Billy Ray Cyrus (ideal) and Lil Nas X onstage throughout the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (AFP/Mike Coppola).
MTV has deserted the idea of holding its Video Music Awards reveal at an indoor place in New york city due to the fact that of the issues of the coronavirus epidemic.
The VMA show on Aug. 30, which typically features live performances from music’s greatest stars, will rather go on with some artists performing at outside places, MTV and the Barclays Center arena stated on Friday.
The VMA event was to be the very first significant awards show since the pandemic started to occur in a physical place, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
” In close consultation with state and regional health authorities, it ended up being clear at this time that outside efficiencies with restricted or no audience would be more feasible and much safer than an indoor occasion,” MTV and the Barclays Center stated in a joint statement.
Read likewise: MTV Video Music Awards to be kept in physical New York place on Aug. 30
The declaration stated all regional health standards will be observed for the outdoor performances, which will occur at locations around New York City. It did not state which artists would be carrying out outdoors.
The coronavirus break out has actually forced the cancellation of dozens of film celebrations and performances and shuttered Broadway theaters.
Last week organizers of the Emmy Awards show honoring the best in television, which is normally held in Los Angeles in front of a big A-list audience, stated this year’s occasion in September would be a virtual affair.
Pop stars Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga lead elections for the Video Music Awards, which also included two new categories to reflect how musicians are responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
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