After a number of years out wandering around the country, the MTV Video Music Awards are coming home to New York! Mark your calendars, because the retaking of Manhattan will take place on Sunday, September 13, 2009, and mark these words: this city will never be the same again.

See all the VMA Promos and News on our 2009 VMA Section!

Call it a takeover, if you will, because the 2009 VMAs will have performances staged all over Manhattan including in the storied Radio City Music Hall where we popped our Moonman cherry way back in 1984. After that one, we were surprised they'd have us back, but they did. So did New York City. In fact, 2009 will mark the 14th time that Gotham will serve as the backdrop for the VMAs.

And our VMA homecoming also marks the return of Russell Brand, who will host the show for a second year in a row. That's right. The same Russell Brand who pulled an unwitting Britney Spears into a golf cart after her third VMA win and whisked her away to watch Kanye West in the final performance of the night. Brand also managed to freak out Jonas Brothers fans everywhere when he got all sorts of nasty discussing the Jo Bros' purity rings. He's funny.

You should also know that we've lined up performances by Taylor Swift and Muse. Swift is planning to unveil a never-before-heard version of her song "You Belong From Me," from her latest album, Fearless. And she certainly isn't timid about making her performance big for the VMAs. Whatever she runs with is bound to leave us breathless.

Lady Gaga and Beyonce will both be performing and are head to head or perhaps cheek to cheek with nine nominations each - it will be a diva till the end kinda of night so expect big things - especially from Gaga says Perez Hilton.

Also on the heels of the death of the greatest entertainer EVER, Michael Jackson will be tributed by his sister Janet in what promises to be the biggest opening EVER in VMA history - the newest promo proves it - see it here.

Plus , plus, plus so much more - Starship Cobra, Ne-Yo, Katie Perry, Pink, Green Day and a new trailer from Twilight - New Moon....blah blah blah will be there to give you the most memorable of New York moments.

You see, the MTV Video Music Awards is nothing short of the most musically driven, celebrity-packed, insanely thrilling and, ultimately, the most-talked about awards show on television. Hands down. You can't beat this one. People have tried, but they've failed miserably. There's a reason this is the party to attend, no matter where we throw it. It's flat out awesome.

See all the VMA Promos and News on our 2009 VMA Section!