Nick Jonas and The Administration to Take the 2010 Critics' Choice Stage

Thu, 17 December 2009 01:40:47 ET

Appointed as the house band for the 15th Critics' Choice Movie Awards, the youngest member of Jonas Brothers and his side project are expected to deliver classic hits as well as their original songs.

Having made their debut at "The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!!", Nick Jonas and The Administration heads to 2010 Critics' Choice Movie Awards. On Wednesday, December 16, the Broadcast Film Critics Association announced that they have picked the side project of Jonas Brothers' own Nick Jonas as the awards' house band.

"We could not be more excited to have Nick Jonas & The Administration on our stage at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards," Tom Calderone, the president of VH1, said in a statement. "We pride ourselves at VH1 on presenting high-energy performances by top artists during our live events. Nick and his band will certainly continue that tradition, revealing another side of Nick that his fans haven't seen yet."

The appointment means that the five-men band will entertain the audience as well as keep the pace of the show moving. They will perform classic hits as well a few of their original songs between awards and commercials. Of the assigning, Nick said, "I'm excited and honored. We'll be performing a lot of covers. Intros and outros to the commercials. I think we have about 25 songs to learn."

Nick Jonas and The Administration has made their performance debut on the stage of "The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!!" on Wednesday, December 2. The band consisting of Nick on vocal, John Fields on bass, Michael Bland on drum, Tommy Barbarella on keyboard and David Ryan Harris on guitar, delivered the title track off their debut album "Who I Am".

The 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards, in the meantime, will be held on January 15, 2010 in Los Angeles. VH1 will air the show live at 9:00 P.M. ET/PT. Kristin Chenoweth serves as host. Back on December 14, 2009, it was unraveled that "Nine" and "Inglourious Basterds" dominated the nominations by earning ten nods each. "The Lovely Bones" actress Saoirse Ronan, additionally scored two nods.

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