Round of Applause please: Lady Gaga to kick off MTV Video Music Awards with first live performance of new single

 
Rex Features
21 August 2013
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Lady Gaga is to perform her new single Applause for the first time as she opens the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.

The 27-year-old will be starting off the show this Sunday at 9pm with the first live performance of the single from her album ARTPOP.

The eccentric star is no stranger to this annual event - held this year in Brooklyn, New York - having performed her hit singles You And I and Paparazzi in previous years.

Painted lady: Lady Gaga as a clown for the release of the single Applause
Gaga/Twitter

Fans have already begun anticipating what unique outfit Gaga will be donning, her clamshell bikini from the Applause music video being a favourite.

Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke, Miley Cyrus, Bruno Mars and Katy Perry will all be joining Gaga at the event.

Timberlake has had six nominations this year and there is speculation of a reunion with his old band, *NSync, for the first time in more than ten years to celebrate him receiving the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award for his contributions to the music industry.

Meanwhile, One Direction are due to make a "special appearance", and Kanye West is scheduled to make his seventh performance at the VMAs.

This year's event will also be host to a brand new category, Best Song of the Summer, with nominees including Daft Punk's Get Lucky, Selena Gomez's Come & Get It; One Direction's Best Song Ever, I Need Your Love by Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding, and Thicke's Blurred Lines.

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