple nominations this year include Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, and Sabrina Carpenter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MTV has added several new artists to its lineup of performers for this year\u2019s Video Music Awards. 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