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The 35th annual MTV Music Video Awards was held Aug. 20 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. While Katy Perry hosted last year, this year’s VMAs aired without a proper host instead relying on presenters to keep the broadcast moving. If you’ve finally recovered from Panic! At The Disco’s truly epic performance, […]

The 2009 VMAs live on in infamy as one of the most iconic pop culture moments of the last decade, but the show’s mega moment also happened to Panic! At The Disco. Taylor Swift won Best Female Video for “You Belong With Me” beating out Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” among others. Kanye […]

Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco are up to win Moon Men at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards. Read more: Parents react to Panic! At The Disco, think it’s Fall Out Boy–watch The nominees for the MTV Video Music Awards were released Monday, and the Best Rock category is filled with a […]

Logic's inspiring VMAs performance of “1-800-273-8255,” a courageous song about the rapper's own struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts, reportedly prompted a 50-percent uptick in calls to suicide prevention hotlines. Read more: Jared Leto honors Chester Bennington at the 2017 VMAs As reported by the FADER, the rapper took the stage at Sunday's MTV Video […]

Can we stop ignoring the rock music category at award shows? In a repeat of last year's MTV Video Music Awards, this year's awards telecast is now over—all the winners have been announced—except for the winner in the Best Rock Video category. Why not announce it during the show? Read more: The Box returns with […]

[Photo by: Josh Peck/Twitter] Remember when our childhoods were crushed after the Drake and Josh fall-out? Who could forget the feud that sparked after Drake was not invited to Josh's wedding, leading to passive aggressive tweets and heartbroken Drake and Josh fans everywhere. It looks like the feud has finally been laid to rest as […]

[Photos by: MTV, Ricky Swift/WENN.com] Actor and Thirty Seconds To Mars frontman Jared Leto paid tribute to Chester Bennington at tonight's MTV Video Music Awards, honoring the late musician with a heartfelt speech while introducing a clip from Linkin Park's 2010 VMAs performance. Below, read Leto's moving speech and see LP's 2010 performance in full. […]

[Photo by: MTV Look Different/Twitter] MTV is making the best statement at the 2017 Video Music Awards by inviting transgender military members to the awards show, and they're sending a powerful message to the nation in the process. See what they had to say below. Read more: Musicians respond to President Trump’s transgender military ban Last […]

[Photo by: MTV Press] MTV is looking to make the best statement at the 2017 Video Music Awards, making a request to the Department of Defense to invite transgender military members to the show this Sunday in Los Angeles, Variety reports. Read the Department Of Defense’s statement in full below. Read more: Musicians respond to […]

[Photos by: MTV/YouTube, MTV.com] Pete Wentz is traveling back in time! Well, kinda. The Fall Out Boy bassist and lyricist recently sat down with MTV to revisit the band's legendary performance at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards. See what Wentz has to say about the decade-old TV appearance below! Read more: Pete Wentz really […]

The nominations for the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards have been announced, and there are a few bands from our scene nominated! Check out the noms below!  Read more: Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz talks about their new album and Panic! At The Disco collaboration rumors The VMA for Best Rock Video is obviously the most […]

Rihanna performed four different times at MTV’s VMAs last night. During her third medley, the stage’s backdrop graphics flashed various “Rihanna” logos in distressed, death metal-like font. Additionally, her backup dancers were wearing shirts with the logos on them. You can watch the performance in full below. Read more: Lady Gaga: “Some people really don’t know […]

So, apparently Twenty One Pilots’ “Heathens” won the Best Rock Video award at MTV’s 2016 VMAs, but the only confirmation thus far has come from Billboard and All Time Low singer Alex Gaskarth—not MTV. Read more: Billie Joe Armstrong comments on lack of rock at the VMAs The list of winners on MTV's website still does […]

Seriously, who won?! Twenty One Pilots, Panic! At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, All Time Low and Coldplay had music videos nominated for Best Rock Video at the 2016 VMAs.  Read more: Billie Joe Armstrong comments on lack of rock at the VMAs The broadcast, which ran a little over two-and-a-half hours, ended without a winner […]

All Time Low may have scored a nomination for “Best Rock Video” at the MTV Video Music Awards this year, but just eight years ago the band walked the red carpet only to be totally ignored. During the summer of 2008, All Time Low traveled the country with Katy Perry and Boys Like Girls on […]

Current AP cover stars twenty one pilots sit down with editor in chief Jason Pettigrew in our latest issue to talk an array of topics. One subject included their performance at this year’s VMAs, which almost didn’t happen. “There was an artist they mentioned and we said, ‘Thank you, but we’re going to pass. It […]

If you tuned into MTVs’ VMAs last night, you may have found yourself indirectly asking, “Where are the rock bands?” Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong took to Twitter following the event to voice his dissatisfaction, claiming it was void of “a single young rock n roll band.” The singer’s tweet can be found below. […]

Last night, MTV hosted their 32nd annual Video Music Awards show in Los Angeles, California. The evening was full of notable moments, including Nicki Minaj putting Miley Cyrus on blast, Kanye West’s interesting acceptance speech for the Video Vanguard award, Taylor Swift asserting her pop dominance and much more. In case you missed any of […]

Earlier this evening, rapper Kanye West received the landmark, career-defining Video Vanguard Award at the VMAs. If you’ve been on the internet at all tonight, you’ve probably heard about his interesting acceptance speech. As you can imagine, many musicians in our scene have shared their thoughts on what West had to say. You can read […]