MTV Announces 2015 VMA performers

MTV has announced that Pharrell, Demi Lovato, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Tori Kelly, A$AP Rocky and Twenty One Pilots will perform live at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday.

The Weeknd will also perform his blockbuster single “Can't Feel My Face”, as previously announced. Additional performers and presenters will be announced closer to the ceremony.

MTV also announced earlier in the day that Kanye West will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award during the presentation. Past recipients of the award include Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and Jackson himself. Whether West will perform at the ceremony has yet to be confirmed.

Miley Cyrus will host the proceedings this year. 

This year's nominees include Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and Mark Ronson, who will duke it out for the evening's highest honour, Video of the Year. Other nominees include Nicki Minaj, Nick Jonas, the Weeknd and Maroon 5.

The VMAs will air at 9pm USA time on Sunday.

Source: Variety