Linkin Park Added to VMAs Performers List

Linkin Park are gearing up for the release of their new album “A Thousand Suns,” which hits stores on September 14. They just released the chaotic video for their first single “The Catalyst,” and now the hit rock band are going to be performing at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.

They are the latest band to be added to the already impressive lineup that includes Eminem, Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Paramore, Drake, B.o.B., and Usher among others. Singer Chester Bennington said, “After two years of working on our new album, we’re looking forward to sharing our first live performance of new music with our fans around the world on the MTV Awards,” reports MTV.

The band will be performing “The Catalyst” on the show, which will air live from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on September 12 at 9 p.m. ET.