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Arcade Fire, Lady Gaga To Play First Ever Youtube Music Awards

Spike Jonze to act as creative director for the awards, broadcast live in November from New York.

Arcade Fire, Lady Gaga To Play First Ever Youtube Music Awards

Youtube has announced plans to host its first ever Music Awards, which’ll be aired live online.

Performances from across the world - Seoul, Moscow and London all participate - will be broadcast live, ahead of an event at NYC’s Pier 36 on 3rd November.

Youtube users vote on the winners for each category. Bands confirmed to perform so far include Arcade Fire (pictured), Lady Gaga and Eminem.

Spike Jonze is set to be the award’s creative director, with nominations being announced on 17th October.

Here’s an announcement from Jason Schwartzman, explaining the process:

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