{"id":1467,"date":"2009-07-14T15:49:44","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T19:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2009-07-14T15:49:44","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T19:49:44","slug":"muse-taylor-swift-join-brand-at-vmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2009\/07\/14\/muse-taylor-swift-join-brand-at-vmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Muse, Taylor Swift Join Brand At VMAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Russell Brand, best known to American audiences for his critically-acclaimed turn in &#8220;Forgetting Sarah Marshall,&#8221; will return as host of the MTV Video Music Awards.<\/p>\n<p>But Brand was not the only name MTV slated for the show; in a Tuesday announcement, it also confirmed two music acts for the show&#8211;one is the hottest-selling artist in the business, while the other is a critically-acclaimed band itching to truly breakout in America.<\/p>\n<p>Swift, the big seller, hits the stage with a &#8220;brand new version&#8221; of hit single &#8220;You Belong With Me.&#8221;  A familiar face to MTV&#8217;s audience, Swift held red carpet duties last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=\\taylor swift&#038;iid=4995804\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/d\/9\/8\/e\/2009_CMT_Music_50e3.jpg?adImageId=1885792&#038;imageId=4995804\" width=\"234\" height=\"366\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"2009 CMT Music Awards - Arrivals\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The band, meanwhile, is one that is looking to finally score a chart topper in America.  Having used multiple media to achieve recognition in American&#8211;&#8220;Supermassive Blackhole&#8221; memorably appeared on the &#8220;Twilight&#8221; soundtrack, &#8220;Knights of Cydonia&#8221; made waves on &#8220;Guitar Hero III&#8221; and &#8220;Time is Running Out&#8221; closed an episode of &#8220;Entourage&#8221;&#8211;English band Muse has not been able to make a splash on the mainstream American charts (the biggest American hit to date is &#8220;Starlight,&#8221; which landed at second on the modern rock chart).<\/p>\n<p>The MTV performance of new single &#8220;Uprising,&#8221; however, might prove capable of doing the trick.  Since performing at the MTV Movie Awards this spring, band Kings of Leon, which had finally been in the process of a breakout in America thanks to hit single &#8220;Sex on Fire&#8221; from album &#8220;Only By the Night,&#8221; has reached new levels of domestic success with &#8220;Use Somebody.&#8221;  Following the band&#8217;s performance, the song, which had already been a modern rock format hit, surged up the iTunes sales charts and, combined with new levels of airplay, has become a top 20 hit in America.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=muse band&#038;iid=4107537\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/5\/4\/e\/f\/Shockwaves_NME_Awards_f244.jpg?adImageId=1885795&#038;imageId=4107537\" width=\"234\" height=\"156\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"Shockwaves NME Awards 2009 - Winners Boards\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Other acts have yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Brand&#8217;s return as host is interesting.  The comedian&#8217;s turn last year did not receive glowing reviews, but it appears MTV liked the controversy he generated by ripping on the Jonas Brothers&#8217; purity pledge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This year will be a controversy-free festival of love and discrete orgasms,&#8221; said Brand of this year&#8217;s show.<\/p>\n<p>The show airs on September 13.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=\\russell brand&#038;iid=5309939\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/1\/e\/c\/6\/White_Party_2009_e646.JPG?adImageId=1885802&#038;imageId=5309939\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"White Party 2009\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Muse, Taylor Swift Join Brand At VMAs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Comedian Russell Brand, best known to American audiences for his critically-acclaimed turn in &quot;Forgetting Sarah Marshall,&quot; 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