MTV yesterday announced that its Video Music Awards would return to New York this year, after two years in Miami. The twenty-third year of the network's annual awards event will take place at NYC's Radio City Music Hall on 31 Aug. It will be the thirteenth time the event has taken place in the city, and the tenth time it has been staged at that venue.
Confirming the decision MTV President Christina Norman said yesterday: "New York City is our hometown and we are really looking to showcase the music, culture and people from every borough of this amazing city on TV, online, broadband and wireless to fans around the globe".
MTV will announce more details about the event, including the line up, in the next few weeks. The network plans to build programming around the awards that appear across its TV channels as well as its web and mobile operations.
Do you know, I quite like the way American awards ceremonies move around to different places each year. I'm think I'm going to start lobbying for the Brits 2007 to be staged in Stockport.