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MTV EMAs nominations announced ahead of star-studded Manchester award show

The guestlist for this event will be wild...

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The nominations for the 2024 MTV EMAs have been announced, ahead of a truly massive awards show right here in Manchester.

The star-studded event will be taking place at the Co-op Live, and it’s the first time the global music celebration has ever been held in our city.

And now that MTV has revealed its list of nominations, we’re starting to get a good idea of what famous faces we might see gracing the streets of Manchester.

Megastar Taylor Swift is leading the nominations for the MTV EMAs for a second year running, with seven nods, with other top contenders including Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX and Ariana Grande.

Now in its 30th year, the MTV EMAs celebrates the biggest and best of the music industry across genres, with categories honouring the best music videos, collaborations, live shows and even fanbases.

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It’s a huge deal for Manchester to be the host city, especially with our very own Liam Gallagher going up agains rock icons like Bon Jovi, Coldplay, Green Day, Kings of Leon, Lenny Kravitz and The Killers in the Best Rock category.

Also leading the nominations, with four each, are Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar, Chappell Roan, Tyla, LISA and Arya Starr.

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Taylor Swift is leading the nominations for the MTV EMAs. Credit: Supplied
Taylor Swift is leading the nominations for the MTV EMAs. Credit: Supplied
Ariana Grande has several MTV EMAs nominations. Credit: Supplied
Ariana Grande has several MTV EMAs nominations. Credit: Supplied
Other top contenders in the MTV EMAs nominations include Sabrina Carpenter. Credit: Supplied
Other top contenders in the MTV EMAs nominations include Sabrina Carpenter. Credit: Supplied

There are 19 first-time nominees too, such as Fred Again, Disclosure, Kehlani, Tinashe, The Last Dinner Party, Fontaines D.C. and Jimin.

And as for the Best Collaboration category, there are huge names like Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars; Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar; LISA and Rosalía; Peso Pluma and Anitta; Charli xcx and Billie Eilish, plus Taylor Swift and Post Malone.

Just stop for one minute and imagine all of those people wandering the streets of Manchester. Wild.

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The 2024 MTV EMAs will take place at the Co-op Live in Manchester on Sunday 10 November, and will be broadcast live on MTV UK, Channel 5 and Pluto TV.

Voting is now open HERE for fans to choose their winners from the range of categories announced.

2024 MTV EMAs nominations in full

Best Song

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Beyonce and Chappell Roan are both nominated for Best Song at the MTV EMAs
  • Ariana Grande – we can’t be friends (wait for your love)
  • Benson Boone – Beautiful Things
  • Beyoncé – TEXAS HOLD ‘EM
  • Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER
  • Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
  • Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso

Best Video

  • Ariana Grande – we can’t be friends (wait for your love)
  • Charli xcx – 360
  • Eminem – Houdini
  • Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
  • LISA ft. Rosalía – NEW WOMAN
  • Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – Fortnight

Best Artist

  • Beyoncé
  • Billie Eilish
  • Post Malone
  • RAYE
  • Sabrina Carpenter
  • Taylor Swift

Best Collaboration

Billie Eilish is one of the top nominees for the MTV EMAs. Credit: Supplied
Billie Eilish is one of the top nominees for the MTV EMAs. Credit: Supplied
Brat star Charli XCX is nominated for several MTV EMAs. Credit: Supplied
Brat star Charli XCX is nominated for several MTV EMAs. Credit: Supplied
  • Charli xcx & Billie Eilish – Guess featuring Billie Eilish
  • Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – Like That
  • Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile
  • LISA ft. Rosalía – NEW WOMAN
  • Peso Pluma, Anitta – BELLAKEO
  • Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – Fortnight

Best New

  • Ayra Starr
  • Benson Boone
  • Chappell Roan
  • LE SSERAFIM
  • Teddy Swims
  • The Last Dinner Party
  • Tyla

