Lady Gaga will be ringing in the New Year in Japan from New York as part of a live TV link-up, after announcing plans to appear on the popular Japanese New Year’s Eve extravaganza Kōhaku Uta Gassen.

Gaga will perform on the four-hour programme – translated as Red and White Singing Contest – which will be broadcast on the country’s national NHK network from 7:15pm to 11:45pm on Saturday, December 31.

Gaga’s performance will be broadcast live from New York City, where she will also appear on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest in Times Square.

According to NHK, Lady Gaga was said to be honoured to be chosen to take part in Kōhaku Uta Gassen, a good-natured singing competition which sees men and women face off in two separate teams. She also promised to prepare a musical stage show in lieu of a regular performance

For the second consecutive year, Lady Gaga has topped the list of most charitable celebrities of this year. Gaga topped the annual Celebrity Done Good list compiled by the teen-focused volunteer organization DoSomething.org

In 2011, Gaga, who is already well-known for her work against AIDS and for gay rights, turned her attention to putting an end to bullying, even bringing her fight to the White House.

Gaga and her mother Cynthia have also set up the Born This Way Foundation - which launches in 2012 -  to help empower youth.

Lady Gaga took to twitter to reveal a never heard before track titled “Stuck On Fuckin’ You”. Lady Gaga recorded and free-styled on the track whilst on the road in Minnesota.

So to give you a little background to the creation of this song. I wrote it in Minnesota after the Monster Ball on the tour bus. We recorded it in one shot. Fernando on guitar, Paul on Drum Machine. I wrote, sang it, and freestyled the last minute + a half of the song

What do you think of the new track? please let us know in the comment box or tweet us at @gaganewsdotcom

Check out this cool behind the scenes video of post production work on Gaga’s new hit single “Marry The Night”. Video credits go to PropaGaga for posting up this video earlier today.

Lady Gaga during her festive visit to Japan stopped by Japan’s ‘Music Station ‘ to perform stunning performances of “Marry The Night” and “Born This Way” Be sure to check out the performances above and let us know what you think of them in the comment box.

Check out this newly released SHOWstudio Christmas short featuring Lady Gaga

Nick Knight and the SHOWstudio team wish you all the best for the holiday season! To celebrate Christmas 2011, Lady Gaga stars in this fashionably festive film created by Nick Knight and Ruth Hogben

Lady GaGa has promised a Christmas Day gift for her fans.

Gaga revealed on her Twitter page that she intends to “leak” a previously unreleased track which was recorded live this Saturday (December 25).

On Christmas Day I will leak to you an unreleased song off Born This Way,” GaGa wrote. “It was recorded live, in one take, on the tour bus. Uncensored

Who is excited? I know we are! Let us know in the comment box below or tweet us your comments to @gaganewsdotcom

The Queen has arrived! Check out this crazy video of Lady Gaga being mobbed my eager fans in Japan earlier today!