MUMBAI: MTV US president Christina Norman has announced that actor Jack Black (School Of Rock) will host the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. The event takes place on 31 August.

Norman says, ""Jack Black is the perfect mix of comedy, rock, irreverence, and star-power that will set the tone for an amazing show. His love of music and impeccable comic timing will rock the VMAs, NYC, and the entire world on 31 August."

Black says, "My plan is to bring the thunder. I've got my top men working on it as we speak in my thunder laboratory. Radio City Music Hall will never be the same."

Black and Kyle Gass together form Tenacious D, the self-proclaimed Greatest Band on Earth. They are getting ready to release their first film, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny on 17 November.