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Madonna's 'Danceteria' Was One of the Great Moments in VMAs History (opens the original)
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Madonna made her big return to the MTV Video Music Awards, her first time at the annual event in 23 years. She practically invented this show the first time it aired in 1984, making her infamous debut in her white wedding gown as the scandalous floor-humping bride in “Like a Virgin.” That performance did wonders for her, but even bigger wonders for the VMAs — it’s the moment this event has always aspired to match ever since. It established her as the once and future queen of this show. But stran
The VMAs: The One Night When MTV Pretends to be MTV (opens the original)
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The star of the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards? That would be the Nineties, which loomed over over the entire night. The ceremony was hosted by Snoop Dogg, with a Video Vanguard tribute to Nirvana. Madonna was the night’s big winner and opening performer. There was a running comedy gag about the Spice Girls. Everybody sang “Freedom ’90.” The whole show buzzed with that Nineties energy—it promised to be a big night for Sir Mix-a-Lot and Sophie B. Hawkins. But it’s understandable, since those were th
Olivia Rodrigo Heals Wounds and Draws Blood in Triumphant Unraveled Tour Opener (opens the original)
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It’s official: Wounds are healing. Olivia Rodrigo kicked off her Unraveled Tour last night in Hartford, Connecticut, with an opening-night triumph that proved she might be feeling unraveled, but totally unvanquished. What a night — O-Rod held the stage for nearly two hours, going on at 8 p.m. sharp to storm through 23 songs, without an encore or a dull moment. She did nearly every song from her new You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love — it was a barrage of one killer tune after another, fro
When George Michael Conquered the World as a Live Superstar -- Then Walked Away (opens the original)
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George Michael was on top of the world in the late Eighties. He’d made it big as the creative half of Wham!, his U.K. pop duo with his school friend Andrew Ridgeley. But for his solo flight, he wanted to prove himself as an adult. That meant sex. It meant sin. It meant stubble. George came back strong with his 1987 solo classic Faith, reborn as a black-leather stud, shocking the music industry that had always seen him as a disposable joke. Instead of burning out, he seduced the planet with the i
Was Sept. 24, 1991, the Best Day Ever for New Albums? (opens the original)
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This week in 1991, 35 years ago, was one of those moments that changed music history. On Sept. 24, four classic albums dropped on the same day: Nirvana’s Nevermind, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Blood Sugar Sex Magik, A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, and the Pixies’ Trompe Le Monde. All four were instant sensations, to the shock of the industry, transforming how everything would sound for the next decade. The revolution happened fast — August of 1991 was one era, but then by October, it w
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