The conflict between Israel and Gaza has been ongoing for decades, however the latest escalation occurred recently on October 7th, when Hamas, an Islamic Resistance Movement governing the Gaza strip of the Palestinian territories, launched an unprecedented attack on Israel killing 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostages. Israel retaliated by launching air strikes, and as it stands, the United Nations have reported 4,200 deaths in Gaza over the last 10 days.

The MTV EMAs, which were set to be held in Paris on November 5th, have now been cancelled “out of an abundance of caution”, according to a BBC statement from the event’s organisers Paramount.

Paramount describes the annual event as “an annual celebration of global music”, but said as “events in Israel and Gaza continue to unfold, this does not feel like a moment for a global celebration. With thousands of lives already lost, it is a moment of mourning”.

In a social media post from Paramount, the event organisers issued a declaration saying “Given the volatility of world events, we have decided not to move forward with the 2023 MTV EMAs out of an abundance of caution for the thousands of employees, crew members, artists, fans, and partners who travel from all corners of the world to bring the show to life.”

Given the volatility of world events, we have decided not to move forward with the 2023 MTV EMAs out of an abundance of caution for the thousands of employees, crew members, artists, fans, and partners who travel from all corners of the world to bring the show to life.

— MTV EMA (@mtvema) October 19, 2023

MTV announced the list of performers for the awards show previously this week. Acts on the line up include the likes of Anne Marie, David Guetta and Thirty Seconds To Mars, all of which are also 2023 MTV EMA nominees. You can view the full list of performers and nominees here. The EMAs were set to broadcast on MTV in more than 150 countries, as well as stream on Pluto TV and Paramount+.

Paramount have announced that voting for the awards show will continue, and the event will be rescheduled to November 2024 with all the original performers.

Voting is continuing and the winning artists will receive their MTV EMA Awards.

We look forward to hosting the MTV EMAs again in November of 2024.

— MTV EMA (@mtvema) October 19, 2023

On August 9^th, Måneskin released a statement explaining, “We are sad to announce that unfortunately due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts, we are no longer able to perform at Readings & Leeds festival this year. We love and miss the UK and all of our beloved UK fans and we’re absolutely gutted to no longer be able to play these shows.” Before concluding, “We’re really excited for the year to come and want to thank you for your support and patience, we’ll hopefully be back in the UK soon and we can’t wait to see you.” It seems like they were almost hoping we’d forgotten about this, to be honest. R+L then issued the above statement yesterday showing their disappointment. Harlow is yet to comment on the situation, but at this point, it basically speaks for itself.

Only 2 days into their rescheduled 2020 tour, Rage Against The Machine frontman, Zac de la Rocha sustained an injury on his leg at a show in Chicago. The band continued with Rocha performing mostly sat down, but now it has been announced that they will be cancelling their UK and EU leg of the tour to follow ‘medical guidance. Their headline slot at Reading and Leeds Festival fell within the cancelled dates, so yesterday the festival announced the new Sunday headliner. The 1975.

Statement from @RATM pic.twitter.com/urPCtGpYd6

— Rage Against The Machine ★ (@RATM) August 11, 2022

Matty Healey and co. are currently in the leadup to the release of their 5^th LP, Being Funny In A Foreign Language, you can pre-order the album here. The announcement for their appearance at Reading and Leeds Festival comes together with a lengthy US tour set to take place in November. This, paired with 2 appearances at Japan’s Summer Sonic Festival, ends The 1975’s known tour dates. But that being said, we can essentially guarantee an announcement of a UK tour coming soon.

Can we take a sec to talk about the #MTVEMA awards? Here’s everything you need to know from the on-point show pic.twitter.com/faL9VQJrkL

— MTV UK (@MTVUK) November 15, 2021

Despite recent anti LGBTQ+ legislation in Hungary, organisers defend the decision to host them in that country.  The biggest winners of the night were K-Pop group BTS snatching four awards in total: Best Pop, Best Group, Bst K-Pop and Biggest Fans.  Ed Sheeran has won two awards, for Best Artist and Best Song for “Bad Habits”. Best Alternative went to Yungblud, who said in a speech: “If you are out there and you feel you cannot be who you are – you can be. Keep fighting, keep being brilliant”. 

Eurovision winners Måneskin won a statue for Best Rock. Little Mix has won an award for Best UK & Ireland Act for the fifth time. This year they run up against Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa. The Best US Act went to Taylor Swift. Little Mix Jade Thirwall said accepting the award remotely: “Thank you so, so much. This is amazing, to win Best UK & Ireland Act again. Thank you, thank you, thank you – we can’t believe it.”

“We’re so gutted that we can’t be at the show tonight, but thank you so much to MTV and all of our incredible, incredible fans for their support. It really does mean the world to myself and the girls” she added.

