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After weeks of media speculation, MTV has confirmed that Britney Spears will open tonight’s VMAs with a little help from Criss Angel. Celebrating her long awaited comeback to her fans, Brit will be performing LIVE her new hit (?) song “Gimme More” from her highly anticipated new album due on November 13th.

The show’s executive producer said, “I guess, looking back, we’ve had a great history with her. Some of the biggest TV performances [of her career] have been at the VMAs. And fortunately, [when we approached her about performing], she was into it and excited to do it. I wanted her to come on and make a statement right from the very beginning of the show. And she’ll kill it. I wanted to start the show in a very big and dramatic way, and she’s the one to do that. She’ll captivate everyone, and set the tone for the rest of the night. There’s no one better.” Below is the official promo pic for the award show.

Brit is currently in Vegas getting ready for her big performance. After spending all day Friday rehearsing, Brit hit a pre-show party thrown by Diddy, dancing and drinking champagne. “Listen up, we have Miss Britney Spears in the crowd,” Diddy told the crowd at Pure. At one point, Diddy even got on the microphone and told the crowd, “Britney, she holds her head up high, show some respect.”

While she may have a supporter in Diddy, music producer Timbaland doesn’t seem to thrilled with her upcoming performance. “Britney’s cool, but I think that … it was too much. Now it’s like, “Okay, Britney’s opening, she got a new song.” …It’s kinda dull. It’s kinda flat-lined,” he said. Talking about Britney’s new song, “Gimme More,” he continues: “I haven’t heard it but everyone tells me, they just don’t say nothing about it.”