LENNY KRAVITZ AND HALSEY ADDED TO LIST OF PERFORMERS FOR UPCOMING 2024 MTV VMAS... ALONG WITH NEWCOMERS BENSON BOONE AND BLACKPINK'S LISA

The list of performers for next month's MTV Video Music Awards got another dose of star power.

Lenny Kravitz, Halsey, Benson Boone, and Blackpink's Lisa were all added to the lineup that will hit the big stage at USB Arena in Long Island, New York on September 11, according to a number of publications including People.

For Kravitz, who is currently out promoting his latest studio album Blue Electric Light, this will mark his return to the VMAs following his previous performances in 1998 when he joined Madonna for Ray Of Light, and in 1993 when he rocked the house with his hit Are You Gonna Go My Way.

Nominated for 14 VMAs during her career, Halsey (born Ashley Nicolette Frangipane) is set to perform a new song off of her much-anticipated new album, although which one remains a mystery.

Both Boone, who comes into the event with his first three nominations, and Lisa (born Pranpriya Manobal), who scored four nods of her own, will be making their performance debuts at this year's MTV VMAs.

These four musical artists join previously announced performers Sabrina Carpenter, Camila Cabello, Chappell Roan, GloRilla, Rauw Alejandro and Katy Perry, who will also receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award.

Kravitz, 60, will come into the live event having been nominated in the Best Rock category for his single Human, which has some stiff competition going up against Green Day's Dilemma, U2's Atomic City, Coldplay's feelslikeimfallinginlove, King's Of Leon's Mustang, and Bon Jovi's Legendary.

While the rocker is up for one award this time around, over the course of his career he landed seven noms, winning one for Best Male Video for Are You Gonna Go My Way in 1993.

To date, he has released the three new singles K421, Human, and Paralyzed for Blue Electric Light, the 12th studio album of his storied career, which has garnered more than 40 million album sales worldwide since his debut Let Love Rule (1989).

Halsey, 29, has been stepping up her promotional push for her upcoming fifth studio album by dropping the single The End in June, followed by Lucky the following month, and most recently Lonely Is The Muse, which was released on August 15.

This will be her first album since her concept album, If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (2021), which served as her final album for Capitol before parting ways in April 2023.

While not nominated for an award this year, Halsey has previously been recognized with 14 noms over the course of her career starting in 2016, winning once in the Best K-Pop category for Boy with Luv (with BTS).

A first-time VMAs nominee, Boone is up for three awards, including Best New Artist and Best Alternative.

Pop superstar Taylor Swift will head into the VMA ceremony with the distinction of having the most nominations, with 10 in all.

Riding on the success of his hit singles Ghost Town and In The Stars, Boone released his debut studio album Fireworks & Rollerblades (2024) in late April and scored another hit with Beautiful Things.

By reaching number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the UK Singles Chart, it's likely, although not confirmed, that he would perform the lead single when he takes the VMAs stage.

Lisa, who's best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Blackpink, is making her solo debut to the VMAs' main stage after making VMA history in 2022 as the first solo female K-pop star and Korean soloist to win a Moon Person, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The rapper scored her first VMA recognition with nominations for The Best Art Direction, Best Choreography, Best Editing, and Best K-Pop for her song Rockstar.

The VMAs, which will honor the best music videos, artists, and songs released between June 22, 2023, and June 20, 2024, was originally set to be held September 10, but was rescheduled to a day later to avoid conflicts with the presidential debate between Vice-President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump.

The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards are now set to go off on Wednesday, September 11, live from USB Arena in Long Island, New York at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

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