Lady Gaga will return to the MTV Video Music Awards on September 7 for her first performance on the show in five years.

MTV announced the addition of Gaga — the most nominated artist at this year’s VMAs with 12 nods — on social media Saturday, just over a week before the 2025 show invades New York’s UBS Arena.

“Need all of my fellow Little Monsters to COME TO THE FRONT! Why, you ask?! Oh, because MOTHER MONSTER HERSELF IS PERFORMING AT THE 2025 #VMAs!!!!” MTV wrote.

However, as Lady Gaga has a Mayhem Ball concert scheduled for September 7 at New York’s Madison Square Garden, her VMA performance will likely take place live from that venue, and not the not-so-nearby UBS Arena.

The singer last performed at the (Covid-era and audience-less) VMAs five years ago, delivering a medley of C

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