Overview

• The 2025 VMAs air live Sunday, Sept. 7, from New York’s UBS Arena at 8 p.m. ET, hosted by LL Cool J on CBS, simulcast on MTV and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.
• Steven Tyler and Joe Perry join Yungblud and Nuno Bettencourt for a medley of Ozzy Osbourne’s hits, according to MTV’s announcement.
• Tyler and Perry’s appearance marks a now-rare public reunion for the Aerosmith duo following the band’s halted farewell tour.
• Several performers in the tribute also took part in Osbourne’s July 5 Back to the Beginning farewell concert in Birmingham, held weeks before his death.
• Paramount+ will release the feature-length documentary Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now later this year.