The Hives And The Vines Added As VMA Performers

MTV News reports Ja Rule, Sheryl Crow, the Hives and the Vines have been added as performers to this month’s Video Music Awards, while Linkin Park, Usher, P.O.D. and Brandy, as well as ‘Sopranos’ star James Gandolfini and actresses Brittany Murphy (’8 Mile’) and Kirsten Dunst (‘Spider-Man’) have been announced as the newest additions to the night’s stable of presenters. The show will broadcast live from New York’s Radio City Music Hall at 8 p.m. ET/PT on August 29th. Read more.