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MTV announced today that Gnarls Barkley has been nominated for three Video Music Awards for their transatlantic history-making smash “Crazy.”

Nominated for Best Group Video, Best Direction and Best Editing, the innovative video gives a psychedelic twist to Rorschach Tests (those dumb-ass ink blot tests that are supposed to prove you’re insane/sane). “Crazy” was No.1 in the UK for 9 weeks in a row, and was the first song to attain this position strictly through download sales.

Gnarls (Cee-Lo and Dangermouse) will also be performing at Lollapalooza on August 5th, one of a number of North American gigs that will hit Boston, Philly, Atlantic City and more.

Scheduled to air live at 8 p.m. ET on Aug. 31, the 2006 MTV VMAs will take place at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall and include performances by Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, T.I., Ludacris and more.

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90′s giants A Tribe Called Quest are hitting the road together for the first time in 8 years in support of, strangely enough a video game. Starting in September, the 2nd annual 2K Sports Bounce Tour will see the iconic trio support the NBA 2K7 game which Phife appears in as a character. All shows are already sold out and will include videogame tournaments and all kinds of fun stuff.

Currently on tour is another “new oldschool” group, The Pharcyde, famous for their quirky, backpacker tracks like “Passin’ Me By.” Appearing with them on some dates will be The Roots, Common and Talib Kweli.

Other acts on tour include Luke and Q, opening for Hollywood bigshot/hip-hop icon LL Cool J, Mary J. Blige, still going strong with opening act LeToya and of course do not forget the mammoth fourth annual Rock The Bells fest scheduled to knock you upside the head August 5 and 6. Don’t miss it!

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