MTV Celebrates 'Spankin' New Music Week: A-List Playlists' on MTV, MTV2, mtvU, MTV.com and Urge From February 5 - 9

MTV Celebrates 'Spankin' New Music Week: A-List Playlists' on MTV, MTV2, mtvU, MTV.com and Urge From February 5 - 9

"Total Request Live" to Feature Performances by Fall Out Boy, Katharine McPhee, Akon, Lily Allen, Gym Class Heroes, and Lloyd and Special Guest Appearances by Jennifer Lopez, Three 6 Mafia, Gwen Stefani, Fergie, Gnarls Barkley, Timbaland, Hilary Duff, Robin Thicke, Nas, Good Charlotte and More

MTV.com Celebrates "Spankin' New Music Week: A-List Playlists" With Daily Video Premieres, On-Demand Performances and Artists' Video Playlists, Photo Galleries and More

NEW YORK, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV: Music Television today announced that it will present "Spankin' New Music Week: A-List Playlists" across all of its channels including MTV, MTV2, mtvU, MTV.com and Urge from Monday, February 5 through Friday, February 9 starting on "Total Request Live" at 3:30pm-4:30pm ET/PT. Hosted by MTV VJs Damien Fahey, Vanessa Minnillo, Stephen Colletti and Susie Castillo, this week of special programming will celebrate A-List artists' favorite music and offers fans a preview of the best new music from the hottest artists out today. A-List artists will visit "TRL" and share their favorite video playlist. One chosen playlist will be played on-air each day.

Scheduled to perform live on "TRL" are Fall Out Boy, Katharine McPhee, Gym Class Heroes, Lloyd, Akon and Lily Allen. Special guests will include Gnarls Barkley, Fergie, Jennifer Lopez, Nas, Three 6 Mafia, Gwen Stefani, Timbaland, Hilary Duff, Robin Thicke, Ashley Tisdale, Miley Cyrus, Good Charlotte, Three 6 Mafia and more. "TRL" will have several video premieres throughout the week from Nas, Fergie, Gnarls Barkley, Good Charlotte, Hilary Duff, The Killers, Ashley Tisdale, and Three 6 Mafia. During "Spankin' New Music Week: A-List Playlists." MTV will also have several primetime video premieres from Good Charlotte, The Killers, Fergie, Nas and Three 6 Mafia.

During "Spankin' New Music Week: A-List Playlists" MTV will launch "MTV Live" which features live performances from some of the biggest names in music. The monthly series is recorded in front of a live audience at the Hard Rock Cafe NY in Times Square and will be presented as a multi-platform program across MTV, MTV2, mtvU, MTV Tr3's, MTV.com and on MTV Mobile. Fall Out Boy will be featured in the premiere episode which airs on Tuesday, February 6 at 11:30pm ET. Also, "Sucker Free" will feature special guest appearances by Rich Boy on Tuesday, February 6 and The Game on Wednesday, February 7.

MTV2 and MTV2.com will kick off the week by featuring daily "Unleashed" video premieres on MTV2.com starting on Monday February 5 with Gnarles Barkley, Fall Out Boy on Tuesday, February 6, Good Charlotte on Wednesday, February 7 and The Killers on Thursday, February 8. In addition, MTV2 will air previews of new videos by The Game, Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake, Lloyd, Rich Boy featuring The Game and Andre 3000 and Three 6 Mafia.

It's all about Fall Out Boy on mtvU during "Spankin' New Music Week: A- List Playlists," as they take over the channel. Beginning Monday, February 5, and lasting all week, catch Fall Out Boy on mtvU.com as "House Band," where fans will have access to behind-the-scenes interviews, exclusive live performances and music videos. On February 6, Fall Out Boy gets a "Backstage Pass," sitting down to answer burning questions submitted by college students via mtvU.com. In addition, they will host "Dean's List" counting down their top ten favorite videos.

In celebration of "Spankin' New Music Week: A-List Playlists," MTV.com will feature video playlists from all artists appearing on "TRL," photo flipbook highlights and all on-air video premieres. MTV.com will also feature all of the week's performances on-demand.

The music celebration continues on URGE, MTV Networks' digital music service, where all artist playlists featured on "TRL" during "Spankin' New Music Week: A-List Playlists" will be exclusively available. URGE, available for free download at http://www.urge.com/, offers millions of songs and unlimited downloads for your PC or portable music player. For complete information and to get a taste of "Spankin' New Music Week: A-List Playlists" visit http://www.mtv.com/.

The official sponsors of "Spankin' New Music Week: A-List Playlists" are Taco Bell and Verizon.

MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:VIA.B), is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. MTV Networks, with more than 130 channels worldwide, owns and operates the following television programming services - MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN, VH1 CLASSIC, LOGO, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, all of which are trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its audiences through its robust consumer products businesses and its more than 200 interactive properties worldwide, including online, broadband, wireless and interactive television services. The network also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.

Source: MTV

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