Tune in to the VMAs All Access Livestream while you watch the show!

We know you're all probably staring at the clock/phone/soul right now, waiting intently for the 2012 MTV VMAs to begin. But before you watch the VMA Pre-Show at 7pm E.T. (featuring a performance by Demi Lovato!) and settle in for the main show at 8pm E.T. (featuring performances by Pink, Frank Ocean, Green Day, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, and more), you can watch a very special VMA All Access Livestream on vma.mtv.com! And not only that, but the All Access Live Stream will continue throughout the entire show. You'll have exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the Staples Center AND the red carpet AND celebrities ranging from cute to beautiful! Oh, and there are DRESSING ROOM CAMS! HYFR!!!

Before the show starts at 8pm E.T., you'll get behind-the-scenes access to red carpet, and from 8pm to 10pm, it's all about behind-the-scenes spy cam action. We'll have cameras (definitely not Big Brother style, promise) scattered all over the place, filming live, exclusive footage of stars hanging out in the halls, chatting on the red carpet, before they go onstage to present or receive Moonmen, before and after performances, and lots more. If you watch the show on TV and follow along with the livestream, it'll almost be like you're there too, right?! Right. YOU'RE WELCOME! Now LET'S DO  THIS!

Watch the VMA All Access Livestream, and don't miss the 2012 MTV VMAs live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 6, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.