Best Pop

  • Ariana Grande
  • Billie Eilish
  • Camila Cabello
  • Charli xcx
  • Dua Lipa
  • Sabrina Carpenter
  • Taylor Swift

Best Afrobeats

Tyla is also up for several MTV EMAs. Credit: Supplied
Tyla is also up for several MTV EMAs. Credit: Supplied
  • Asake
  • Ayra Starr
  • Burna Boy
  • Rema
  • Tems
  • Tyla

Best Rock

  • Bon Jovi
  • Coldplay
  • Green Day
  • Kings of Leon
  • Lenny Kravitz
  • Liam Gallagher
  • The Killers

Best Latin

  • Anitta
  • Bad Bunny
  • KAROL G
  • Peso Pluma
  • Rauw Alejandro
  • Shakira

Best K-Pop

  • Jimin
  • Jung Kook
  • LE SSERAFIM
  • LISA
  • NewJeans
  • Stray Kids

Best Alternative

  • Fontaines D.C.
  • Hozier
  • Imagine Dragons
  • Lana Del Rey
  • Twenty One Pilots
  • YUNGBLUD

Best Electronic

  • Calvin Harris
  • David Guetta
  • Disclosure
  • DJ Snake
  • Fred Again..
  • Swedish House Mafia

Best Hip-Hop

Kendrick Lamar is nominated for several MTV EMAs. Credit: Supplied
Kendrick Lamar is nominated for several MTV EMAs. Credit: Supplied
  • Central Cee
  • Eminem
  • Kendrick Lamar
  • Megan Thee Stallion
  • Nicki Minaj
  • Travis Scott

Best R&B

  • Kehlani
  • SZA
  • Tinashe
  • Tyla
  • USHER
  • Victoria Monét

Best Live

  • Adele
  • Coldplay
  • Doja Cat
  • RAYE
  • Taylor Swift
  • Travis Scott

Best Push

  • Ayra Starr
  • Chappell Roan
  • Coco Jones
  • Flyana Boss
  • Jessie Murph
  • Laufey
  • LE SSERAFIM
  • Mark Ambor
  • Shaboozey
  • Teddy Swims
  • The Warning
  • Victoria Monét

Biggest Fans

  • Anitta
  • Ariana Grande
  • Beyoncé
  • Billie Eilish
  • Chappell Roan
  • Charli xcx
  • Katy Perry
  • LISA
  • Nicki Minaj
  • Sabrina Carpenter
  • Shawn Mendes
  • Taylor Swift

MTV EMA 2024 BEST REGIONAL ACT NOMINEES – BEST UK & IRELAND ACT

  • Central Cee
  • Charli xcx
  • Chase & Status
  • Dua Lipa
  • Hozier
  • RAYE

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Featured image: The Manc Group

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Posters around Manchester city centre spark serious rumours Charli XCX is set to headline Parklife 2025

Danny Jones Danny Jones Charli XCX headlining Parklife 2025 rumours

Some pretty big, green posters are popping up around town and, not to get ahead of ourselves, but it looks like they’re hinting at Charli XCX headlining Parklife 2025…

Feel free to lose your bratting minds.

A number of tall, let’s call it ‘apple’ green posters have been sighted in various places across Manchester city centre this Friday, 22 November and the last time we saw this slightly low-resolution, plain black Arial font and colour combo we got a reworked version of Charli XCX’s brat album.

Listen, all we can tell you is that this is almost exactly the same marketing and the letters on the poster simply read, “PL25”. Come on… you do the math(s).

@the.manc Posters have appeared all over Manchester and it looks like a @Charli XCX headline slot at @Parklife Festival is coming. SCREAMING. #themanc #manchester #charlixcx #parklife #mcr #brat ♬ original sound – Saturday Night Live – SNL

Spotting at least two of the posters for ourselves around both Newton and Thomas Street in and around the Northern Quarter, plenty of people have been double-taking at the simple but bold and undeniably eye-catching portrait posters.

Trust us, we weren’t the only ones stopping to take a picture and frantically send them to half of our phonebook either.

