Tony Bennett will lead a tribute remembering the late Amy Winehouse at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, it has been revealed.

It was first reported earlier this month that Winehouse would receive a posthumous memorial during the telecast, which will take place at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on August 28.

Bennett will pay his respects to Winehouse by screening behind-the-scenes clips of the pair in the recording studio as they worked on their duet of 'Body and Soul'.

"It was a thrill to record with Amy Winehouse, and when you listen to the recording of 'Body and Soul', it is a testament to her artistic genius and her brilliance as one of the most honest musicians I have ever known," Bennett said in a statement.

Amy's father Mitch also expressed his gratitude for the segment, saying: "Our family is honoured that the VMAs are giving Amy this wonderful tribute. We know that Amy's performance of 'Rehab' at the MTV Movie Awards played an important part in Amy's worldwide success."

Winehouse was found dead in her Camden, North London home last month at the age of 27. While no cause of death was initially found, toxicology reports revealed that she had no illegal drugs in her body at the time of her passing.

Source: DS

Glad to see there going to pay their respects
cannot wait

Yeah me too, the full version should be out by then too so id imagine a video package to go with it will be shown.

Looking forward to the Amy tribute and of course the Britney tribute, both should be epic.

New promo:

confirmed there's no host this year

:sad: How will it work then?

Probably just some announcer doing it introducing the people presenting each award

Aw, that sucks. :( I remember the 2007 VMAs felt boring because there was no host.

Also it's been confirmed today that Beyonce will perform, hope she doesn't do "Run the World (Girls)".

im kinda of glad there is no host
the 20 minutes stand up routine is kind of pointless anyway

Didnt realise it was so soon.

yes, this sunday, very exciting.

It will probably either be Best Thing I Never Had or the third single Countdown, or maybe even a mash up including Run The World (Girls)?

I dont know how legit this is but thought I'd post it anyway.

http://i52.tinypic.com/2udxtn5.jpg

Why is Adele in the title of this thread when GAGA is performing???

Gaga will be amazing.

Because Adele's album has sold amazingly. Gaga would be there if it was her album that did that.

That looks pretty legit and it makes sense that she is performing Party as that is the next single to be released from 4. Countdown was rumoured as the next single and shes filmed a video for it, so it could be released in the future.

And they will both be amazing lostalex :amazed:

Oh right I have no idea about her album haha

Hopefully it is legit BME and bruno Mars :D

VMAs will mark 1 month untill San Diego :elephant:

The list is fake

how do you know?
it looks as official as it could be
obviously it could very well still be fake

@jeff1317 on twitter (works at interscope/closely with GaGa's team) said it was fake

:(

-still thinks Beyonce will perform Party/Countdown-

I hope she performs Countdown, I can imagine she'd have an epic routine for that. :love:

because 2011 is all about Adele

nobody gets excited about Gagas performances anymore...well, besides the likes of you.