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Clarkson, Usher set for Billboard show

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Published: May 1, 2012 at 11:04 PM

LOS ANGELES, May 1 (UPI) -- Kelly Clarkson, Linkin Park, Nelly Furtado and Usher have been booked to perform at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, ABC said.

The show is to take place May 20 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Additional acts and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks, the network said.

Topics: Kelly Clarkson, Nelly Furtado

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