MTV VMAs to return to New York for 2021 with reside viewers
The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) is about to return to New York Metropolis in September for an in-person ceremony with a reside viewers current.
Final yr’s awards ceremony came about primarily in New York, however in a wide range of out of doors areas and with out an viewers because of the coronavirus pandemic. A number of distant reside performances had been additionally pre-recorded for the event.
The 2021 VMAs are actually scheduled to happen on September 12 on the Barclays Middle in New York Metropolis – the preliminary host venue for final yr’s ceremony.
A reside viewers is about to be in attendance this yr, whereas the awards present will characteristic “performances from a few of music’s greatest stars and rejoice the return of reside leisure”.
Countdown to the 2021 #VMAs begins NOW ? Don’t miss it Sunday, September twelfth LIVE from Brooklyn’s @BarclaysCenter! pic.twitter.com/Anaqqw1zk8
— Video Music Awards (@vmas) June 8, 2021
“The well being and security of artists, followers, workers, and companions stay the primary precedence, and MTV and Barclays Middle are working intently with state and native officers to implement greatest practices as a way to safely carry collectively music followers from across the globe,” a press release issued this afternoon (June 8) reads.
Particulars about nominees, presenters and performers on the 2021 VMAs are set to be introduced quickly.
MTV are additionally collaborating this yr with the organisers of 9/11 Day for a sequence of actions through the week main as much as the 2021 VMAs as a way to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 assaults on September 11, 2021.
Woman Gaga took house the best variety of awards on the 2020 VMAs, choosing up a complete of 5 prizes on the evening again in August.