The MTV Europe Music Awards will take place on Thursday evening (Nov. 5) and mark 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall at the O2 World Arena in Berlin.
Bill Roedy, president of MTV Networks International, predicted it will be the largest show in the history of MTV Europe. The sellout crowd of 17000 will be watching the event live at the arena and the broadcast will be available globally to around 2 billion TV viewers.
Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit offered Roedy and MTV the opportunity of organizing a show in front of the Brandenburg Gate. As live4ever reported to you a while back the highlight of the show will be a 20-minute live performance by U2 in front of the Brandenburg Gate.
“Berlin stands for diversity and human courage,” said Roedy. “Here, young people in particular took the initiative to ensure that not only the Berlin Wall but also the Iron Curtain would fall.”
Although the free concert will be held in front of the Brandenburg Gate it will be exclusive to a rather small crowd of “only 10’000” lucky fans. U2 fans throughout Europe have been asked not to come to Berlin to attend the concert, explaining that there was not sufficient space in front of the Brandenburg Gate for them all.All 10,000 tickets have already been given away online by MTV and fans were told they would only be disappointed after a long journey as there was no space for them left.
This year’s repeat host of the EMA’s will be spunky US pop punker Katy Perry who’s been making recent headlines with UK comedian Russel Brand. Katy explained that this year’s show called for costumes and performances reminiscent of the spirit of the movie “Cabaret” which are set to invoke Berlin’s unique charm.
Perry added: “Just like last year, I’m sure I’ll have butterflies in my stomach again and will try to give my very best.”
It’s a particular pleasure for Mayor Wowereit a to be able to welcome U2 to Berlin again as this group and its leader Bono had been involved in so many humanitarian initiatives. Wowereit explained: “Berlin is looking forward to welcoming the many stars and the whole world in the 20th year of the fall of the Berlin wall.”
Here is a list of key artists nominated for the 2009 MTV EMA’s:
Lady Gaga and the Kings of Leon both received nominations in five categories.
They are closely followed by Beyoncé, who is nominated in four categories.
MTV International announced five acts that had been nominated in the EMA Best European Act category today. Fans from all over Europe voted for them. The Finnish rock band Deep Insight, Russian star Dima Blian, the Polish singer Doda, Italian pop rocker Lost and the Turkish rap rock band MaNga are the regional winners of the MTV European Music Awards.
Following acts are all scheduled to perform :Foo Fighters, Green Day, Jay-Z, Leona Lewis, Shakira, Tokio Hotel, Beyonce and U2 . Actor and musician David Hasselhoff, Lil Kim, World heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko, tennis legend Boris Becker and actor Jesse Metcalfe were also announced as presenters , joining the Jonas Brothers, Backstreet Boys, Juliette Lewis, Jean Reno, Miranda Cosgrove, Asia Argento, Bar Refaeli, Brody Jenner and Batista.
Joss Stone and Pete Wentz of Fall out boy will be hosting the digital (online ) versions of the Red Carpet and EMA All Access segments.
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