September 2 [7:55 EDT] -- Meredith Brooks will help to warm up the crowd in the digital realm before the Video Music Awards with a live cybercast Thursday, September 4.

Brooks, who is nominated for two VMAs for Best Female Video and Best New Artist in a Video for her single "Bitch," will deliver a set that Netizens can access by visiting MTV.com, or the MTV area of America Online. The Cybergig begins at 6 p.m. Eastern time, just before MTV News kicks off its "Opening Act" coverage at 6:30. The concert will mark MTV's foray into live streaming video and audio.

Catch all the sizzlin', star-packed VMA action direct from Miami on August 28. MTV News' preshow kicks things off at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT, followed by big show at 8 p.m.

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