Lady Gaga to perform at MTV Video Music Awards

FILE - This Dec. 15, 2012 file photo shows singer Lady Gaga performing at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. MTV announced Thursday, July 25, 2013, that the pop star will perform her new single at the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 25. Gaga will release a new album, "ARTPOP," on Nov. 11. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

NEW YORK — Lady Gaga will perform at the MTV Video Music Awards next month. It will be one of her first appearances since having hip surgery in February.

The 27-year-old pop star will perform her new single at the Aug. 25 awards show, which will air live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, MTV announced Thursday.

Gaga sang the national anthem at New York's Gay Pride last month.

She will release a new album, "ARTPOP," on Nov. 11.

Justin Timberlake and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis lead the VMA Awards with six nominations each. Bruno Mars is up for four awards. Robin Thicke, Miley Cyrus, Pink and Thirty Seconds to Mars have three nominations each.

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