MTV Video Music Awards 2011
MTV’s 28th annual Video Music Awards gets underway Sunday at 9 pm ET. Maroon 5 frontman and star of “The Voice” Adam Levine, will not be in present.

Chris Brown, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne, Jennifer Lawrence Jessie J, and others are among those slated to perform at the awards show, which will air live on MTV at 9 p.m.

A special honor to Amy Winehouse by a star-studded tribute to the late singer.

Tony Bennett recorded the jazz duet “Body And Soul” with Winehouse shortly before her death in July, will be performing the previously unheard song and lead the tribute.

Adam Levine of Maroon 5, The voice, singer song writer, tweeted to his 800k+ twitter followers:
adamlevine the VMA’s. one day a year when MTV pretends to still care about music. I’m drawing a line in the sand. fuck you VMA’s.