Tag: MTV
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The MTV European Music Awards: Minaj Out-Swears Glaswegians Shocker
Great to see the return of the MTV European Music Awards tonight, live from Glasgow. Frosty, threatening to turn violent at any moment and barely intelligible, Nicki Minaj was the perfect host for the City. Previously the award show that has brought us the edifying spectacle of Miley Cyrus dancing with a spandex-clad little person,…
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Pop Music: A Bluffer’s Update on the VMAs, X-Factor and the Grande v Royal Blood Chart Battle
It has been a busy week in the world of pop. At the weekend (and on TV on Monday) was the MTV VMAs – Video Music Awards – traditionally the scene of all manner of unpleasantness generally involving pop stars cavorting with snakes. In previous years viewers have witnessed the unedifying spectacle of Britney Spears and…
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Jerks, Quirks and Twerks: A Look At MTV’s Video Music Awards
The VMA Music Awards were broadcast on MTV last night, in a rare example of music appearing on MTV. Twenty years ago the artists who cleaned up at the 1993 MTV VMA awards were Pearl Jam, En Vogue, Madonna, Peter Gabriel, Aerosmith, Nirvana, Alice In Chains and R.E.M. That’s a pretty good line up. A…
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