MTV EMAs (European Music Awards) Canceled For the First Time Ever

The 2023 MTV EMAs (European Music Awards) have been canceled because of the “volatility of world occasions.” It is the primary time that the annual occasion has been canceled because it started in 1994.

This 12 months’s EMAs had been set to happen on Nov. 5 in Paris, France however these plans have been discarded with respect to, particularly, the conflict that erupted between Israel and Hamas nearly two weeks in the past.

A spokesperson for Paramount International mentioned in a press release (through Billboard),

Given the volatility of world occasions, we’ve got determined to not transfer ahead with the 2023 MTV EMAs out of an abundance of warning for the 1000’s of workers, crew members, artists, followers and companions who journey from all corners of the world to convey the present to life. The MTV EMAs are an annual celebration of world music. As we watch the devastating occasions in Israel and Gaza proceed to unfold, this doesn’t really feel like a second for a worldwide celebration. With 1000’s of lives already misplaced, it’s a second of mourning. We sit up for internet hosting the MTV EMAs once more in November of 2024.

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The awards present was going to be broadcast in additional than 150 international locations and it was going to be an particularly large evening for some newer artists as there have been 26 first-time nominees (which additionally included some veteran artists and new undertakings).