From Rolling Stone:

Congratulations, Britney! You’re up for seven VMAs this year! It’s a moment of sweet redemption for Britz, because it means she will return once again to the stage where she’s tasted her sugariest highs and her most Xanax-tical lows. Let’s face it, Britney is the VMAs. She’s the reason we watch every year — it’s how we take the temperature of the Britney universe. She was made for this show, and it was made for her.

Once more, Lady B shall take the stage where she suffered the indignity of the 2007 VMAs, where she mumbled, bumbled, and stumbled through a rendition of “Gimme More” that traumatized her fans, bumping into her scared-looking back-up dancers, rocking her spray-painted abs and one of Bret Michaels’ used hairpieces. As people used to say way back in 2007, it was a “fail,” as well as a “hot tranny mess.” (Recall our first reactions in the 2007 VMAs live blog and photos.)

I know it just says she’ll “take the stage,” but why mention the 2007 incident and not the 2008 appearance if it wasn’t an actual PERFORMANCE coming up? We all know she’s back into the swing of things as far as performing goes–it just couldn’t be an atrocity this time, right?

I guess it could still go terribly, but I don’t think–well, let’s face it: I can’t make any promises with Britney anymore.

DO WE THINK SHE’S PERFORMING? I’M GETTING ALL JITTER-LIKE AND STRANGE.

Credit to ONTD for bringing that little mention to my attention.