Show host and performer Saweetie has won Best New, Nicki Minaj won Best Hip-Hop and Olivia Rodrigo – Best Push and Billie Eilish was honoured with the Video for Good award. Justin Bieber who has been nominated in eight categories hasn’t won any this year. The MTV EMAs saw performances from Ed Sheeran who sang “Overpass Grafitti” and “Shivers”, Maluma who did “Mama Tetema’ and Saweetie with “Best Friend”, “Tap In” ‘ and “Out Out” among others. Yungblud closed the night with the performance of his latest single “Fleabag”. 

YUNGBLUD’s #MTVEMA performance in one word? MWAH pic.twitter.com/6DUnYArmQU

— MTV UK (@MTVUK) November 14, 2021

See the full list of MTV EMA winners below:

Best Artist – Ed Sheeran
Best Pop – BTS
Best Song – Ed Sheeran – “Bad Habits”
Best Video – Lil Nas X – “MONTERO (Call Me By Your
Name)”
Best Collaboration – Doja Cat ft. SZA – “Kiss Me More”
Best New – Saweetie
Best Electronic – David Guetta
Best Rock – Måneskin
Best Alternative -YUNGBLUD
Best Latin – Maluma
Best Hip Hop – Nicki Minaj
Best K-Pop – BTS
Best Group – BTS
Best Push – Olivia Rodrigo
Biggest Fans – BTS
Video for Good – Billie Eilish – “Your Power”
Best U.K. & Ireland Act – Little Mix

On Tuesday night, Simon Jones who manages LittleMix’s PR, issued a statement on twitter on behalf of Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards and Leigh-Anne Pinnock. The tweet read, “Jesy is having extended time off from Little Mix for private medical reasons. We will not be issuing any further comment currently and ask media to please respect her privacy at this time.”

Little Mix Statement:

Jesy is having extended time off from Little Mix for private medical reasons. We will not be issuing any further comment currently and ask media to please respect her privacy at this time.

— Simon Jones (@simonjonespr) November 17, 2020

At present it is unknown as to what Jesy’s illness is. Jesy has been an original band member since they were formed on the ‘X-Factor’ in 2011. They signed under Simon Cowell’s label ‘Syco Music’ and Little Mix soon became the most popular girl band in the UK and globally. They are recognised for their strong live performances, harmonic vocals and energetic dance routines, as well as their empowerment to young women.

As well as hosting the European MTV Music Awards, the group were nominated for Best Group, Best Pop and Best Virtual Live. They shared on their instagram account their excitement saying, “IT’S HAPPENING! We are SO excited to announce that we’re going to be hosting the @mtvema’s on November 8th. This is gonna be so much fun!”

Can you believe tonight’s the FINAL of @LMTheSearch!! We’re unbelievably proud of all 6 bands and we can’t wait to see the final 4 perform! We’re so sad Jesy won’t be able to join us tonight, but we have such an amazing show in store for you all x pic.twitter.com/JRKL008VXL

— Little Mix (@LittleMix) November 7, 2020

They sent out another tweet before the final night of their ‘Little Mix The Search’ show saying, “Can you believe tonight’s the FINAL of @LMTheSearch!! We’re unbelievably proud of all 6 bands and we can’t wait to see the final 4 perform! We’re so sad Jesy won’t be able to join us tonight, but we have such an amazing show in store for you all x.”

Jesy previously featured in the TV documentary ‘Odd One Out,’ where she spoke about her struggles with her body image and online bullying. The Daily Mail reported that she, “She talked in depth for the first time about how trolls, who mocked her over her looks and weight, triggered her into attempting to take her own life in 2013.”

After the show was aired, some fans were sympathetic towards Jessy for the amount of online bullying she had encountered and others commented on how she had inspired them and how brave she was, getting through the online abuse and suggested the episode should be showed in schools to help educate others.

Jesy has been quiet on her social media and not posted anything since October 31st, which is unusual for her. She has told The Guardian, “that therapy, a strong community and withdrawing from Twitter allowed her to distance herself from her public image and slowly start “to feel normal again”. 

Little Mix have just released their 6th album, ‘Confetti’ which reached Number 2 in the UK Album charts behind Kylie Minogue’s ‘Disco.’ Their tour next year, has been rearranged for April due to the current pandemic, however it is uncertain as to whether Jesy will be joining them.

For those who missed the show, the video is available now on the EMA YouTube channel, and has already brought in 33,000 views. For the first song, ‘Cotton Candy’, Yungblud flew over the stage at London’s Roundhouse dressed as Cupid, and proceeded to sing while floating across the stage. Transitioning into the second song ‘Strawberry Lipstick’, the artist joined his band on the ground to play a rock number in contrast to his introductory pop track.

