The VMAs Are Returning To Barclays Center — And Hitting All Five Boroughs In New York City


ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Pictures

It be 2020, and the Moon Person is as soon as more touching down in New York City.

Yes, this year’s MTV VMAs will utilize location on the Barclays Center on Sunday, August 30, MTV launched on the present time (June 29), aided by a temporary shout-out from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo at his are residing video briefing. It be the first time the show has hit the iconic Downtown Brooklyn venue since 2013. But this time, the motion is no longer all the time contained ideal to the arena, or even the borough true thru which it sits.

For the 2020 show, the VMAs are going broad, featuring performances from numerous iconic locations for the length of Brooklyn, Ny, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island, to honor the spirit and resilience of New York.

The 2020 VMAs could be the first occasion to utilize location at Barclays Center on myth of the COVID-19 pandemic hit town. Needless to claim, the virus is aloof very actual, meaning an added emphasis and focal level on security. The governor’s announcement came with the show of “restricted or no viewers.”

“Uncover producers alongside Barclays Center management maintain been working closely with recount and native officers to put into effect very most realistic practices for each person involved,” in accordance to an announcement. “Amongst the measures all occasions involved maintain aligned on encompass broad social distancing procedures, meaningful capability boundaries and the virtualization of parts where that that it’s possible you’ll maybe maybe presumably believe.”

The 2013 show saw a resigned Moon Person — courtesy of Brooklyn artist Kaws — moreover to a fully Moon Person-centric stage. Seven years later, the 2020 VMAs are shaping as a lot as be a sprawling celebration across likely the most very most realistic landmarks in the Sizable Apple.

Extra data will be on hand because the show date approaches. In the in the meantime, after a year in New Jersey, welcome (assist) to NYC, VMAs.

  • VMAs
  • Music

%%

RELATED ARTICLES

Recent Articles

Tarantino’s “Star Trudge” Is Corpulent Of Mobsters

In the wake of yesterday’s report about all three new “Star Trek” films in development being on indefinite hold until Paramount Pictures decides which one to proceed with, more details about one of them has emerged. Specifically the R-rated pitch by filmmaker Quentin Tarantino who came up with and developed a story idea that “The…

Scorsese’s “Flower Moon” To Shoot In February

Martin Scorsese’s much discussed adaptation of David Grann’s non-fiction dark western book “Killers of the Flower Moon” was to begin shooting in March this year but will not start filming February 2021 reports Indiewire. The Osage Nation is reportedly preparing for a 16-week shoot in Oklahoma from February with pre-production and crew first set to…

Jared Leto Space To Famous person As Andy Warhol

Actor Jared Leto has confirmed he is set to play artistic giant Andy Warhol in an upcoming feature. Leto posted a photo of Warhol, timed to the day after what would’ve been his 92nd birthday, on Instagram with the caption: “Yes it’s true I will be playing Andy Warhol in an upcoming film. And so…

“X-Males: Energetic Series” Revival Pitched

Producer Larry Houston has confirmed that preliminary discussions have taken place about a revival of the classic “X-Men: The Animated Series” for the Disney+ streaming service. Appearing at a virtual Wizard World panel on Friday, Houston says the reboot has been formally pitched and is leaving it up to Disney to put in the series…

Jonas Cuaron To Helm A Chupacabra Movie

Jonas Cuaron (“Desert”) has been tapped to direct an untitled chupacabra-themed feature film at Netflix and 26th Street Pictures. The story follows a teenager, who while visiting his family in Mexico, gains an unlikely companion when he discovers a young chupacabra hiding in his grandpa’s shed. In order to save the mythical creature, Alex and…