The MTV Video Music Awards will be getting
its old home. The biggest music awards ceremony of the fall would return to Los Angeles on September
7, for the first time in a decade, the lifestyle cable network announced on
Monday.
Since 1998, when Los
Angeles last hosted the event, the MTV Video Music Awards have been
held in New York, Miami
and last year in Las Vegas.
The event will be broadcast live from
Tinseltown this year. Last year, 7.1 million MTV viewers watched the
festivities which took place at Vegas Palms Casino Resort, according to Nielsen
Media Research.
“The City of Los
Angeles is proud to host the MTV Video Music Awards,” said City of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
in a statement.
“There is no better place to hold one of
the music industry's most exciting awards shows than right here in Los Angeles, the
entertainment capital of the world. We will roll out the red carpet for MTV and
allow this awards show to not only recognizes the best in music, but to also
celebrate the creative talent and diversity our great city has to offer,” he
added.
This year’s host, nominees, performers and presenters
will be announced at a later date.
After last year’s performance of Britney
Spears, no one could tell what this year might bring.
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