Not only did he give this captivating show, but Yungblud was also awarded the prize for Best Push. Other wins included Little Mix for Best Pop Artist, Coldplay for Best Rock Band, and David Guetta for Best Electronic Artist, while BTS took home the awards for Best Song, Best Group, Biggest Fans, and Best Virtual Live.

Elated at his win, Yungblud posted to his Twitter to celebrate with fans, saying: “**WE** won a fookin ema!!! this is about us, always will be. i love u all with every part of me. thank u so much to every single one of you that voted everyday. rock n roll ain’t dead … it’s very much alive and ready to smash the fuckin house up!”

**WE** won a fookin ema!!! this is about us, always will be. i love u all with every part of me. thank u so much to every single one of you that voted everyday. rock n roll ain’t dead … it’s very much alive and ready to smash the fuckin house up! pic.twitter.com/EWWQFoDpa4

— YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) November 8, 2020

Due 4th December, the new album from the singer was delayed slightly, but will make it to release soon. Titled ‘Weird’, the record is his sophomore LP after 2018’s ’21st Century Liability’. Yungblud will tour next year in autumn, as well as holding a virtual tour this December.

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Here are your 2020 #MTVEMA Best Artist nominees!! Who will you be voting for?!

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Nominees include Dua Lipa and Harry Styles for Best Artist, Coldplay and Liam Gallagher for Best Rock Artist, and Little Mix for Best Group. The Best UK & Ireland Act offer some of the biggest artists around: Dua Lipa, Harry Styles, Little Mix, Dave, and Stormzy. Other nominees to mention are Sam Smith for his collaboration with Demi Lovato on the track ‘I’m Ready’, Coldplay for Best Rock Band, The 1975 for Best Alternative Band, Jorja Smith for Video For Good with ‘By Any Means’, and Georgia for Best Push.

Little Mix posted a grateful message to their social media platforms, which reads, “Guys – you did it!! Thank you to everyone who voted for us to be nominated for @mtvema’s Best UK and Ireland Category. We’re so excited to announce that we’re nominated for FOUR MTV EMAs!!”

 

 

 

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Guys you did it!! Thank you to everyone who voted for us to be nominated for @mtvema’s Best UK and Ireland Category. We’re so excited to announce that we’re nominated for FOUR MTV EMAs!! It really means the world to us, you can vote now for us in all four categories – link in stories

 

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The categories containing British nominees are below, and the full list can be found here.

Best Artist
Dua Lipa
Harry Styles
Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga
Miley Cyrus
The Weeknd

Best Song
BTS – Dynamite
DaBaby – Rockstar ft Roddy Ricch
Dua Lipa – Don’t Start Now
Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande – Rain On Me
Roddy Ricch – The Box
The Weeknd – Blinding Lights

Best Collaboration
BLACKPINK, Selena Gomez – Ice Cream
Cardi B – WAP ft Megan Thee Stallion
DaBaby – Rockstar ft. Roddy Ricch
Justin Bieber – Intentions ft Quavo
Karol G – Tusa ft Nicki Minaj
Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande – Rain On Me
Sam Smith, Demi Lovato – I’m Ready

Best Pop
BTS
Dua Lipa
Harry Styles
Justin Bieber
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Little Mix

Best Group
5 Seconds of Summer
BLACKPINK
BTS
Chloe x Halle
CNCO
Little Mix

Best New
BENEE
DaBaby
Doja Cat
Jack Harlow
Roddy Ricch
YUNGBLUD

Best Rock
Coldplay
Green Day
Liam Gallagher
Pearl Jam
Tame Impala
The Killers

Best Electronic
Calvin Harris
David Guetta
Kygo
Marshmello
Martin Garrix
The Chainsmokers

Best Alternative
blackbear
FKA twigs
Hayley Williams
Machine Gun Kelly
The 1975
twenty one pilots

Video for Good  
Anderson .Paak – Lockdown
David Guetta & Sia – Let’s love
Demi Lovato – I Love Me
H.E.R. – I Can’t Breathe
Jorja Smith – By Any Means
Lil Baby – The Bigger Picture

Best Push
AJ Mitchell
Ashnikko
BENEE
Brockhampton
Conan Gray
Doja Cat
Georgia
Jack Harlow
Lil Tecca
Tate McRae
Wallows
YUNGBLUD

Best Virtual Live
BTS – Bang Bang Con: The Live
J Balvin – Behind The Colores Live Experience
Katy Perry @ Tomorrow Land – Around The World
Little Mix – UNCancelled
Maluma – Papi Juancho Live
Post Malone – Nirvana Tribute