Charli herself hasn’t given us any other clues on social media thus far – to be fair, this one feels fairly obvious to us – but it’s well worth keeping your eyes peeled on her stories as she did plenty of teasing before dropping Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat.

Still can’t get over that actually being the title, by the way.

It’s also worth noting that Parklife themselves recently confirmed that festival fans can expect to find out their headliners and the full 2025 lineup very soon. Check out that colour…

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Oh, who are we kidding? That’s not apple green it’s straight-up BRAT green, b*tch. We’re fully getting carried away and you’ll just have to deal with it.

Even if it somehow turns out she’s not headlining it’s certainly looking like she’s going to be there and it wouldn’t be the first time.

Better yet, fans of the pop sensation won’t have to wait too long to see her right here in Greater Manchester because Charli is bringing her already smash-hit tour to Co-op Live next Wednesday, 27 November and in case you couldn’t tell by all the shouting in capitals, we’re very excited.

Roll on ‘PL25’. Other than Charli XCX, who else would you like to see as your Parklife headliners next summer?

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Bez and Shaun Ryder are starring in a new gangster movie – nope, not kidding

Danny Jones Danny Jones Bez and Shaun Ryder acting in new gangster film

No, you didn’t misread the headline and you’re not on acid: Manchester music legends Bez and Shaun Ryder are set to feature in a brand-new gangster film.

Yes, the ones from the Happy Mondays – why are you having such trouble processing this?

Seriously though, we did a little double-take ourselves when we came across this news, but the familiar Manc faces look to be among the ensemble of a brand-new gangster movie by Irish writer, actor, producer and filmmaker, Ciaron Davies.

And this is just a little leak or rumour that may have been blown out of proportion: you can take it from the horse’s mouth as Happy Mondays frontman, Ryder, recently shared the news on social media.

As you can see, the new film is called Geezers and is billed as a “British crime caper” written and directed by Davies, featuring Shaun as hard-man Robbie and Bez as ‘Monk’. If you saw Ryder shaking off that snake biting his hand like it was nothing then you already know he’s hard as nails.

Although it’s not strictly listed as a comedy per se, ‘caper’ would suggest plenty of humour and light-heartedness, so we’re thinking more like The Gentleman, Italian Job, or maybe even Four Lions, rather than a serious crime thriller.

Now, while we’ve seen both of the Salfordians on screen before not only in the likes of music videos, interviews, panel shows and even as two of the funniest guests to ever go on Celebrity Gogglebox, this latest venture will serve as their respective acting debuts.

According to the IMDb page, the synopsis of the film is as follows: “Crime caper about a stolen bag of money. Caught in the crossfire are ‘The Geezers’ a bunch of wannabe criminals who have bitten off more than they can chew. With 24 hours to grab the cash, London may just go up in smoke tonight.”

Shame it’s not set on the mean streets of Manchester, or better yet Salford, but you’ve still very much caught our interest.

You can see the first promotional poster for the film down below.

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As for Davies, he has been involved with a number of small-budget TV film projects, as well as appearing in shorts and even video games, so it’s fair to say that getting 62-year-old Ryder and his ever-energetic hype man, 60, involved is quite the coup for his movie-making career.

We’re still not over Bez rather randomly delivering a curry to our offices, to be honest, so seeing him act is going to feel like one long fever dream.

Although the film has no release date just yet, we know that filming locations having included parts of Warrington and Pinewood Studios, will be produced by Loose Gripp Films and distributed by publishers High Fliers.

Given the high-octane nature of Geezers and its genre, the feature will involve lots of action, stunts, violence and even martial arts – though how much kung-fu these two will have learned for the project remains to be seen…

All we know is that the film is supposedly “coming soon” and if you don’t want to see Bez and Shaun Ryder doing their best impression of a Guy Ritchie gangster movie then you’re lying to yourself. Praying for a Rowetta cameo to put the cherry on top.

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