The MTV Europe Music Awards ceremony has been cancelled because of safety issues “given the volatility of world occasions”, organisers have introduced.
The annual occasion had been because of happen in Paris on Sunday 5 November, with stars together with Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Miley Cyrus and Nicki Minaj among the many high-profile nominees.
In a press release saying the choice, a spokesperson for Paramount, which owns MTV, stated: “Given the volatility of world occasions, we have now 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 carry the present to life.
“The MTV EMAs are an annual celebration of worldwide music. As we watch the devastating occasions in Israel and Gaza proceed to unfold, this doesn’t really feel like a second for a world celebration. With 1000’s of lives already misplaced, it’s a second of mourning.”
Organisers stated they sit up for the occasion returning in November 2024.
Final yr’s MTV European Music Awards – that are separate to the MTV Video Music Awards, held within the US – was dominated by Swift, who took residence 4 of the six gongs she was up for – finest artist, finest video, finest pop and finest longform video.
The announcement of this yr’s cancellation got here on Thursday as European Union inside ministers debated learn how to handle the affect of the struggle.
France is on its highest stage of safety alert after a schoolteacher was killed and three different individuals had been wounded in a stabbing within the northeastern metropolis of Arras on 13 October.
The nation’s inside minister, Gerald Darmanin, stated the suspected Islamist assault was linked to the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
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