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Taylor Swift became the first recipient of the MTV Video Music Awards’ Artist Director Honor on Sunday, presented to her by Dakota Johnson. “She is an architect of emotional landscapes filled with the most intimate and intricate details,” Johnson said. “Taylor has spent the majority of her life on set, telling tales and building worlds. She isn’t just one of the most decorated artists in the history of the VMAs — she is the single most recognized video director in this show’s history.  She is a visionary, with a relentless drive for perfection in everything she does, and still holds…

The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards are underway at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, with Snoop Dogg as the evening’s host. Madonna leads the ceremony with 13 nominations, tying Lady Gaga’s record for the most nods in a single night. We’ll be updating the winner’s list throughout the show below.This year’s Video of the Year nominees include Sabrina Carpenter’s Colman Domingo-starring Rocky Horror ode “Tears”; Madonna’s Confessions II – The Film; Taylor Swift’s “Fate of Ophelia,” which casts her as muses throughout history; and Ariana Grande’s “Hate That I Made You Love Me,” where she haunts a guilty ex-boyfriend…

Tonight, Madonna reclaimed her VMAs throne by performing at the ceremony for the first time in 23 years. She kicked the show off with a little help from Sabrina Carpenter—alongside bondage dancers acting as steadicam operators—for the duo’s single “Bring Your Love.” Later, Charli XCX walked out of a bathroom stall to perform “Danceteria Afterhours,” the just-released remix to Madonna’s Confessions II track “Danceteria.” There were also cameos from Julia Garner, Debi Mazar, Sombr, and Seth Rogen smoking a joint. You can watch it below.Later in the evening, Madonna and Carpenter won a Moon Man for Best Collaboration. “I would…

Tonight at the MTV Video Music Awards, Kacey Musgraves took the stage to deliver a tribute to Dolly Parton, who died last month at the age of 80. At her first VMAs performance in five years, Musgraves sang “I Will Always Love You.” Watch the homage below.It’s not the first time Musgraves has honored Parton onstage. Since Parton’s death on August 25, Musgraves has covered the late country icon’s music at multiple stops on her Middle of Nowhere tour, tackling the 1977 hit “Here You Come Again” at a show in Boston and “9 to 5” at New York’s Madison…

KATSEYE performed ‘Animal’ and ‘Hootie Frutti’ during their debut appearance on Saturday Night Live last night (September 26) – watch both performances below. The group served as musical guests for the season 52 premiere of the long-running US sketch show, which was hosted by New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson. KATSEYE appeared as a four-piece comprised of Daniela Avanzini, Lara Raj, Megan Skiendiel and Yoonchae Jeung, with Manon Bannerman and Sophia Laforteza both currently on hiatus. For their first performance, the quartet delivered ‘Animal’, the lead single from their third EP ‘Wild’, accompanied by the track’s choreography on the Studio…

The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony has arrived. Tonight, the biggest names in music gathered at the VMAs to see who would take home the night’s top prizes. Madonna led all nominees this year with 13, thanks largely in part to the  short film she made for her celebrated new album, Confessions II. In addition to being up for the coveted Video of the Year, it’s also earned several nods in creative categories, including Best Direction, Cinematography, and Choreography. It also received a nomination for the resurrected Best Dance category, which was doled out regularly for decades beginning in 1989, but…

Keep It Bella Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Penske Media Bella Poarch arrived at the VMAs in a deconstructed ensemble featuring lace, ribbons, and an avant-garde bustle, and topped the look off with an otherworldly updo. The Filipina-American TikTok-sensation-turned-pop-star released her debut album, Picnic At The Cemetery, earlier this month. Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM

Kylie Minogue delivered a huge homecoming performance at the 2026 AFL Grand Final in Melbourne yesterday (September 26) – watch the full set below. The Australian pop icon headlined the pre-game entertainment at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, performing a specially created 20-minute set to more than 100,000 people before the Brisbane Lions faced Fremantle Dockers. Despite rain in the build-up, the show went ahead with a production involving multiple costume changes, pyrotechnics and more than 100 dancers, before Minogue ended the show suspended high above the MCG. Watch the full performance here: The show began with a pre-recorded sequence celebrating Minogue’s…

Kneecap and Tom Morello have shared their huge, Rage Against The Machine-coded collaboration ‘Unconquered’ – listen below. The track appears on the Rage and Audioslave guitarist’s new solo album ‘Everyone Gets Everything They Want’, which arrived on Friday (September 25) via Mom + Pop. ‘Unconquered’ brings together Morello’s trademark serrated guitar work with frantic electronic percussion and rapid-fire verses from Mo Chara and Móglaí Bap, delivered in both Irish and English. The combination lands firmly in the territory that first made Morello famous, fusing hip-hop, hard rock and electronic textures before breaking into a characteristically warped guitar solo. Check it…

Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus has revealed that he recorded vocals for an unreleased Linkin Park song – and jokingly confronted Mike Shinoda over why they never made the cut. The revelation came after Hoppus moderated a Q&A with Linkin Park following the Los Angeles premiere of their new documentary Unshatter at AMC The Grove on Thursday (September 24). Hoppus appears in the film after visiting Linkin Park in the studio while they were working on the music that would eventually become their comeback album ‘From Zero’. During the Q&A, he explained that Shinoda had originally invited him to the studio not…