MTV VMA 2013 Live Stream: Watch Online Red Carpet, Pre-Show & Awards: Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus (VIDEO)

The 30th annual MTV Video Music Awards 2013 will take place in Brooklyn for the first time on August 25 at the Barclay Center.

Fans can watch the free live stream through the link below.

(It can be watched online on a computer, tablet or mobile phone.)

The red carpet event will begin ahead of the awards at 6 p.m. EST and will be hosted by Grimes and Rachel. Grimes said in a recent interview he looks forward to greeting the celebrities when they arrive and find out what they wearing.

"I am hard pressed to leave my studio at such a creative time of year, but deep in my heart I must know if Macklemore went to the thrift shop for his red carpet look," Grimes said, according to MTV News.

The VMAs will not have a host this year. It is the fourth time it will not have someone emcee the three-hour event since its debut in 1984. It aired only three times without a host-- in 2004, 2007 and 2011.

A spokesman explained to MTV why they decided to forgo a host this year.

"For this year's show, we've decided to go in a different direction than the traditional 'host' route - like we have done on multiple occasions throughout the years," an MTV spokesperson told New York Post on Friday.

The performance lineup for tonight include Lady Gaga, who will open the ceremony in a comeback performance with her new single Applause. It is the first from her upcoming album ARTPop.

Perry will also offer a comeback performance--she has not performed at the MTV VMA's since 2009. She will sing the first single, Roar, from her upcoming album--Prism--which will be released Oct. 22.

Other artists scheduled to hit the stage include Drake, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Miley Cyrus, Bruno Mars and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.

Cyrus, who has been nominated for Best Female Video, will perform We Can't Stop; Robin Thicke will perform his chart-topping controversial single Blurred Lines and Kanye West will perform for the seventh time at the VMAs. Timberlake is rumored to reunite onstage NSync, his former boyband group.

Former NSync member Joey Fatone's father has confirmed a reunion, saying that his son and Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, JC Chasez and Chris Kirkpatrick are set to reunite for the show.

 Joseph Fatone Sr told RadarOnline: "They're doing a performance. I think it's exciting. I couldn't even say why he's doing it though. Why, at this point in his life. Now he's his own man. But it's more to the fact thatMTV has made them all somewhat of stars, and also made Justin a star."

Timberlake will receive this year's highest honor, the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Late night talk show host JImmy Fallon will present it to the Suit & Tie singer.

Timberlake and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are tied with six nominations each.

The duo earned a nom for Video of the Year for Thrift Shop and Best Hip Hop Video with Can't Hold Us.

Check out the complete list of nominees here.

The 2013 VMA Red Carpet will begin at 6 p.m. EST, the Pre Show will kick off at 8 p.m. EST and the Video Music Awards will start at 9 p.m. EST.

Watch the free live stream stream of the 2013 MTV VMA red carpet, pre-show and award show via this link here. 

Additionally, tune into MTV's All Access Live Stream here =to see the live feed from Barclays stadium all day on Sunday before, during and after the awards.

Watch Robin Thicke give a preview of his performance in the video below.